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After four prosecutors and nearly six years, El Paso DA decides it’s time to stop pursuing the death penalty for mass shooter
The new DA campaigned on seeking the death penalty for the 2019 massacre, but said he offered the gunman a plea deal of life ...
D.A. Hochman officially brings death penalty back to Los Angeles
Delivering on a campaign promise, L.A. County Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman says he will allow prosecutors to seek capital ...
Los Angeles County DA Nathan Hochman says prosecutors will start seeking the death penalty in some murder cases
"Effective immediately, the prior administration's extreme and categorical policy forbidding prosecutors from seeking the ...
Death penalty debate intensifies as Tennessee set to resume executions with new drug
Four executions are scheduled this year with a new lethal injection protocol and the ethical and legal debate is intensifying ...
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Louisiana death row inmate Darrell Robinson gets another shot in court
When it comes to death row inmate Darrell Robinson, the Louisiana Supreme Court can't seem to make up its mind.
Supreme Court Rejects Texas Death Row Inmate's Appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from Texas death row inmate Areli Escobar, despite support for a new ...
LA district attorney allows prosecutors to seek death penalty again
Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman is allowing prosecutors to seek the death penalty again, reversing a ban put in ...
World’s longest-serving death row prisoner awarded $1.4 million after acquittal – that’s $85 for each day
A Japanese man who spent more than 40 years on death row until he was acquitted last year has been awarded $1.4 million in ...