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Judge Declines to Block Transfer of Death Row Inmates Granted Clemency by Biden to ‘Supermax’ Facility
President Joseph R. Biden Jr. commuted dozens of men’s sentences to life without parole, but the Trump administration has ...
Abbott's 'death penalty' comment on jet ski crash prompts Houston civil rights nonprofit to respond
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatened the death penalty for two people accused in a deadly hit-and-run crash on a lake near the ...
Federal judge denies attempt to block commuted death row inmates' transfer to 'Supermax' prison
A federal judge has denied a legal attempt, for now, to prevent the U.S. government from transferring former death row ...
Feds won't seek death penalty for El Chapo's son in major drug trafficking case
Joaquin Guzman Lopez, son of El Chapo, faces U.S. drug trafficking charges. Prosecutors decide against the death penalty amid ...
US prosecutors won’t seek death penalty for son of Mexican drug cartel leader ‘El Chapo’
Federal prosecutors won’t seek the death penalty for the son of notorious Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman if ...
El Chapo's son Guzman Lopez would not get death penalty if convicted, US says
The U.S. will not seek the death penalty for a son of convicted Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, Joaquin ...
British Man Sentenced to 10 Months in Bali for Drug Offenses After Death Penalty Charge Dropped
A court on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali has sentenced a British man to 10 months in jail for drug offenses after a ...
US says it will not seek death penalty for El Chapo's son Joaquin Guzman Lopez
The U.S. will not seek the death penalty for a son of convicted Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, Joaquin ...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatens death penalty for illegal migrant suspects in fatal jet ski hit-and-run of teen Air Force recruit
Ava Moore, 18, who had only just joined the US Air Force, died after she was struck by a jet ski while kayaking on Grapevine ...
Opinion
Justice Department urged to seek death penalty in Capital Jewish Museum murders
Federal prosecutors should seek the death penalty for Elias Rodriguez, accused of a calculated double murder in D.C., with substantial forensic and video evidence, writes former prosecutor.
Death row spiritual adviser, a witness to 9 executions, nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
The Rev. Jeff Hood, a noted anti-death penalty activist and death row spiritual adviser, has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.