The Latest Breaking News from Death Penalty

How do Florida juries decide if someone deserves the death penalty?

It took a jury about 40 minutes to decide that Louis Gaskin should die.

Tribune News Service · Apr 9, 2023

Bryan Kohberger had ID card linked to Idaho murders in his car, report says

The 28-year-old criminology PhD student could face the death penalty if convicted when he eventually goes on trial

The Independent UK · Apr 7, 2023

Oklahoma Almost Killed Him 3 Times. Now, the State Is Trying To Vacate His Conviction.

"It is critical that Oklahomans have absolute faith that the death penalty is administered fairly and with certainty," said the state's attorney general in a Thursday press release.

Reason · Apr 7, 2023

Rights groups welcome Malaysia's move on death penalty

Human rights groups have applauded Malaysia’s move to scrap the mandatory death penalty as a major step forward in the push for the abolition of capital punishment in Southeast Asia

The Independent UK · Apr 4, 2023

Malaysia Parliament votes to scrap mandatory death sentences

Malaysia’s Parliament has approved a bill that would scrap mandatory death penalties and limit capital punishment to serious crimes as part of wide-ranging reforms

The Independent UK · Apr 4, 2023

Lori Vallow: A timeline of the trail of mystery deaths surrounding the ‘doomsday cult mom’

Lori Vallow is about to stand trial for the murders of her children Tylee Ryan and JJ Vallow. But the case spans a deeply disturbing pattern of murders, unexplained deaths and bizarre cult beliefs about killing zombies going back years

The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2023

Malaysian Parliament moves to end mandatory death penalty

Bill passes lower house, now goes to the upper chamber and, if passed, would be sent to the king to be signed into law.

Al Jazeera · Apr 3, 2023

Malaysia scraps mandatory death penalty, natural-life prison terms

Malaysia's parliament on Monday passed sweeping legal reforms to remove the mandatory death penalty, trim the number of offences punishable by death, and abolish natural-life prison sentences, a move cautiously welcomed by rights groups.

Reuters · Apr 3, 2023

Sharpton invokes Donald Trump’s call for death penalty in the Central Park Five wrongful conviction

NEW YORK — In a fiery Saturday address, the Rev. Al Sharpton invoked ex-President Donald Trump’s call for the death penalty in the Central Park Five case — noting the Manhattan mogul will appear in the same courthouse where the exonerated defendants were found guilty.

Tribune News Service · Apr 1, 2023

Lori Vallow trial: A timeline of the trail of mystery deaths surrounding the ‘doomsday cult mom’

Lori Vallow is about to stand trial for the murders of her children Tylee Ryan and JJ Vallow. But the case spans a deeply disturbing pattern of murders, unexplained deaths and bizarre cult beliefs about killing zombies going back years

The Independent UK · Mar 31, 2023