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U.S. declines to pursue death penalty against trio of accused Mexican cartel kingpins
The U.S. attorney general directed prosecutors not to seek capital punishment against three reputed cartel leaders, including one accused in the decades-old killing of a DEA agent, according to court filings Tuesday.
U.S. Says It Will Not Seek Death Penalty Against 3 Drug Cartel Bosses
Foreign defendants are rarely sent to the United States if they might face death, and America’s use of capital punishment has been a significant point of friction with Mexico’s government.
US Won't Seek Death Penalty for Mexican Drug Lords Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada and Rafael Caro Quintero
U.S. prosecutors won’t seek the death penalty in their cases against Mexican drug lords “El Mayo” Zambada and Rafael Caro Quintero
US will not seek death penalty for alleged Mexican drug lords Caro Quintero, Zambada
The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday it will not seek the death penalty for accused Mexican drug traffickers Rafael Caro Quintero and Ismael Zambada despite allegations of deep ties to cartel violence.
Bondi won’t seek death penalty for cartel boss ‘El Mayo’
El Mayo' is accused of co-founding the Sinaloa Cartel alongside convicted drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman
No death penalty for ‘Narco of Narcos,’ other Mexican cartel bosses facing trial: DOJ
Federal prosecutors will not seek the death penalty for a trio of high-ranking Mexican cartel leaders facing trial in Brooklyn, including Rafael Caro Quintero, the so-called “Narco of Narcos” accused of masterminding the torture killing of a DEA agent.
Justice Department to seek federal hate crime charges and death penalty in killing of Israeli Embassy staffers
The Justice Department will seek to indict the man accused of killing two Israeli Embassy staff members in Washington, DC, on ...
Why we must confront the ugliness of capital punishment in Tennessee | Opinion
Ahead of Byron Black's execution on August 5, it's time to re-examine the horrors of capital punishment and Tennesseans' role ...
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Tennessee executes Byron Black despite concerns about his defibrillator
Black’s US lawyers raised concerns that his heart implant could shock him back to life, leading to undue suffering.
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Death Penalty on the Table as Sin City Manny Charged with Double Murder on Vegas Strip
The article reports on prosecutors seeking the death penalty for YouTuber "Sin City Manny," charged with murdering two ...
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Capital punishment, which states have it and what methods do they use ...
Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, has become a less frequently used penalty over the years, but it is still in effect in several states. For the fifth straight year, fewer than ...
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37 condemned prisoners awaiting execution in Bauchi
Why not just forgive them if the governor wants to or if he is committing to the execution, it should be done once and for ...
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Capital Punishment Is the Most Unusual It’s Ever Been
When capital punishment was more common, it was easy to claim that people are executed because they are criminals. But now that fewer criminals receive the death penalty, that's no longer the case ...
17 people executed in Saudi Arabia, mostly for drug crimes
It is the quickest pace of capital punishment since March 2022, when 81 people were executed in a single day for ...