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Death Penalty Newswire (Page 9)

Comprehensive Real-Time News Feed for Death Penalty. (Page 9)

Results 161 - 180 of 122,895 in Death Penalty

  1. Jodi Arias trial: Victim's siblings give teary statementsRead the original story w/Photo

    Thursday May 16 | New York Daily News

    ... found that a client was actually working against me and not working with her defense." Arias cannot choose the death penalty. It's up to the jury to determine a sentence. Her attorneys' motion to withdraw will have no impact on the penalty phase of ... 2 comments

  2. Ex-death row inmates: Veto Timely Justice ActRead the original story

    Thursday May 16 | Venice Gondolier

    ... named." Florida has exonerated 24 men on death row since 1973, more than any other state, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. Florida now has 405 inmates on death row, more than any other state except California. It takes an average ...

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  3. Abortion Doctor Lived in "Squalor": InvestigatorsRead the original story w/Photo

    Thursday May 16 | NBC Los Angeles

    ... three babies, was given two consecutive life sentences in two of those verdicts. He struck a deal to avoid the death penalty by giving up his right to an appeal. On Wednesday, Gosnell was sentenced to a third consecutive life sentence for the murder ... 2 comments

  4. Should Dr. Kermit Gosnell Have Gotten the Death Penalty?Read the original story w/Photo

    Thursday May 16 | Patch.com

    ... to avoid the possibility of being condemned to death. According to ABC News , prosecutors were seeking the death penalty, but because of Gosnell's advanced age it was deemed unlikely that he would live long enough for death penalty appeals which can ...

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  5. Harvey quadruple murder defendant asks federal judge to suppress his confessionRead the original story

    Thursday May 16 | NOLA.com

    ... would mean he spends the rest of his life in prison, because the Justice Department has decided not to seek a death penalty. His case is a rarity. A Jefferson Parish jury in 2008 acquitted him of four counts of second-degree murder in connection ...

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  6. Lawyers plead for mercy for Arias as trial resumesRead the original story

    Thursday May 16 | The Modesto Bee

    ... found that a client was actually working against me and not working with her defense." Arias cannot choose the death penalty. It's up to the jury to determine a sentence. Her attorneys' motion to withdraw will have no impact on the penalty phase of ...

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  7. Jurors: Jodi Arias eligible for death penaltyRead the original story

    Thursday May 16 | The Reporter

    The same jury that convicted Jodi Arias of first-degree murder last week took less than three hours Wednesday to determine that the former waitress is eligible for the death penalty in the killing of her one-time lover.

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  8. Keegan Bradley opens with 60 at NelsonRead the original story w/Photo

    Thursday May 16 | WTHR-TV Indianapolis

    ... be sentenced to life in prison or death. Jurors deciding whether convicted murderer Jodi Arias will get the death penalty heard the victim's brother describe Thursday how he was hospitalized for ulcers, lost sleep and separated from his wife after ...

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  9. Jury rejects death penalty in Miami double murder caseRead the original story

    Thursday May 16 | The Miami Herald

    A Miami man convicted of a vicious drug rip-off double murder will serve life in prison after jurors on Thursday rejected the death penalty.

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  10. Jodi Arias Faces Death Penalty in Sentencing Phase Mini-TrialRead the original story w/Photo

    Thursday May 16 | Lawyers.com

    ... the two-part penalty phase , in which the prosecution must first prove that an aggravating factor warrants the death penalty. The state called New Mexico Medical Examiner Dr. Travis Horn to the stand on Wednesday, in an effort to prove that Arias ...

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  11. 'The Office': shutting down on NBC after 8 yearsRead the original story w/Photo

    Thursday May 16 | NewsOn6 Tulsa

    ... be sentenced to life in prison or death. Jurors deciding whether convicted murderer Jodi Arias will get the death penalty heard the victim's brother describe Thursday how he was hospitalized for ulcers, lost sleep and separated from his wife after ...

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  12. Couple jailed for starving maid to deathRead the original story

    Thursday May 16 | News24

    ... been working for the family for eight months. The couple initially were charged with murder, which carries the death penalty in Malaysia. But the charge was reduced to culpable homicide, which carries a maximum penalty of 30 years in jail, Tan said. ...

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  13. U.S. soldier who killed servicemen in Iraq gets life in prisonRead the original story w/Photo

    Thursday May 16 | Santa Cruz Sentinel

    ... instances of violence by an American soldier against other American troops. In a deal that spared him the death penalty, Sergeant John Russell pleaded guilty last month to killing two medical staff officers and three soldiers at the Camp Liberty ...

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  14. Jodi Arias Back in Court Today as Death Penalty Looms; Victim...Read the original story w/Photo

    Thursday May 16 | Phoenix New Times

    The engrossing saga of convicted slasher Jodi Arias is wrapping up after the jury took about an hour on Wednesday to decide her fatal attack on Travis Alexander was "especially cruel." Next up in the marathon trial that's gone on since January 2nd: impact statements by Alexander's family and the penalty phase of the trial.

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  15. Gosnell: The Killer Had HelpRead the original story w/Photo

    Thursday May 16 | Real Clear Politics

    ... hundreds of gruesome and macabre abortions out of his Women's Medical Society Clinic, managed to skirt the death penalty when he agreed to forego an appeal in exchange for a life sentence. The sentencing brings to end a trial that revealed the ...

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  16. 'Boston bomber' scribbled note in boatRead the original story w/Photo

    Thursday May 16 | NEWS.com.au

    ... using a weapon of mass destruction and malicious destruction of property causing death, and could face the death penalty if found guilty. Last week, Tamerlan was finally buried in a cemetery outside Worchester, Virginia after a frustrating search ...

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  17. Private member's bills: Class of 2012Read the original story w/Photo

    Thursday May 16 | BBC News

    ... Some significant acts have been passed as a result of private members bills, including the abolition of the death penalty. Sometimes an MP will accept a 'handout' bill from the government, which the government wants passed but for various reasons ...

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  18. World BriefingRead the original story

    Thursday May 16 | Bend Bulletin

    ... last week took less than three hours Wednesday to determine that the former waitress is eligible for the death penalty in the killing of her one-time lover. The swift verdict sets the stage for the final phase of the trial to determine whether the ...

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  19. Emotional day of testimony in Arias trialRead the original story

    Thursday May 16 | Seattle Post-Intelligencer

    ... murder one week ago took about three hours Wednesday to determine that the former waitress is eligible for the death penalty in the stabbing and shooting death of her one-time lover in his bathroom five years ago. Photo: The Arizona Republic, Rob ... 1 comment

  20. Inmate who killed Wash. guard sentenced to deathRead the original story

    Wednesday May 15 | WAFB-TV Baton Rouge

    ... hour to convict him of aggravated murder last Thursday, and the same jury on Wednesday morning recommended the death penalty. "I've been waiting 837 days, exactly, to hear those words. I'm going to continue to count until he is finally dead," ...

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