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Jury delivers death penalty verdict to SCI Somerset inmate for 2018 homicide of prison guard
A jury on Thursday recommended the death penalty for an SCI Somerset inmate convicted of the 2018 homicide of a prison guard.
Jury sentences murderer of 2-year-old to life in prison, votes against death penalty
A jury sentenced convicted murderer Nicholas Canfield to life in prison for the death of 2-year-old Jaliyah Rose Ramos. His ...
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Firing squads in Florida? Corrections bill opens door to execution alternatives
The Sunshine State has executed people by electrocution since 1924, and lethal injection was added in 2000. However, a new ...
Condemned SC man's case about 'appropriate punishment' as he awaits 'inhumane' firing squad execution: lawyer
A South Carolina man on death row prepares to be put to death by firing squad, as his lawyer says the case is a matter of ...
Who is Michael Tanzi? Florida execution a go today after obesity-based appeal denied
Twenty-five years after confessing to the brutal rape and murder of Miami Herald employee Janet Acosta, Michael Tanzi is ...
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Execution scheduled for man who killed girlfriend and her 3 children in Okaloosa County in 1998
The execution is scheduled for May 1 at Florida State Prison, which would be the state's fourth execution this year.
A Florida man is executed for killing a Miami Herald employee who was abducted on her lunch break
A man convicted of killing a Miami Herald employee who was carjacked on her lunch break has been executed in Florida.
Bringing the death penalty back to L.A. is politics and hubris, not justice
L.A. County Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman says he will allow prosecutors in his office to consider pursuing the death penalty, a ...