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Hamas Court Orders 'Collaborator' Death Penalty
A military court in the Gaza Strip has sentenced a Palestinian Authority resident to death for collaborating with Israel and another to life with hard labor, the Hamas interior ministry said on Thursday, according to the AFP news agency, The 43-year-old, identified only by his initials AH, "has been sentenced to capital punishment for acts of ... (more)
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Lawyers in Colorado shooting case to challenge ins...
Public defenders representing James Holmes, accused of killing 12 moviegoers in Colorado last summer, will return to court on Thursday to challenge the state's insanity defense law in a bid to try to avoid the death penalty for their client.
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Lawsuit on Montana's executions delayed; lawyer says limbo good for Ronald Smith
But Ron Waterman, lead counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union, is gaining confidence that his lawsuit challenging the way the state carries out its executions could end up with a positive ending for Ronald Smith.
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Colorado: Gov. Hickenlooper temporarily blocks death penalty for convicted murderer Nathan Dunlap
Convicted murderer Nathan J. Dunlap got a temporary reprieve from the death penalty, as Colorado Gov.
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Jury to deliberate man's penalty for killing sons
Closing arguments are scheduled for Thursday on whether Naim Rasool Muhammad should receive the death penalty or a sentence of life imprisonment without parole.
What Does $10,000 Buy in Alabama? Less-than-Truthful Testimony Used to Sentence Someone to Death
A trial is supposed to be a search for the truth. That can never be more important than in a death penalty case, when someone's life is at stake.
Sivak could escape another death penalty
An Idaho prosecutor says he won't seek the death penalty when Lacey Mark Sivak is resentenced this fall.
Suspect in 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage wants to represent himself
The Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood attack wants to represent himself at his upcoming murder trial, which means he could question the nearly three dozen soldiers he's accused of wounding in the shooting rampage.
Capital defender requested in NY rape, murder
The attorney for a man charged with raping a 10-year-old girl and killing her mother in an upstate New York carjacking wants to add an expert on death penalty cases to the defense team in case federal prosecutors bring more charges and seek his execution.
Colo. governor delays execution of man who killed 4
The governor of Colorado on Wednesday indefinitely delayed the execution of a man convicted of killing four people, citing doubts about the death penalty.
Jodi Arias - There's no justice in death penalty
Jodi Arias says she doesn't want to die and that she has resisted suicidal urges for her family's sake.
Death-row inmate Kenneth Justus found dead in cell at Lieber
Kenneth Justus, a death-row inmate at Lieber Correctional Institution in Ridgeville, was found dead in his cell Tuesday morning, authorities said.
Body Language Expert Says Jodi Arias Wants Death Penalty
Dr. Lillian Glass says Arias came off as arrogant and entitled in an Arizona courtroom today.
Fernley Murders Suspect Pre-Trial Hearing
The man charged in murdering four people in Fernley, and a fifth person in Mustang appeared in court for a pre-trial hearing on Tuesday.
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Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for the man accused of murdering his 4-year-old ...
Michael Swayngim, 25, could face the death penalty if found guilty of the first-degree murder of his four-year-old son.
US: Prison can't contain Pa. drug kingpin's rage
No prison can contain the fury of a Philadelphia boxer-turned-drug kingpin who killed a dozen people, including two women and four children trapped in a retaliatory firebombing, prosecutors told a federal jury Tuesday.
Michael Putney: Death penalty politics in Florida
I recently met Florida death penalty exonerees 23 and 24. They are, respectively, Herman Lindsey of Pompano Beach and Seth Penalver of Fort Lauderdale.
Progressive protests against a wave of conservative legislation in the North Carolina State House show little sign of weakening at the one month milestone.
FBI agents killed in Va. training were among elite
Hearing on the radio that a violent storm was approaching her rural Oklahoma neighborhood, Lindsay Carter took advantage of the advanced warning, gathered her belongings and fled.
Jodi Arias to speak to jury, faces death sentence
Jurors will begin deliberations Tuesday to determine whether the death penalty should be an option for sentencing Jodi Arias, convicted of murdering her lover in 2008.