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Report: US death sentences hit 35-year low
WASHINGTON — New death sentences in the United States have declined 75 percent from their peak since executions resumed in the 1970s, an anti-capital punishment group reports. The Death Penalty […]
Prosecutors seek death penalty in law grad slaying
MACON, Ga. — Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for the suspect accused of killing Mercer University law school graduate Lauren Giddings. The Macon Telegraph reports that prosecutors filed a […]
Prosecutors drop death penalty against Mumia Abu-Jamal
PHILADELPHIA — Prosecutors have called off their 30-year battle to put former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal to death in the killing of a white police officer, putting to an end […]
4th Circuit reverses 1982 murder conviction
RICHMOND, Va. — The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals tossed out the conviction of a South Carolina man who has spent most of the last 29 years on death row, ruling […]
Man convicted in Towson murder-for-hire plot gets life
BEL AIR — A jury has sentenced a man convicted of killing a Towson gas station owner in a murder-for-hire plot to life in prison with the possibility of parole. […]
Death penalty not ruled out in Maryland slain mom case
ROCKVILLE — The top prosecutor in Montgomery County said Wednesday his office may consider pursuing the death penalty against a man who is charged with killing his estranged wife and […]
Supreme Court: No execution for ex-Black Panther
PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia prosecutors will have to pursue a second death-penalty sentence for convicted police killer Mumia Abu-Jamal or accept a life sentence after the U.S. Supreme Court declined Tuesday […]
Craig A. Thompson: Death penalty debate
Wednesday’s execution of Troy Davis in Georgia has reignited a fierce debate concerning the death penalty. Indeed, this topic has sparked emotional arguments on both sides for decades, and has […]
Court of Appeals upholds death sentence for Jody Lee Miles
The standard that Maryland jurors use in deciding whether to impose the death penalty is constitutional, the Court of Appeals held Tuesday. The decision comes three years and four months […]
Inside the First Amendment: Should executions be televised?
The images would be the ultimate in “reality” programming: A TV broadcast or online streaming video of an actual execution. Would you watch? Would you want news organizations — or […]
Delaware killer makes plea deal, moves off death row
WILMINGTON, Del. — A man sentenced to death for his role in a 1992 murder will soon leave Delaware‘s death row. The News Journal of Wilmington, Del., reports that 46-year-old […]
Man executed in Delaware for killing woman with ax
SMYRNA, Del. — Delaware carried out its first execution since 2005 early Friday, putting to death a man who was convicted of killing a woman with an ax during a […]
