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Man convicted in 2013 St. Petersburg houseboat murders sentenced to death again
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 4 days agoA man who had his death sentence overturned by the Florida Supreme Court was again sentenced to die...
‘Under the Bridge’ Has Fully Turned Its Eye on Kelly Ellard
Esquire· 3 days agoKelly Ellard made headlines in 1997 when she was accused and later convicted of murdering Reena...
A Black teen was wrongfully executed for murdering a White woman in 1931. Now, his family is suing...
CNN.com· 2 hours agoIn 1931, Alexander McClay Williams became the youngest person to be executed in Pennsylvania, when...
Prosecutor opposes parole for men convicted in 1978 killing of Cincinnati police officer
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo News· 5 days ago"These two...Powers said. "But for a glitch in the law, they would be on death row." Months before...
At least 2 dead in Texas after severe weather sweeps across Texas and Oklahoma, authorities say
Stamford Advocate· 7 hours agoA tornado crossed into northern Denton County in Texas late Saturday and overturned tractor-trailer...
'Oh thank you, God': Texas lawmakers halting Melissa Lucio's execution was the right call
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 4 days agoLast month, two years after her execution was stayed, Judge Arturo Nelson, who presided over Lucio’s...
Death Penalty Sought Again For 88-year-old In Japan Murder Saga
International Business Times· 4 days agoJapanese prosecutors again sought the death penalty in the retrial on Wednesday of an ex-boxer who...
Republicans reject bill to outlaw death penalty by nitrogen suffocation in Louisiana
New Orleans Times-Picayune· 5 days agoA federal judge has since overturned Wessinger's death sentence. The committee voted the bill down...
Criminal justice backlash heads to the California ballot
Politico via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoDemocratic governors and legislators cheered those changes while enacting laws that scaled back...
Maine high court denies mother's appeal of murder conviction in death of 3-year-old son
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 week agoMay 16—The Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Thursday denied a Stockton Springs woman's appeal of her murder conviction in the death of her 3-year-old son. Jessica Trefethen ...