A second South Carolina death row inmate chooses execution by firing squad
A South Carolina death row inmate on Friday chose execution by firing squad, just five weeks after the state carried out its ...
Why isn’t the El Paso mass shooter facing the death penalty?
Texas plans to execute two others this year. There's a conspicuous difference between their cases and this mass murderer's.
From death row to exile, Iranian-Kurdish rapper gives firsthand account of what he calls ‘severe torture’ in Iranian prison
Rapper Saman Yasin was imprisoned and says he was tortured for his involvement in anti-regime protests in Iran. Now, speaking ...
Florida death row inmate says his morbid obesity would 'complicate' lethal injection, wants leniency
A Florida death row inmate who was convicted of kidnapping and killing a woman in 2000 is asking the court to show him ...
Death Row Inmate Wants Leniency for Morbid Obesity
A death row inmate in Florida is asking for mercy due to his “morbid” obesity. Michael Tanzi, 48, wants “leniency” for his ...
Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, charged with killing DEA agent, may face death penalty in U.S.
Federal prosecutors are considering seeking the death penalty against Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero in a sprawling ...
US Prosecutors Weigh Death Penalty for Alleged Mexican Drug Lord Caro Quintero
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. government said on Wednesday it may seek the death penalty for alleged Mexican drug lord Rafael ...
Senate passes bill that would expand death penalty in Texas
SB 990 would raise the age threshold for capital murder eligibility from under 10 years old to 15 years old. It now heads to ...
Los Angeles district attorney revives death penalty, rolls back BLM-era policy
Nathan Hochman rescinded George Gascón’s “extreme and categorical policy forbidding prosecutors from seeking the death ...
Maxwell: The twisted ‘justice’ of Tommy Zeigler’s half-century on death row
If you want proof of how perilously flawed death penalty cases can be, look no further than Tommy Zeigler. Last week, Zeigler ...
Gunman who killed 23 in racist attack at Texas Walmart is offered plea deal to avoid death penalty
The gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack targeting Hispanic shoppers at a Walmart near the U.S.-Mexico border in ...