Prosecutors seeking death penalty for deported illegal alien indicted in murder of sister-in-law

Bangladeshi national Shahidul Islam, 44, allegedly killed his sister-in-law in Lake County, Florida, then fled to a sanctuary ...

Florida seeks death penalty for illegal alien in shooting death of sister-in-law

A Bangladeshi national who repeatedly entered the US illegally after being deported has been indicted in the execution-style ...

Ohio governor breaks with GOP with call to end death penalty: Here's why

DeWine urged the state to abolish the death penalty, citing data showing it no longer deters crime.

Ohio Supreme Court denies Billy Wagner’s appeal, leaving death penalty on the table

The Ohio Supreme Court has declined to hear the appeal of the last Wagner family member awaiting trial for the Pike County ...

Florida's push to execute older inmates has victims' families, death penalty opponents divided

Florida is in the process of executing three of its oldest death row inmates back to back – each one older than the last.

Protesting 50-Year-Old Death Penalty Decision

On July 2, 1976, the United States Supreme Court decided Gregg v. Georgia, ruling that capital punishment does not violate ...
Opinion

DeWine finally shared what most knew - he’s against the death penalty he helped enact: Thomas Suddes

Gov. Mike DeWine, who’ll turn 80 on Jan. 5, isn’t likely to run for office again, so however and whatever he does about death penalty inmates before completing his final term as governor in January ...

Gov. Mike DeWine wants Ohio to abolish the death penalty, says it's not a deterrent

Republican Gov. Mike DeWine, who has repeatedly postponed executions over the past seven years, said Tuesday that Ohio should abolish the death penalty, confirming his change of heart on the policy he ...
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

MARTA stabbing suspect may face death penalty in federal case

A man accused of fatally stabbing a 66-year-old woman on a MARTA train has been indicted by a federal grand jury on a charge that carries the death penalty.

Tyler Robinson Still Faces Death Penalty After Judge Finds Prosecutor Broke Gag Order

A Utah judge is apparently pissed that prosecutors in Tyler Robinson's murder trial blabbed to the press in violation of a gag order ... but the death penalty is still on the table. Utah Judge Tony ...