First responders recount finding mother, 2 daughters dead in closet at Alberto Sierra death penalty trial

Jurors weighing the death penalty for Alberto Sierra heard first responders describe finding his wife and two stepdaughters ...

Death penalty deliberations in TJ Wiggins trial expected to begin Monday

Wiggins' defense team spent two days trying to convince a jury that a life sentence is adequate punishment.

Could Emonnie Branch face the death penalty? What KY law says

Though Kentucky has the death penalty, a temporary injunction has paused all executions since 2010.

Medical examiner graphically testifies about injuries to wife, 2 daughters in Miami man's death penalty trial

Dr. Emma Lew, a former Miami-Dade medical examiner who performed all three autopsies, gave graphic testimony Friday as the first week of the trial ended.

Algerian lawmakers pass a bill restoring the death penalty for arson

Algerian lawmakers have passed a bill reintroducing the death penalty for arson after deadly wildfires this summer.

How widely used is the death penalty in the US?

How widely used is the death penalty in the US?
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Death row killer Christa Pike’s botched execution ‘broke the law TWICE’ – as lawyers push for switch to life sentence

CHRISTA Pike’s executioners allegedly broke the law twice during the botched lethal injection. The death row killer’s lawyers ...

Death row inmate 'in critical condition' after surviving two lethal injections

Christa Pike was just 20 when she was sentenced to death for murder. Three decades and two lethal injections later, medics ...