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Prosecutors say shooter showed meticulous planning

A judge has shut a courtroom from the public and reporters as he heard pretrial motions in the death penalty case of a South Carolina man charged with killing two police officers in a 2018 ambush

Yusef Salaam was one of five defendants found guilty in the 1989 Central Park rape case that had the likes of Donald Trump calling for the death penalty. Years after being exonerated for the heinous crime, Salaam will likely become the next councilman for a New York City neighborhood

A recent change in Idaho state law now means he could face the firing squad if convicted of the Idaho college murders

Josh Cavallo is the world's only openly gay man playing top-flight football and the Adelaide United star has now taken aim at Uganda for its Anti-Homosexuality Act

Accused killer appeared in court on Tuesday as his death penalty case heads to trial

Kaylee Goncalves’ father Steve Goncalves said he felt ‘relief’ as his family comes one step closer to getting justice

When confronted by his father over the theft, Bryan Kohberger chillingly warned him ‘not to do anything stupid’, according to court records

A court in Thailand has acquitted a student activist and four other people of impeding the motorcade of the country’s queen during pro-democracy demonstrations in 2020, an offense that could have seen them sentenced to 16 years in prison or even the death penalty

Accused killer appeared in court in Moscow one day after prosecutors announced intentions to seek the death penalty

Prosecutors in Idaho, decided not to seek the death penalty for Majorjon Kaylor, accused of killing his neighbours' family after a teen allegedly exposed himself to his daughters