6 h. ago Bryan Kohberger to plead guilty to murder in Idaho student stabbings to avoid death penalty

Bryan Kohberger has agreed to plead guilty to murdering four University of Idaho students as part of a deal with prosecutors to avoid the death penalty

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9 h. ago What to know about Kohberger agreeing to plead guilty to murdering 4 University of Idaho students

Bryan Kohberger has agreed to plead guilty to murdering four University of Idaho students as part of a deal to avoid the death penalty

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12 h. ago Bryan Kohberger accepts plea deal in Idaho murders case after prosecution drops death penalty

Quadruple homicide suspect Bryan Kohberger has reportedly accepted a plea deal in the horrific slaying of four University of Idaho students.

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12 h. ago Idaho student murders suspect reportedly agrees to plead guilty on all counts

Bryan Kohberger to be spared death penalty but will be given four consecutive life sentences, ABC News reportsBryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing four Idaho college students in 2022, has agreed to plead guilty to all counts, a move that would spare him from the death penalty, ABC News reported on Monday, citing a letter sent to victims’ family members.Kohberger, who previously pleaded not guilty on charges of murder in the fatal stabbings, will be sentenced to four consecutive life sentences and waives all right to appeal, according to ABC News. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago ‘I watched innocent man die in Death Row gas chamber – his chilling last words still haunt me’

Clive Stafford Smith, who is retired from Death Row law, continues to campaign against the penalty and claims the US is turning to illegal substances to kill inmates

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5 d. ago Vietnam ends death penalty for 8 crimes, may spare real estate tycoon

Vietnam has lifted the death penalty for eight crimes in legal reforms that may spare the life of a real estate tycoon imprisoned in the country’s largest financial fraud case

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1 week ago Luigi Mangione’s defense claims ‘bias’ after diary entries reveal possible motive for killing of United Healthcare CEO

Mangione faces a terrorism charge in New York, and federal prosecutors are seeking the death penalty

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1 week ago Florida Gov. DeSantis on pace to break death penalty record with execution of mistaken

The state is on track to execute at least eight people within seven months

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1 week ago Saudi journalist is executed 'after years of torture' for writing a TWEET

Turki Al-Jasser, who was in his late 40s, was put to death on Saturday, according to the official Saudi Press Agency, after the death penalty was upheld by the nation's top court.

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1 week ago A US senator’s X posts after the Minnesota shootings were horrific – and predictable | Austin Sarat

Mike Lee knows better than to turn tragedy into disinformation. But outrageousness has become the name of the gameNational tragedy used to bring national unity. If only momentarily, partisanship was put aside, and people of all political persuasions came together.No more. The nation received a startling reminder of that sad fact on Sunday when Republican senator Mike Lee went online to share his reaction to the weekend’s horrible shooting of two Minnesota state lawmakers and their spouses.Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell professor of jurisprudence and political science at Amherst College, is the author or editor of more than 100 books, including Gruesome Spectacles: Botched Executions and America’s Death Penalty Continue reading...

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1 week ago Bryan Kohberger student killings trial faces new delays over ‘intense publicity

Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Bryan Kohberger

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1 week ago Man charged with killing prominent lawmaker could face a rarity for Minnesota: the death penalty

The man charged with killing a prominent Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another could face the death penalty, something that is a rarity for Minnesota but could become more common under the Trump administration

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2 w. ago Minnesota shootings latest: Suspect Vance Boelter could face death penalty as new details reveal other officials targeted

Democratic state representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were fatally shot in the early hours of Saturday, the same day a state senator and his wife were also wounded

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2 w. ago Luigi Mangione's jailhouse pal reveals suspected assassin's job behind bars

An inmate who shared a cell with Luigi Mangione has opened up about the alleged CEO killer's life behind bars.

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2 w. ago Oklahoma inmate to be executed after Trump officials expedited order

He was convicted of carjacking, kidnapping, and murder in 1999

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2 w. ago New Reform chair David Bull calls for return of death penalty

Dr David Bull also called for burqas to be banned in the UK

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2 w. ago British mum, 39, facing death penalty with her partner tells jury 'I was framed'

Lisa Stocker, 39, is currently on trial in Bali alongside Jon Collyer and Phineas Float

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2 w. ago Brit facing death penalty over Angel Delight cocaine haul insists she was framed

Lisa Stocker, 39, is currently on trial at Denpasar central court where she told a jury she had been "framed" after cops arrested her and her partner at the airport entering Bali

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2 w. ago British trio facing death penalty over Angel Delight cocaine plot

The three face the death penalty for 'smuggling cocaine in sachets of Angel Delight' into Indonesia

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2 w. ago 'I was framed': British mother facing death penalty in Bali for 'smuggling cocaine in Angel Delight' claims stitch

Lisa Stocker, Jonathan Collyer, and Phineas Float have appeared in court accused of drug trafficking

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