No, a Feb. 5 DOJ memo does not authorize the death penalty solely for being an undocumented immigrant
A memo directs DOJ staff to pursue the death penalty for undocumented immigrants who have been charged with capital crimes, ...
Florida lawmakers push for mandatory death penalty in immigration crackdown
The death penalty provision is included in bills (HB 3C and SB 4C) that also criminalize undocumented immigrants over 18 who "knowingly" enter Florida after evading U.S. immigration officers.
DOJ memo targets undocumented immigrants with death penalty, but only for capital crimes
A memo from Pam Bondi asked prosecutors to pursue the death penalty for groups including immigrants illegally residing in the ...
Required death penalty sought in immigration plan
Undocumented immigrants convicted of first-degree murder or raping children would face mandatory death sentences, under bills advanced Wednesday by key House and Senate committees.
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Texas legislators seek more protections for death penalty defendants in wake of Trump executive order
Trump’s new directive that aims to increase death sentences clashes with some Texas lawmakers’ efforts to add guardrails to ...
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Red state death penalty repeal efforts emerge despite Trump's order to expand use of the practice
Efforts to repeal the death penalty have been introduced in two Republican-led states, with some lawmakers citing their ...
Should arsonist get death penalty if people die in wildfire? California Supreme Court to decide
The Supreme Court of California met in Sacramento on Wednesday to hear oral arguments in the case of an arsonist sentenced to ...
Bondi's DOJ Day 1 directives: Fight weaponization of justice, eliminate cartels, lift death penalty ban
EXCLUSIVE: Attorney General Pam Bondi will issue several major directives on her first day leading the Justice Department, ...
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Death row populations are shrinking across country
Death row populations in the United States have declined to historic lows. The Death Penalty Policy Project reviewed 50 years of data and found that U.S. death rows shrank more last year than any ...
Child rape death penalty bill moving through Alabama Legislature – but is it constitutional?
A proposal to give prosecutors the option of seeking the death penalty in child rape cases cleared a state House committee in Alabama this week, but questions remain over whether it is constitutional.
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Death penalty expert added by defense in case of slain UnitedHealthcare CEO
One of the federal charges, murder through use of a firearm, makes 26-year-old Mangione eligible for the death penalty if convicted. Judge Katherine Parker, in a brief order Tuesday, approved the ...