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Death Penalty

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Florida executes prisoner who killed cellmate to get on death row

  • Oct 13
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Pope says death penalty 'inadmissible' as US plans to stream execution

  • Oct 10
Tennessee Department of Correction via AP, File

Christa Pike released from hospital following botched execution

  • Oct 10
Tennessee Department of Correction via AP, File

Christa Pike seeing 'remarkable physical recovery': Lawyers

  • Oct 9

Judge grants motion to preserve evidence in Christa Pike's botched execution

  • Oct 8

Christa Pike asked 'Where am I?' after waking up after botched execution: Lawyer

  • Oct 8

Army sets date for Fort Hood mass shooter to face firing squad

  • Oct 7

Army to execute Fort Hood mass shooter by firing squad

  • Oct 7

Latest Videos

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Wesley Shermantine of 'Speed Freak Killers' dies in prison: officials

  • Sep 19
0:32

DA to pursue death penalty for Half Moon Bay mass shooting suspect

  • Jun 4, 2025
2:36

Santa Clara Co. court denies resentencing of 1988 mass shooter

  • Mar 22, 2025
2:18

Hearing for South Bay murder convict's resentencing continued to March

  • Dec 7, 2024
2:04

1988 Sunnyvale murder convict could be resentenced to life in prison

  • Dec 6, 2024
0:57

1988 Sunnyvale murder convict could be resentenced to life in prison

  • Dec 6, 2024
0:57

Alameda Co. DA to decide if overturned death penalty case from 1986 will be retried in court

  • Aug 8, 2024
1:00

Resentencing in 3 death penalty cases after Alameda Co. review of prosecutor misconduct

  • Jul 17, 2024

Latest Videos

0:46

Wesley Shermantine of 'Speed Freak Killers' dies in prison: officials

  • Sep 19
0:32

DA to pursue death penalty for Half Moon Bay mass shooting suspect

  • Jun 4, 2025
2:36

Santa Clara Co. court denies resentencing of 1988 mass shooter

  • Mar 22, 2025
2:18

Hearing for South Bay murder convict's resentencing continued to March

  • Dec 7, 2024
2:04

1988 Sunnyvale murder convict could be resentenced to life in prison

  • Dec 6, 2024
0:57

1988 Sunnyvale murder convict could be resentenced to life in prison

  • Dec 6, 2024
0:57

Alameda Co. DA to decide if overturned death penalty case from 1986 will be retried in court

  • Aug 8, 2024
1:00

Resentencing in 3 death penalty cases after Alameda Co. review of prosecutor misconduct

  • Jul 17, 2024

Latest Stories

Christa Pike update: Convicted killer unconscious and on ventilator in hospital after botched execution, attorneys say

She appeared to still be breathing when witnesses were escorted out.

  • Oct 2
(Department of Justice via AP, File)

The drug used in Tennessee's failed execution of Christa Gail Pike has come under past scrutiny

  • Oct 1
Tennessee Department of Correction via AP, File

Christa Gail Pike execution: Convicted killer survives botched lethal injection attempt

Tennessee officials were unable to put Christa Gail Pike to death Wednesday for a 1995 murder after administering two doses of a lethal drug.

  • Oct 1
Tennessee Department of Correction via AP, File

Tennessee is set to execute a woman for the first time in 200 years

  • Sep 29
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Wesley Shermantine of notorious 'Speed Freak Killers' dies in prison at 60, officials say

Officials announced the death of one of the notorious "Speed Freak Killers," Wesley Shermantine, on Friday. He was 60 years old.

  • Sep 19