Tag: Capital Punishment
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Luigi Mangione seeks dismissal of death penalty and US charges
Luigi Mangione asked a U.S. judge to dismiss his federal indictment or bar prosecutors from seeking the death penalty, arguing statements by Attorney General Pam Bondi and others have violated his rights. Mangione, 27, who has pleaded not guilty, is accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealth Group Inc. executive Brian Thompson in December outside a midtown…
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Luigi Mangione’s lawyers want death penalty off the table in UnitedHealthcare CEO murder case
Luigi Mangione’s lawyers are urging a judge to bar federal prosecutors from seeking the death penalty in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson
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Suspect recorded killings of 2 Israeli Embassy staffers on a body camera, prosecutors say
Federal prosecutors say a man accused of fatally shooting two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington was wearing a body camera that captured video of the killings from his perspective
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Suspect in Charlie Kirk killing feared being shot by police before surrendering, sheriff says
A Utah sheriff says the 22-year-old man charged with killing with Charlie Kirk was afraid of being shot by police and agreed to surrender as long as it was done peacefully
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Florida carries out record 12th execution this year on man convicted of killing wife’s family
A Florida man convicted of killing his estranged wife’s sister and parents and setting their house on fire has been put to death
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A timeline of Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the arrest of a suspect
Prosecutors say the 22-year-old man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk during an event at Utah Valley University has been charged with capital murder
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What we’ve learned about the case against the man charged in Charlie Kirk’s killing
Students at Utah Valley University have returned to classes for the first time since the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk on the school’s campus
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Mississippi police await autopsy results for Black student found hanged at Delta State
Mississippi police are urging patience as they wait for autopsy results for a Black student found hanging from a tree at Delta State University
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Where Robert Roberson’s appeals stand ahead of his third execution date in Texas
DALLAS — For the third time, Robert Roberson III is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection next month in Texas. Roberson, 58, was convicted of capital murder in 2003 for reportedly shaking his 2-year-old daughter, Nikki, to death. His prosecution relied on proving Nikki showed a triad of symptoms associated with “shaken baby syndrome,”…
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Suspect left note saying he planned to kill Charlie Kirk, later confessed in texts, prosecutor says
The man accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a Utah university has been charged with aggravated murder