What does Donald Trump’s return mean for the death penalty?
Abolitionists will have to play defense at the federal level, and plot a long-term strategy for ending the death penalty in ...
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Trump wants to expand the federal death penalty, setting up legal challenges in second term
Throughout his campaign, President-elect Donald Trump signaled he would resume federal executions if he won and make more ...
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Catholic Group Urges Biden to Commute Federal Death Sentences Before Trump Takes Office
A prominent Catholic anti-death penalty group is urging outgoing President Joe Biden to commute the sentences of the 40 ...
Justice or politics? Here’s why California prosecutors seek death penalty despite moratorium
Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for the man who pleaded guilty to the 2019 murder of Sacramento police Officer Tara ...
Bryan Kohberger's defense argues against death penalty, calls death row "dehumanizing"
Kohberger currently faces the death penalty if convicted; his trial in Boise is set for August 2025. BOISE, Idaho — In less ...
In Idaho murder case, Kohberger’s defense argues death penalty ‘ought to be abolished’
Kohberger is charged with four counts of first-degree murder along with a count of felony burglary. A defendant is eligible ...
Junior doctors call for capital punishment in R.G. Kar rape-murder case
In the wake of the rape and murder case at Kolkata's R.G. Kar Medical College, junior doctors have called for the Central ...
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Court weighs Kohberger death penalty arguments
Kohberger faces four counts of first-degree murder and one count of burglary in the November 2022 stabbing deaths of ...
Bryan Kohberger's fight against death penalty gets day in court; expert skeptical of defense's arguments
The defense planned to call two expert witnesses at the hearing — forensic pathologist Dr. Barbara Wolf and University of Idaho law professor Aliza Cover, whose research has examined capital ...
Prosecutors to Bryan Kohberger: Take your pick between the firing squad or the needle
Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students, is back in court Thursday as his lawyers argue to take the death penalty off the table, claiming he would face an ...
How Idaho Murders Suspect Bryan Kohberger Is Trying to Avoid Possible Death Sentence: 'Kitchen Sink Approach'
Bryan Kohberger faces four counts of murder in connection with the November 2022 killings of four University of Idaho ...