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WCBD-TV Charleston - Mon Nov 9, 7:05 am ET
Opening statements are expected Monday in Stephen Stanko’s second trial. A judge ruled he was competent to stand trial last week.
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The Myrtle Beach Sun News - Mon Nov 9, 6:20 am ET
Convicted killer Stephen Stanko will face an Horry County jury this week on charges he fatally shot a 74-year-old Conway man during a deadly rampage that sparked a nationwide manhunt and earned him a death sentence.
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Portsmouth Herald - Mon Nov 9, 2:04 am ET
I presume Kathleen Noble's source for her letter (Nov. 4) is the study conducted by Naci Mocan, an economics professor, as reported in 2007 by Fox News.
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Port Clinton News Herald - Fri Nov 6, 12:58 pm ET
AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Prosecutors in Ohio intend to seek the death penalty against a woman accused of hiring a friend to kill her mother. An indictment filed Thursday in Summit County court shows 20-year-old Taylor Marks of Akron faces one count of on aggravated murder.
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The Signal - Fri Nov 6, 12:38 pm ET
The Santa Clarita Valley Young Democrats Club will present a death penalty forum from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday at La Quinta Inn hotel located at 25201 The Old Road in Stevenson Ranch.
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CBS4 Miami - 48 minutes ago
Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine has cleared the way for the execution of sniper John Allen Muhammad. Kaine denied Muhammad's clemency request Tuesday. Muhammad is scheduled to die by lethal injection Tuesday night at a Virginia prison for killing Dean Harold Meyers at a gas station during a three-week spree that left 10 people dead in 2002 across Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C.
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Tribune Chronicle - Mon Nov 9, 12:32 am ET
WARREN - Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins is scheduled to be in Columbus today, set to argue against any clemency for local death row inmate Kenneth Biros, scheduled to be executed Dec. 8. A recommendation either for or against clemency from the Ohio Parole Board that goes to Gov. Ted Strickland is expected within a day or two.
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KHQ Spokane - 42 minutes ago
RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine has cleared the way for the execution of sniper John Allen Muhammad. Kaine denied Muhammad's clemency request Tuesday. Muhammad is scheduled to die by lethal injection Tuesday night at a Virginia prison for killing Dean Harold Meyers at a gas station during a three-week spree that left 10 people dead in 2002. Officials believe the deadly spree began ...
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WDBJ 7 Roanoke - 1 hour 6 minutes ago
Muhammad is scheduled to die by lethal injection Tuesday night at a Virginia prison for killing Dean Harold Meyers at a gas station during a three-week spree that left 10 people dead in 2002 across Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C.
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The Oklahoman - Fri Nov 6, 1:00 am ET
FARGO, N.D. — The brother of Philip M. Gattuso says he wants the death penalty on the table for the two Oklahoma men accused in the 49-year-old Fargo dentist’s death.For that to be possible, the criminal cases against Gattuso’s father-in-law, Gene Carl Kirkpatrick, and the handyman he’s accused of hiring to kill Gattuso, Michael Allen Nakvinda, would have to be tried in federal court because ...
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KWTX-TV Waco - Tue Nov 10, 8:54 am ET
A Cuban-born Texas inmate scheduled for execution Tuesday there's little he can do and he's at peace with the likelihood he'll receive lethal injection.
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The Washington DC Examiner - 5 minutes ago
Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine said he won't stop Tuesday night’s scheduled execution of convicted Beltway sniper John Allen Muhammad. The governor denied clemency for Muhammad, clearing the way for a 9 p.m. execution by lethal injection at Greensville Correctional Center.
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Baltimore Sun - Mon Nov 9, 7:31 am ET
Defense argues Va. moved too fast on death penalty Seven years ago, the captured "Beltway Snipers" - John Allen Muhammad, 41, and his 17-year-old accomplice, Lee Boyd Malvo - were in federal custody, accused of 16 shootings and 10 murders. They had set out to create a reign of terror in the Washington area to match the terrorist attacks of the year before.
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The Ottawa Times - Fri Nov 6, 1:48 am ET
Illinois Valley Community College will recognize Constitution Day with a student sponsored "Death Penalty Debate" from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, in Room C-316. Students enrolled in American National Government classes will participate on the debate
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KOLD News 13 Tuscon - 2 hours 29 minutes ago
The so-called "D.C. Sniper" is scheduled to die by lethal injection at a Virginia prison Tuesday, and the daughter of at least one of his alleged victim's will be present.