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Delaware prepares for first execution since 2005
DOVER, Del. — Delaware is moving closer to executing its first prisoner since 2005 as time runs out for the legal appeals of a man convicted of killing a woman […]
Georgia’s videotaped execution sets new precedent
ATLANTA — The video camera that recorded the execution of a Georgia death row inmate did more than give attorneys an account of the man’s reaction to a new lethal […]
Supreme Court rejects Nebraska bank killer appeal
OMAHA, Neb. — A man who helped carry out one of the deadliest botched bank heists in U.S. history will remain on death row, following a U.S. Supreme Court decision. […]
3rd Circuit grants new sentencing for Mumia Abu-Jamal
PHILADELPHIA — A federal appeals court on Tuesday ordered a new sentencing hearing for convicted police killer and death-row activist Mumia Abu-Jamal, finding for a second time that the death-penalty […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Maryland’s death penalty belongs in the past
Maryland does and does not have capital punishment. It’s on the books, and our Death Row hosts five murderers to prove it. But no one has been executed here since […]
Week in review: 4/15/11
Hotel gas leak lawsuits settled In Baltimore, 34 Ruth’s Chris restaurant workers who claim they suffered carbon monoxide poisoning from a Pier 5 Hotel leak in 2008 have settled their claims […]
Court: Death-penalty trial can proceed
ANNAPOLIS — The death-penalty trial of a man accused of stabbing a Jessup prison guard to death can proceed, Maryland’s top court said Tuesday. The Court of Appeals, in a […]
Prison guard’s accused killer seeks delay in trial
With another bid to end capital punishment in Maryland about to die with the General Assembly session, the intent of the lawmakers who passed a compromise measure to restrict the […]
Death penalty reinstated for man convicted of 2 murders
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday reinstated the death penalty for a man convicted in a double murder despite complaints that his lawyers did not offer evidence of his […]
Death penalty debated before committee
ANNAPOLIS — A former Maryland House Speaker and a man who served time on death row before being exonerated urged lawmakers Tuesday to repeal capital punishment in the state. Opposing […]
Jurors recommend death in police killing
GEORGETOWN, Del. — A jury that convicted a Maryland man of murder in the shooting of a Georgetown police officer recommended Wednesday that he be sentenced to death. The Sussex […]
Opponents file new bills to abolish death penalty in Maryland
ANNAPOLIS — Two staunch death-penalty opponents have again introduced legislation to abolish capital punishment in Maryland. Del. Samuel I. “Sandy” Rosenberg and Sen. Lisa A. Gladden, both Baltimore Democrats, have […]
