Roy Cooper’s commutations should signal the death penalty’s end in North Carolina | Opinion
Gov. Roy Cooper is the first governor in the history of North Carolina’s modern death penalty to commute more than two death ...
Bryan Kohberger’s attorney takes on death penalty — again. This time in a different case
Anne Taylor asked the judge in a slew of motions to remove capital punishment as an option using the same legal playbook that ...
Death penalty still possibility for Bloomfield double homicide suspect
The man accused of the shooting deaths of two people in Bloomfield, Neb. in early 2024 could still face the death penalty ...
Why Zimbabwe abolished the death penalty
In a historic move, Zimbabwe has abolished the death penalty, following a decision by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Once sentenced to death himself, Mnangagwa's decision marks a significant shift in ...
Judge denies motion to quash death penalty in Bloomfield double homicide trial
A man accused of murdering two people in a Northeast Nebraska town could still get the death penalty after the latest ruling ...
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Judge in Bloomfield homicide case rejects argument that death penalty is unconstitutional
The death penalty remains on the table for the man accused of fatally shooting two men at a Bloomfield bowling alley last ...
Two Death Row Inmates Want to Reject Joe Biden's Clemency—Here's Why
Shannon Agofsky and Len Davis have filed emergency petitions seeking to block the commutations of their death sentences.
Two death row inmates reject Biden’s clemency, taking gamble on appeals
Shannon Agofsky and Len Davis argued that President Joe Biden’s commutations hinder their chance of appeal as they seek to prove their innocence.
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Zimbabwe abolishes death penalty
Zimbabwe has officially abolished the death penalty after President Emmerson Mnangagwa approved a law that will end capital ...
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Zimbabwe scraps the death penalty 2013; tracking the path to abolition
Some governments that retain the death penalty, such as Kenya, claim that they can’t abolish it while there is considerable public support for capital punishment ...
Two federal death row inmates refuse Biden's commutation in continued fight to prove their innocence
Two men who were among the 37 federal inmates on death row whose sentences were commuted by President Biden are rejecting ...