Miami jury recommends death penalty for Alberto Sierra for killing estranged wife, her young daughters

Emotions ran high inside the courtroom when the verdict was read, with the victim's surviving son breaking down in tears.
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'I don't have an issue with the death penalty': Rapper wants to be executed for murder of girlfriend's unborn child

Billy Sims III sent a letter to the judge in his case asking for no further mitigation to be provided before he's sentenced.
The Post

Midterm elections to influence death penalty future

The upcoming gubernatorial race has high stakes for Ohio’s death penalty. Gov. Mike DeWine has upheld an unofficial ...
Daily Mail

Rapper who killed woman and her unborn baby asks judge to sentence him to death penalty and tells his lawyers not to bother with mitigation

Billy Adams III, who killed his pregnant girlfriend said he wants to be sentenced to death and doesn't want his lawyers to ...
EWTN

Archbishop Coakley receives award for anti-death penalty advocacy

Coakley said living in the U.S. has deepened his commitment to advocating for death row inmates and urging the Church and the ...

Amid talk of public execution, public opinion on death penalty is split

A majority of Americans support the death penalty for people convicted of murder, but support becomes more divided when ...

Furious cops plead with Gavin Newsom to halt death penalty commutation: 'Worst of the worst'

California’s police chiefs sent a plea to Gov. Gavin Newsom Wednesday to not follow through on sparing 563 inmates from the ...

Alabama man on death row for 3 decades gets clemency: 'Thank you, Lord'

In a rare move on Tuesday, Republican Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey granted clemency to Toforest Johnson, who has been on death row ...