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Photos of the US serial killer's home, which belonged to murderer Steven Brian Pennell, include a room that houses a creepy collection of dilapidated porcelain dolls

A federal judge has rejected a request to postpone the planned execution of an Arizona prisoner on Wednesday in what would be the state’s first use of the death penalty in nearly eight years

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The two brothers charged with multiple murders in the April 3 mass shooting in downtown Sacramento appeared in court Thursday afternoon in a case that could lead to a death penalty prosecution against them.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas Citians came out in protest Tuesday ahead of the impending execution of Carman Deck, a 56-year-old man convicted of murdering two people in eastern Missouri who died by lethal injection at a state prison.

Double murderer Carman Deck, 56, who killed elderly couple James and Zelma Long at the Missouri home in 1996 has been executed by lethal injection despite having had the decision overturned three times

Bobby Alvarez tellsThe Independent that the ‘fight still isn’t over’ to free his mother from death row

Couple believed that people could become ‘zombies’ if they were possessed by evil spirits

Death penalty opponents say Missouri officials will commit ‘scripted, premeditated ‘legal’ homicide’ of inmate Carman Deck

Singapore’s execution last Wednesday of a mentally disabled Malaysian man for drug smuggling sparked international protests and outrage. Executing a man who no longer threatens his government or community — especially one with a child’s mental capacity — isn’t justice. It’s murder, even if sanctioned and disguised by an irrational…