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Texas Man With Autism Faces Death Penalty Due To Alleged Child Murder
The Texas pardons board rejected a clemency appeal on Wednesday from an autistic man on death row whose murder conviction was based on what his lawyers say was a misdiagnosis of "shaken baby syndrome."
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US Man Read From The Bible And Told His 3 Sons They Were "Best Boys Ever". Then He Killed Them
On Friday, he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three consecutive life terms in prison.
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US Scraps Plea Agreement With 9/11 Mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday scrapped a plea agreement with 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, just two days after the announcement of a deal that reportedly would have taken the death penalty off the table.
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US Says Plea Deal Reached With 9/11 Mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
US prosecutors have reached a deal with 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the Pentagon said Wednesday, reportedly involving a guilty plea in exchange for avoiding a death penalty trial.
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9/11 Victims' Families Split Over Proposal to Spare Suspects' Lives
A proposal to allow alleged perpetrators of the 9/11 attacks to plead guilty and avoid the death penalty poses a powerful dilemma for victims' families, some of whom still want to seek the ultimate retribution after two decades of legal limbo.
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North Korea Jailed 2-Year-Old For Life After Catching Parents With Bible
A US State Department report has found that Christians in North Korea who are caught with a Bible face the death penalty, and their families, including children, are sentenced to life imprisonment.
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US Man, On Death Row For Killing His Family, Dug Out Own Eyes, Swallowed One
Attorneys for a death row inmate who gouged out his own eyes after murdering his wife, son and stepdaughter in Texas asked authorities on Wednesday for clemency because he is mentally ill.
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US Man Convicted Of Cop's Murder Executed
A man sentenced to death for the murder of a police officer was executed Wednesday night in Texas despite suspicions of racism having tainted his trial.
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US Demands "Immediate Cessation" After Latest Iran Death Penalty Over Protest
The White House on Monday condemned the latest executions of protesters announced by Iran and said the United States stands with other countries demanding "immediate cessation" of the death sentences.
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US High School Shooter, Who Killed 17, Gets Life In Prison Without Parole
A US jury on Thursday rejected the death penalty for Nikolas Cruz, who shot and killed 17 people at his former Florida high school, opting instead for life imprisonment without the chance of parole.
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US Woman Stabs Acquaintance, Cuts Off Her Foetus "To Make Boyfriend Stay"
A woman went on trial this week in Texas for allegedly killing a pregnant acquaintance and cutting the fetus out of her to present as her own child.
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US Supreme Court Weighs Death Sentence For Boston Marathon Bomber
President Joe Biden's opposition to capital punishment will be put to the side Wednesday when the US Justice Department tries to convince the Supreme Court to reinstate the death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
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After Nearly 1,400 Executions, Virginia Abolishes Death Penalty
Virginia on Wednesday became the first southern US state to abolish the death penalty.
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US To Carry Out 13th And Final Execution Under Trump Administration
The US government was set to carry out the 13th and final federal execution under President Donald Trump's administration on Friday evening, just five days before President-elect Joe Biden takes office with a promise to try to end the death penalty.
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US Top Court Clears Way For Execution Of Only Woman On Federal Death Row
The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned a stay on convicted murderer Lisa Montgomery's execution by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, clearing the way for application of the death penalty for the only woman on federal death row in the United States, who doctors say is brain-damaged and mentally ill.
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Texas Man With Autism Faces Death Penalty Due To Alleged Child Murder
The Texas pardons board rejected a clemency appeal on Wednesday from an autistic man on death row whose murder conviction was based on what his lawyers say was a misdiagnosis of "shaken baby syndrome."
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US Man Read From The Bible And Told His 3 Sons They Were "Best Boys Ever". Then He Killed Them
On Friday, he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three consecutive life terms in prison.
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US Scraps Plea Agreement With 9/11 Mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday scrapped a plea agreement with 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, just two days after the announcement of a deal that reportedly would have taken the death penalty off the table.
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US Says Plea Deal Reached With 9/11 Mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
US prosecutors have reached a deal with 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the Pentagon said Wednesday, reportedly involving a guilty plea in exchange for avoiding a death penalty trial.
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9/11 Victims' Families Split Over Proposal to Spare Suspects' Lives
A proposal to allow alleged perpetrators of the 9/11 attacks to plead guilty and avoid the death penalty poses a powerful dilemma for victims' families, some of whom still want to seek the ultimate retribution after two decades of legal limbo.
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North Korea Jailed 2-Year-Old For Life After Catching Parents With Bible
A US State Department report has found that Christians in North Korea who are caught with a Bible face the death penalty, and their families, including children, are sentenced to life imprisonment.
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US Man, On Death Row For Killing His Family, Dug Out Own Eyes, Swallowed One
Attorneys for a death row inmate who gouged out his own eyes after murdering his wife, son and stepdaughter in Texas asked authorities on Wednesday for clemency because he is mentally ill.
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US Man Convicted Of Cop's Murder Executed
A man sentenced to death for the murder of a police officer was executed Wednesday night in Texas despite suspicions of racism having tainted his trial.
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US Demands "Immediate Cessation" After Latest Iran Death Penalty Over Protest
The White House on Monday condemned the latest executions of protesters announced by Iran and said the United States stands with other countries demanding "immediate cessation" of the death sentences.
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US High School Shooter, Who Killed 17, Gets Life In Prison Without Parole
A US jury on Thursday rejected the death penalty for Nikolas Cruz, who shot and killed 17 people at his former Florida high school, opting instead for life imprisonment without the chance of parole.
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US Woman Stabs Acquaintance, Cuts Off Her Foetus "To Make Boyfriend Stay"
A woman went on trial this week in Texas for allegedly killing a pregnant acquaintance and cutting the fetus out of her to present as her own child.
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US Supreme Court Weighs Death Sentence For Boston Marathon Bomber
President Joe Biden's opposition to capital punishment will be put to the side Wednesday when the US Justice Department tries to convince the Supreme Court to reinstate the death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
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After Nearly 1,400 Executions, Virginia Abolishes Death Penalty
Virginia on Wednesday became the first southern US state to abolish the death penalty.
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US To Carry Out 13th And Final Execution Under Trump Administration
The US government was set to carry out the 13th and final federal execution under President Donald Trump's administration on Friday evening, just five days before President-elect Joe Biden takes office with a promise to try to end the death penalty.
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US Top Court Clears Way For Execution Of Only Woman On Federal Death Row
The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned a stay on convicted murderer Lisa Montgomery's execution by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, clearing the way for application of the death penalty for the only woman on federal death row in the United States, who doctors say is brain-damaged and mentally ill.
