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'Stretches the law at every turn': Thomas scolds justices for 'incoherent' decision to grant death row inmate a new trial

Elura NanosFeb 25th
'Let's get this over with': Quadruple murderer was ready for his execution after Ben & Jerry's last meal

Jamie FreveleDec 18th
'You will always be a waste of human life': Man who executed 5 people at bank for no apparent reason receives same fate as his victims

David HarrisDec 16th
Convicted cannibal serial killer sentenced to death for dismembering victims for 'sacrifices'

Jamie FreveleDec 5th
Bryan Kohberger not likely to be able to avoid the death penalty if convicted of Idaho student murders

Matthew T. ManginoDec 3rd
Thomas and Gorsuch signal willingness to rethink SCOTUS rulings about executing low-IQ inmates

Elura NanosNov 4th
Supreme Court may be headed for deadlock in case of Oklahoma death row inmate

Elura NanosOct 10th
Son who murdered U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dad, showed off head on YouTube, and rambled about 'trying to perform a citizen's arrest' may face death penalty: DA

Matt NahamOct 7th
'My king will kill all of you': Woman accused of luring deputies to home in fatal ambush faces possible death sentence

Marisa SarnoffOct 2nd
'Cowardly' father admits lining up 3 young sons, shooting them with rifle after prosecutors pursued death penalty for 'monstrous' murders

Matt NahamAug 2nd
Prosecutors will seek death penalty for dad and stepmom accused of 'calculated and systematic' torture and abuse that killed 12-year-old girl

Jerry LambeJul 27th
'Doomsday-cult' author Chad Daybell guilty of murdering Lori Vallow's children and his first wife

Colin KalmbacherMay 30th
Father of 3 condemned to die for murdering wife and in-laws at apartment while carrying on costly affair and spiraling out of control financially

Matt NahamMay 14th
'Constitutional violations cannot be the final word': Oklahoma admits death row inmate was falsely tried in Supreme Court brief, says prosecutor knowingly 'elicited false testimony' from mentally ill witness in order to convict him

Colin KalmbacherApr 24th
Handwritten notes plotting alleged removal of Black, Jewish jurors unearthed, throwing active death penalty cases spanning 40 years into jeopardy: DA

Brandi BuchmanApr 23rd
'Man up': Oklahoma judge says corrections staff should just 'suck it up' and stop asking for more time between executions

Elura NanosApr 2nd