Ethics and costs led one California DA to commute death sentences. Will Sacramento follow?
Two dozen men are under sentences of death sought by Sacramento County prosecutors and imposed by local juries, state data ...
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Jurors in California death penalty case deadlocked
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — Jurors in the death penalty case of a California man convicted of killing a Sacramento County deputy wanted to hear from the attorneys — one more time. However, just hours ...
End to Long Saga: Killer Who Framed Temecula Man for Murder Gets Death Penalty
A man who killed his estranged wife with his nephew's help is now bound for Death Row, while his nephew was sentenced to life ...
Sen. Rounds: Tying debt limit to California aid ‘not meant as a penalty’
Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) said Monday that tying the debt limit to California aid for the recent deadly wildfires it has ...
Is Wyandotte County the beginning of the end of Kansas’ death penalty? Judge to decide
For the past several weeks, a major challenge to Kansas’ death penalty has been underway in a Wyandotte County murder case.
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Ethics and costs led one California DA to commute death sentences. Will Sacramento follow?
The three prosecutors’ approaches are illustrative of the tensions and political climate surrounding the death penalty in California and elsewhere, said political scientist Austin Sarat ...
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Sen. Rounds: Tying debt limit to California aid ‘not meant as a penalty’
Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) said on Monday that tying the debt limit to California aid for the recent deadly wildfires it has faced is “not meant as a penalty ... and leaving a death toll in ...