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Apr 08 2024
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Democrats Urge Supreme Court to Uphold Ban on Punishing Homeless for Public Camping
Democrat lawmakers support a 9th Circuit ruling that says the Eighth Amendment forbids such prosecutions. A group of Democrat lawmakers is urging the Supreme Court to uphold a lower court ruling that blocked a local government in Oregon from prosecuting homeless people for sleeping outside. In the case at hand, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit held that Grants Pass, Oregon, was
The Epoch TimesJul 14 2023
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The nation in brief: Gunman ruled eligible for death penalty
PITTSBURGH -- The gunman who killed 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018 is eligible for the death penalty, a federal jury announced Thursday, setting the stage for further evidence and testimony on whether he should be sentenced to death or life in prison. The government is seeking capital punishment for Robert Bowers, who raged against Jewish people online before storming the Tree of
Northwest Arkansas Democrat GazetteOct 06 2023
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Kansas man charged with capital murder in rape and killing of 5-year-old Zoey Felix, could face death penalty
A 25-year-old man was charged Thursday in the rape and killing of a 5-year-old Kansas girl who died despite firefighters' efforts to save her life in a gas station parking lot. Mickel Cherry faces one count of capital murder - which would allow prosecutors to seek the death penalty - and one count each of first-degree murder and rape in the death of Zoey Felix on Monday. He was jailed in
CBS News (Online)Jul 13 2023
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Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooter Found Eligible For The Death Penalty
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The gunman who killed 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018 is eligible for the death penalty, a federal jury announced Thursday, setting the stage for further evidence and testimony on whether he should be sentenced to death or life in prison. The government is seeking capital punishment for Robert Bowers, who raged against Jewish people online before storming the Tree
HuffPostMar 21 2024
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Appeals court orders a review of alleged juror bias in Boston Marathon bomber’s death penalty trial
BOSTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Thursday ordered the judge who oversaw Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s trial to investigate the defense’s claims of juror bias and determine whether his death sentence should stand. A three-judge panel of the Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals did not throw out Tsarnaev’s death sentence. Defense lawyers had pushed for that while
Boston 25 NewsDec 31 2023
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Defendant in random stabbing death on walking trail faces death penalty for murder
Prosecutors said they are seeking the death penalty against a man who stabbed a hiker 15 times in a random, daylight attack, according to Phoenix ABC and CW affiliate KNXV. The parents of the victim, Lauren Heike, 29, welcomed news of the state’s decision against the defendant, Zion William Teasley, 22, who is charged with first-degree murder. “We received word late this afternoon that the
Law & CrimeAug 20 2015
Background
Should the Death Penalty Be Allowed?
1,188 people were executed in the US from 1977 through 2009, primarily by means of lethal injection. Most death penalty cases involve the execution of murderers although capital punishment can also be applied for treason, espionage, and other crimes.
ProCon.orgOct 20 2023
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Legislation considered to reinstate death penalty
Two Sussex County representatives say they intend to introduce legislation reinstating the death penalty following the recent murder conviction of a man who killed a Delmar police officer. Rep. Tim Dukes, R-Laurel, and Rep. Danny Short, R-Seaford, said they intend to introduce the Law Enforcement and First Responders Protection Act when the General Assembly session commences in January 2024.
Cape GazetteFeb 23 2024
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Louisiana House approves expanding death penalty to include electrocution, nitrogen gas
Louisiana death row prisoners could be electrocuted and gassed to death under a bill approved Friday by the state House, part of an ambitious bid by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry to overhaul the state's criminal justice system. The House approved HB6, which would add nitrogen gas hypoxia and electrocution to the state's approved execution methods, on a 71-29 vote, sending it to the Senate. The
The Times-PicayuneApr 13 2024
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Wolves’ Cunha punishes struggling Forest with brace in 2-2 draw
NOTTINGHAM, England, April 13 (Reuters) - Matheus Cunha scored twice for Wolverhampton Wanderers in his first start in two months as relegation-threatened Nottingham Forest let a second-half lead slip in their 2-2 Premier League draw at the City Ground on Saturday. Cunha gave Wolves a first half lead with a superb solo goal, before the excellent Morgan Gibbs-White equalised on the stroke of
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