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An Alabama lawmaker has prefiled a bill that would expand death penalty-eligible cases.

Two men convicted of killing six people in Deltona in 2004 in one of Central Florida’s most notorious mass killings were back in court Friday after a jury in May recommended they be given the… ...

This morning, lawyers will ask the judge to give the men life in prison instead of the death penalty.

“California death penalty prosecutions in the last five years alone have led to court costs of more than $300 million.” ...

Despite death penalty proponents arguing its deterrent effect on crime, states with the death penalty consistently report higher murder rates than those without.

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Two men accused of homicide and facing a potential death sentence if convicted asked Pennsylvania’s highest court to restrict a county prosecutor’s pursuit of the death penalty, accusing him ...

Amid state plans to execute convicted killer Ralph Menzies, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said, "There are probably circumstances" where the death penalty is "still war ...