Ohio lawmakers debate dueling death penalty reform proposals
Efforts to end the death penalty in Ohio have gained more support from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle in recent years.
Bryan Kohberger has autism. His attorneys say the diagnosis should remove death penalty
His attorneys argued that there is an “unconscionable risk” he’ll be executed because of a neurological disorder rather than ...
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Man who set his father's fiancée on fire dodges death penalty, gets life in prison without parole
Robbi Robinson was found guilty of dousing his father's fiancee, Brenda Scott, in accelerant and setting her on fire, killing ...
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'Unforgivable and evil': Judge sentences man who set father's fiancée on fire, killing her
HAMILTON, Ohio (WKRC) - A Butler County judge sentenced a man to life in prison without parole. That was what the jury ...
Judge imposes life in prison sentence for man convicted of killing father’s fiancée
HAMILTON, Ohio (WXIX) - A 25-year-old man convicted of killing his father’s fiancée by setting her on fire finds out Thursday if he will be put on Death Row or spend the rest of his life in prison.
Lethal injection, electrocution and now firing squads. A look at US execution methods
South Carolina is preparing this week to execute a man by firing squad, a capital punishment method that hasn’t been used in ...
Florida ups the stakes for crimes by immigrants in the US illegally
New laws in Florida mandate stiffer criminal penalties for immigrants in the U.S. illegally than for everyone else.
Ohio woman faces life in prison after pleading guilty to giving 80-year-old father-in-law lethal doses of medication on Christmas Eve
An Ohio woman could spend the rest of her life in jail after pleading guilty to the murder of her 80-year-old father-in-law.
Louisiana and Arkansas look to nitrogen executions
Louisiana is scheduled to execute a man with nitrogen gas on March 18. Arkansas lawmakers are seeking to introduce nitrogen ...
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey commutes death sentence of Robin Dion Myers, a first in her tenure
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of Robin Meyers, a first for her time in office and the first commutation ...
Georgia lawmakers consider easing one of the nation’s toughest death penalty laws
Lawmakers have tried multiple times to change Georgia's strict legal standard to prove that someone has an intellectual ...
The US is killing someone by firing squad for the 1st time in 15 years. Here's a look at the history
Firing squads have a long and storied history in the U.S. They've served as a punishment for mutiny in colonial times, a way ...