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LA district attorney allows prosecutors to seek death penalty again

Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman is allowing prosecutors to seek the death penalty again, reversing a ban put in place by his predecessor

The Independent UK

Racist gunman could avoid death penalty for Walmart massacre

Patrick Crusius has been offered a plea deal after killing 23

The Independent UK

Walmart gunman won’t face the death penalty, family says

The removal of the death penalty as an option could lead to a quick guilty plea and life sentence, as happened with federal charges in 2023.

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Arizona’s execution pitted experts against politicians. Experts lost

The governor dismissed an ex-judge studying the death penalty in the state and failed to heed a leading voice on the matter. It’s no surprise

The Guardian - US

Fox anchor invents wild hypothetical to ask White House spox about Tesla vandals and death penalty

Trump administration officials and allies have threatened to harshly punish those who are protesting Tesla through acts of violence

The Independent UK

Fox Host Hints at Death Penalty for Tesla Vandals: 'This is Deadly, Dangerous Stuff'

A Fox News host hinted at the death penalty while discussing the wave of vandalism against Tesla vehicles & dealerships during an segment with Karoline Leavitt.

Latin Times

Justice Gorsuch's Dissent in Death Penalty / Religious Objection Case

In Tuesday's Hoffman v. Westcott, the Court denied a stay of execution; Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson would have granted… The post Justice Gorsuch's Dissent in Death Penalty / Religious Objection Case appeared first on Reason.com.

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Man charged in daylong Memphis shooting rampage is no longer serving as his own lawyer

A Tennessee man who faces the death penalty if convicted of killing three people in a daylong series of shootings in 2022 has changed course and decided not to serve as his own lawyer in the case

The Independent UK

Big Breaking: Three get death penalty in 1981 Dehuli massacre

Breaking news coming in from Mainpuri where a local court handed over capital punishment to three convicts in 1981 Dehuli massacre. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Inside the race against time to halt Louisiana’s first execution in 15 years

The state plans to kill a prisoner with nitrogen gas. Critics say that amounts to torture

The Independent UK

Appeals court says Louisiana can carry out the state’s first nitrogen gas execution next week

Louisiana’s first execution using nitrogen gas is set to move forward as planned after a federal appeals court overturned a lower judge’s ruling Friday

The Independent UK

Los Zetas Cartel Leaders Plead Not Guilty To Drug Trafficking Charges As They Face Death Penalty In The U.S.

The Treviño Morales, leaders of Los Zetas, pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking charges as they potentially face the death penalty in the U.S.

Latin Times

South Carolina schedules its fifth execution in seven months

A man who shot and killed an off-duty police officer is scheduled to become the fifth person executed in South Carolina since the state resumed the death penalty in September

The Independent UK

Los Zetas Cartel Leaders Could Face the Death Penalty In The U.S. After Extradition From Mexico

Miguel Ángel and Omar Treviño Morales, known as "Z-40" and "Z-42" respectively, are facing a multitude of charges, including drug trafficking, money laundering and firearms trafficking

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The Independent UK

Trump’s executive orders: From birthright citizenship to withdrawing from WHO, here’s a list of his actions so far

President signed huge stack of orders on first day in office covering everything from national security to paper straws and has shown no sign of slowing down

The Guardian - US

America’s next killing spree: 10 days, five states, six death-row prisoners set to die

Desolate spectacle of executions ramps up as the landscape of states’ laws on capital punishment is as riven as the US itself

The Independent UK

An Arizona prisoner whose execution is coming up isn't asking for a reprieve

A prisoner scheduled to be executed in what would be Arizona’s first use of the death penalty in over two years will not ask for a reprieve from his death sentence

Latin Times

Last Words of First Death Row Inmate Executed by Firing Squad in 15 Years Revealed: 'Help Us End the Death Penalty'

Brad Sigmon, a convicted murderer, was executed by firing squad in South Carolina, and used his last words to call for the abolition of the death penalty.

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Last Words of Man Executed in South Carolina by Firing Squad: Asked Christians to Help End Death Penalty

Brad Sigmon, 67, was executed by firing squad in South Carolina, becoming the first US prisoner in 15 years to die by this method, using his final words to urge Christians to help end the death penalty.

The Independent UK

Bryan Kohberger’s lawyers insist he shouldn’t face death penalty because he has autism

His attorneys argued that there is an ‘unconscionable risk’ he’ll be executed because of a neurological disorder rather than culpability

The Independent UK

Georgia lawmakers consider easing one of the nation's toughest death penalty laws

Lawmakers have tried multiple times to change Georgia's strict legal standard to prove that someone has an intellectual disability and shouldn't get the death penalty

The Guardian - UK

British activist Jagtar Singh Johal acquitted in India terror trial

Human rights campaigner still faces threat of death penalty if found guilty of further charges

The National (Scotland)

Scot acquitted on terrorism charges in India – but still faces death penalty threat

A SCOTTISH Sikh detained in India for seven years has been acquitted in one case against him – though still faces the threat of the death penalty.

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Major Human Smuggling Ring Dismantled In Los Angeles

Two Guatemalan men arrested in Los Angeles for running a major human smuggling operation, facing serious charges and potential death penalty.

Latin Times

U.S. To Seek Death Penalty For Mexican Drug Lord Rafael Caro Quintero After Extradition

Rafael Caro Quintero was added to the FBI's Most Wanted list in 2018 and offered up to a $20 million reward for information relating to his arrest

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