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Prosecutors seek death penalty against Florida man for ‘merciless and cruel’ slaying of deputy on Christmas Eve

Jerry LambeFeb 7th
‘The Year of the Botched Execution’: Monitor Finds Death Penalty Was ‘Visibly Problematic’ 35 Percent of the Time in 2022

Marisa SarnoffDec 31st
‘This Is One of Those Rare Cases’: In Unusual Move, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Pens Dissent After Black Death Row Inmate’s Execution

Colin KalmbacherDec 1st
Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty for Aryan Brotherhood Member Accused of Raping 2-Year-Old and Throwing Her into Motel Pool to Die

Jerry LambeNov 17th
‘You Tore Her Open and Ripped Her Baby from Her Stomach’: Texas Woman Sentenced to Death for Killing Pregnant Friend, Stealing Unborn Child

Jerry LambeNov 10th
Prosecutors Seeking Death Penalty Against Couple in ‘Cold, Calculated, and Premeditated’ Alleged Double Murder and Attempted Cover-Up

Jerry LambeOct 11th
Sotomayor, KBJ Dissent as SCOTUS Refuses to Hear Case Where Anti-Interracial Marriage Jurors Sentenced Black Man to Death in Murder of White Wife

Colin KalmbacherOct 11th
Prosecutors Can Seek Death Penalty for Man Accused of Shooting Neighbor’s 5-Year-Old Son in Head in Front of Two Young Sisters, Judge Rules

Jerry LambeOct 6th
Arizona Man Executed for ‘Shocking and Vile’ Murder of 8-Year-Old Girl After SCOTUS Rejects Last-Ditch Petitions

Jerry LambeJun 8th
‘Truly Evil’ N.C. Dad Sentenced to Death for ‘Especially Heinous, Atrocious, and Cruel’ Murder of Teen Daughter

Jerry LambeJun 6th
Judge: Arizona Can Execute Man Who Raped and Murdered 21-Year-Old Woman Just Two Days After Acquittal by ‘Reason of Insanity’ in a Different Assault Case Overseen by Sandra Day O’Connor

Colin KalmbacherMay 4th
Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty Against N.C. Mom Accused of Killing 5-Year-Old in What Police Officer Called ‘Worst Case of Abuse’ He’s Seen in 16 Years

Jerry LambeFeb 28th
State Seeks Death Penalty for Parents Accused of ‘Especially Heinous’ Murder of Adopted Daughter Found Skeletonized in Burned Attic

Jerry LambeJan 28th
Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty for Man Accused of Shooting Neighbor’s 5-Year-Old Son in the Head in Front of Two Young Sisters

Jerry LambeJan 26th
Tennessee Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty for Couple Charged with Woman’s ‘Especially Heinous’ Kidnapping, Torture, Rape, and Murder

Jerry LambeJan 11th
Murderer Who Raped His Stepdaughter in Front of Dying Wife Confessed Before Recent Execution to Killing His Wife’s Sister

Colin KalmbacherDec 8th
Justice Sotomayor Dissents as Conservative Majority, Against the Government’s Wishes, Denies Death Row Inmate a Chance to Prove His Intellectual Disability

Colin KalmbacherNov 1st
Justice Breyer Calls for Court to Review Death Penalty Jurisprudence as Oldest Man on Texas Death Row Fails to Have His Case Heard

Colin KalmbacherOct 4th
‘Exceptional Depravity’: Sydney Loofe’s Convicted Killer Sentenced to Death, Says He Doesn’t Care What Happens to Him

Colin KalmbacherJun 9th
California Governor Files Brief in State Supreme Court: Our State’s Death Penalty Has Always Been ‘Infected by Racism’

Jerry LambeOct 26th