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 ...
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.
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 ...
How Trump could implement his death penalty agenda
How Trump could implement his death penalty agenda - Trump campaigned heavily on expanding the death penalty and has asked ...
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 ...
Biden commuted 37 death sentences. Will California Governor Gavin Newsom do the same?
After Joe Biden commuted 37 death sentences, advocates call on Gavin Newsom to do the same for 605 California death row inmates.
Biden commuted the death sentences of two California killers. Here’s what we know about them
Two San Fernando Valley men, who were sentenced to death over a decade ago for killing five people, have had their sentences commuted to life in prison by President Biden.
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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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Kansas death penalty faces constitutional challenge in Wyandotte County homicide case
In an unusual court proceeding that began in October, the ACLU and other attorneys asserted that Kansas' death penalty law ...