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Attorney General Eric Holder has said he is not a proponent of capital punishment. But by Oct. 3, he had authorized death penalty prosecutions at a pace comparable to that of his immediate predecessor.
Prosecutors will not seek the death penalty against any of the three men charged in the death of New Iberia gun shop owner Sidney Long Jr.
Perry County District Attorney Charles “Chad” Chenot may pursue the death penalty against one of two people formally arraigned on murder charges in separate cases Thursday.
The state will not seek the death penalty against a Lincoln man accused of murdering a 2-year-old boy. Ty C. Cline, 38, appeared before Circuit Judge Thomas Harris in a Logan County courtroom Thursday afternoon for a status hearing.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch says he will seek the death penalty against a man suspected of killing a police officer.
ST. LOUIS — St. Louis County prosecutor Bob McCulloch said he will seek the death penalty against a man suspected of killing a St. Louis police officer. Todd Shepard is charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the shooting death of University City Sgt. Michael King on Halloween 2008. The intention to seek the death penalty was announced during a hearing Wednesday. The trial ...
A 44-year-old Texas man has been executed for raping and murdering an 11-year-old girl, despite his attorneys' pleas that he was too mentally impaired to qualify for capital punishment. Bobby Wayne Woods received lethal injection Thursday evening moments after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to halt his execution. His lawyers had argued Woods was mentally impaired, making him ineligible for ...
ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Attorneys for Casey Anthony said they will argue a motion in court in Orange County, Fla., against the possibility of their client facing the death penalty.
A South Peoria man could face the death penalty for allegedly shooting a person in June during an attempted armed robbery.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) released Capital Punishment, 2008 – Statistical Tables (NCJ 228662), which presents characteristics of persons under sentence of death on December 31, 2008, and persons executed in 2008.
Edward George Buck might face the death penalty if the Saville Twp. man is convicted of the October shooting death of his wife, Perry County prosecutors said Thursday.
In light of the recent problems over a lethal injection gone wrong in Ohio, the Buckeye State released a new execution policy on Monday. The state also opened its “death house” to the media, including WSAZ.com’s Randy Yohe.
NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for a Florida man accused of slashing the throats of his wife and five children.
Convicted Marianna Quad murderer Wesley Williams will not receive the death penalty. Thursday, Circuit Judge William Wright said there is not enough evidence to prove Williams' participated in the actual killing of 19-year-old Danielle Baker and her three sons.
LINCOLN -- Prosecutors will not seek the death penalty against aLincoln man charged in the beating death of his girlfriend'sson.
A judge has ruled the death penalty won’t be involved in the sentencing for convicted killer Wesley Williams.
