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Florida woman, 51, accused of shooting both of her ex-husbands as state seeks death penalty in case

Florida officials were initially unaware the woman had two ex-husbands and became confused when she started talking about the one they weren’t questioning

The Independent UK

Florida Supreme Court upholds death sentences by nonunanimous juries

Florida’s Supreme Court has upheld a state law allowing nonunanimous juries to sentence people to death

The Independent UK

What to know about the Arizona serial killings that resulted in the death penalty

An Arizona man has been sentenced to death in a string of fatal shootings in metro Phoenix in 2017

The Independent UK

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Nick Reiner Charged: DA Warns Rob Reiner's Son Faces Death Penalty For Double Murder

Nick Reiner, son of filmmaker Rob Reiner, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder as prosecutors weigh life in prison or death penalty.

International Business Times UK

Rob Reiner's Son Nick Faces Possible Death Penalty In Brutal Double-Murder Case

Nick Reiner, son of filmmaker Rob Reiner, has been charged with murdering his parents in their Brentwood home. The case could carry the death penalty as authorities investigate the shocking killings.

International Business Times

Charlie Kirk's Accused Killer Tyler Robinson Smiles at Hearing, Death Penalty Trial Could Be Made Public Soon

Tyler Robinson, Charlie Kirk's accused killer, made his first appearance in person in 4th District Courthouse on Thursday, with a matter-of-fact smile in a highly media-frenzied trial.

International Business Times UK

Why whole-life imprisonment is rising in England and Wales

In England and Wales, whole-life imprisonment is the harshest sanction available to the courts, emerging in the decades after the abolition of the death penalty. The whole-life order requires people to spend their whole lives in prison with no prospect of release, except on exceptional compassionate grounds.

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Burkina Faso moves to reinstate death penalty as junta overhauls penal code

Burkina Faso’s military-led government has taken a step toward reinstating the death penalty, adopting a new penal code that once again allows capital punishment for crimes including treason, terrorism and espionage.

Radio France Internationale

African nation plans to reintroduce death penalty for serious crimes

The country had abolished capital punishment in 2018

The Independent UK

French student convicted of vandalising Robert Badinter's grave

The 23-year-old man who admitted desecrating the tomb a few hours before the former French justice minister's entry into the Panthéon on 9 October was sentenced on Wednesday by the Nanterre court.

Euronews

‘Green River Killer’ who butchered up to 80 people is ‘near death’ in prison: report

Gary Ridgway, aka the Green River Killer, pleaded guilty in 2001 in a deal to avoid the death penalty

The Independent UK

British man facing death penalty in Bali over claims he smuggled 1kg of cocaine in his backpack

Kial Robinson, 29, appeared in court over drug smuggling charges

The Independent UK

The deadliest wait: five women on death row

Up to 1,000 women globally await execution in prison, with mitigating factors such as child abuse and coercion ignored

The Guardian - UK

Body Cam Reveals Decarlos Brown Mental Health Plea Before Ukrainian Refugee Murder on Charlotte Train

Newly released footage shows Decarlos Brown's January crisis before stabbing Iryna Zarutska. Trump demands death penalty amid schizophrenia revelations and Iryna's Law.

International Business Times UK

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Why women kill

Experience of domestic violence is at the heart of why many women are driven to commit violent crimes

The Independent UK

Prosecutors say comments shouldn’t affect Luigi Mangione’s death penalty case

Mangione, 27, has pleaded not guilty to state and federal murder charges

The Independent UK

Elissa Slotkin ‘refuses to be intimidated’ after Trump threatens her and fellow Dems with death penalty over troop video

Slotkin, a former CIA analyst, has been given around-the-clock security over the incident

Benzinga

Trump Rages 'Seditious Behavior' Urges 'Lock Them Up' After Democrats Tell Troops To Reject Illegal Orders

President Donald Trump escalated tensions in Washington by publicly threatening Democratic lawmakers with imprisonment or even the death penalty after they urged military and intelligence personnel to refuse unlawful orders.

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International Business Times UK

Trump Demands Death for Seditious Democrats in Truth Social Rant

Trump accuses Democratic veterans of sedition and suggests the death penalty after they released a video advising US troops to refuse illegal orders from the administration.

Texas Observer

New Report Highlights the ‘Fatal Flaws’ Behind Wrongful Capital Convictions

The ACLU found official misconduct, perjury, and predominantly white juries to be leading contributors to exonerated death sentences.

The Independent UK

Sheikh Hasina’s party leaders urge India to continue giving her ‘shelter’ after death penalty

Dhaka pushes New Delhi to extradite former prime minister Sheikh Hasina

The Independent UK

Protestors threaten to bulldoze ousted Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina’s family home

Protestors threatened to bulldoze the home of ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's father in Dhaka, as crowds demanded the death penalty for charges of crimes against humanity against civilians.

The Independent UK

Bangladesh’s ousted PM Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death for ‘crimes against humanity’

Hasina has been in exile in India after fleeing the country on 5 August last year

Texas Observer

Pro-Life, Anti-Death Penalty

Nan Tolson is the face of the conservative movement against capital punishment in Texas.

The Independent UK

Starmer shuts down Lowe’s calls for a referendum on the death penalty: ‘It is not the answer’

Sir Keir Starmer has shut down Rupert Lowe’s recommendation that the death penalty be reintroduced for foreign criminals.

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