DA withdraws death penalty in slaying of Uber driver

Trump says he will direct Justice Department to ‘vigorously pursue the death penalty’
President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will direct the Department of Justice to “vigorously pursue the death penalty ...
Families who lost loved ones to violence find relief, doubt in California’s death penalty
Wife of murder victim Jon Johnson, Karen Johnson, hugs jury member Fred Young on May 12, 2010, outside the Sacramento ...
Zimbabwe abolishes death penalty two decades after last execution
Zimbabwe has officially abolished the death penalty after President Emmerson Mnangagwa signed into law an act that will ...
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Military Appeals Court Rules September 11 Terrorists Won’t Face Death Penalty Despite Pentagon’s Objections
According to ABC News, the military appeals court ruled on Monday night that Mr. Austin had no authority to nullify the plea ...
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Joe Biden’s Long, Winding Road on the Death Penalty
Joe Biden’s position on the death penalty has gone from Abolition to Wait to Sometimes to Go for It to Abolition, Actually, ...
Trump vows to direct DOJ to pursue death penalty in wake of Biden clemencies
President-elect Trump vowed Tuesday to direct his Department of Justice (DOJ) to pursue the death penalty in the wake of ...
Zimbabwe abolishes death penalty
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has approved a law that abolishes the death penalty in the southern African state ...
Michigan was 1st state to outlaw death penalty
President Joe Biden commuted the sentence of Michigan's only prisoner on death row federally. The state has long outlawed the ...
Trump vows to use DOJ to enact death penalty after Biden sentence commutations
Donald Trump said the Justice Department will pursue the death penalty against prisoners after Joe Biden commuted the ...
Zimbabwe abolishes death penalty almost 20 years after its last hanging
Zimbabwe has abolished the death penalty, a widely expected move in a country that last carried out the punishment nearly two decades ago.
Death row prisoner asks Arizona for second time to be executed sooner than the state wants
Aaron Brian Gunches' execution would mark a resumption of Arizona's use of the death penalty after a two-year pause while it reviewed its procedures.