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Man who admitted to killing Sacramento police officer in 2019 receives death penalty sentence
Adel Ramos was given a death penalty sentence for the killing of Sacramento police officer Tara O'Sullivan​ in June 2019, the ...
On This Day, June 29: U.S. Supreme Court finds death penalty unconstitutional
On June 29, 1972, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that capital punishment, as then administered by individual states, was ...
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Louisiana Supreme Court rules again in Rapides Parish death penalty case
The court had earlier vacated Darrell Robinson's conviction and death sentence in a brutal quadruple murder in Rapides Parish ...
Harrisburg man facing death penalty in two killings tells judge he’ll represent himself at trial
A Harrisburg man potentially facing the death penalty just fired his public defender and told a judge he would represent ...
Vietnam to remove death penalty for embezzlement, sparing tycoon’s life
Vietnam will remove the death penalty for eight offences from next month, including embezzlement and activities aimed at ...
Supreme Court rules Texas death row inmate can sue over state DNA testing laws
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a Texas death row inmate has the legal right to sue over the state’s laws governing DNA ...
Bryan Kohberger could escape death penalty because of leaked evidence aired during TV episode: fmr prosecutor
A former federal prosecutor said a media leak in the Bryan Kohberger murder case has the potential to take the death penalty ...
Stoughton cop accused of killing Sandra Birchmore adds death penalty specialist to defense team
The federal case against a Stoughton cop accused of grooming, impregnating and then killing a Canton woman named Sandra ...