2 h. ago Chilling 'reason' from man accused of stabbing Ukrainian refugee to death on train

As calls for the death penalty grow in the wake of the killing of Iryna Zarutska, her alleged killer Decarlos Brown has spoken for the first time from behind bars in a chilling phone call to his sister

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13 h. ago Trump says quick death penalty ONLY OPTION for ghastly Charlotte 'animal'

Donald Trump is calling for the death penalty for the 'animal' who murdered Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska. 

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15 h. ago Trump calls for 'the death penalty' as 'only option' after Ukrainian woman killed

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18 h. ago Supermarket Santa Claus 'killed children and buried them in his garden'

A man who dressed up as a supermarket Santa Claus has been charged with killing his two children and burying their bodies in a back garden - and now faces the death penalty

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25 h. ago Iryna Zarutska’s family demand justice and public safety reform following her killing on train: ‘We are heartbroken beyond words’

Decarlos Brown Jr is accused of committing an act causing death on a mass transportation system and could face the death penalty if found guilty

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27 h. ago Man could face death penalty after Ukraine refugee stabbed to death on train

Iryna Zarutska had fled Ukraine after Vladimir Putin ordered Russian troops to invade - but she was later stabbed the South End light rail train in Charlotte, North Carolina

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28 h. ago Suspect in stabbing of Ukrainian woman in North Carolina charged with federal crime

Charge for Decarlos B Jr, accused of killing Iryna Zarutska in apparent random attack on train, could carry death penaltyThe justice department on Tuesday charged a man accused of fatally stabbing a Ukrainian refugee on a North Carolina commuter train last month with a federal crime that could carry the death penalty.The federal charge comes amid growing questions about why Decarlos Brown Jr was on the street despite 14 prior criminal arrests before he was accused of pulling out a knife and killing 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska in an apparently random attack captured on video. Continue reading...

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33 h. ago Suspect accused of killing Ukrainian refugee in unprovoked attack on NC train now faces federal charges

Decarlos Brown Jr. could spend life in prison or face the death penalty because of the new federal charge.

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40 h. ago British pair accused of smuggling cocaine into Bali are paraded handcuffed together as they face possible death penalty

Kial Robinson, 29, and Piran Ezra Wilkinson, 48, both from Chichester, in West Sussex, were photographed at a press conference today at the National Narcotics Agency office in Denpasar.

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53 h. ago British 'drug smugglers' now face the DEATH penalty after 'attempting to sneak 1.3kg of cocaine into Bali'

Kial Robinson, 29, and Piran Ezra Wilkinson, 48, both from Chichester, in West Sussex, are currently being held by Bali's Narcotic Agency.

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5 d. ago Zizians group member to be arraigned on murder charge in Vermont border agent's death

A woman accused of killing a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont is set to make her first court appearance since prosecutors said they will seek the death penalty against her

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6 d. ago Death penalty for ‘sabotage’ of defence sites by activists ruled out by minister

Parliament heard arson at a naval dockyard was a capital offence until 1971, amid questions over the adequacy of the current law.

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1 week ago Triple killer put to death in Florida’s record 11th execution this year

Curtis Windom was executed by lethal injection

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2 w. ago Trump to roll out ‘comprehensive’ crime crackdown bill across US after DC ‘emergency’

Trump announced the forthcoming legislation hours after saying he wants anyone who kills someone in DC to face the death penalty

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2 w. ago Trump says he will seek death penalty for murders in Washington DC

Donald Trump has said he will seek the death penalty for murders committed in Washington DC.

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2 w. ago Trump wants executions for ‘anybody’ who kills in DC, where death penalty is banned

Local officials abolished capital punishment more than 40 years ago, teeing up yet another political and legal fight

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2 w. ago Trump seeks ‘capital, capital punishment’ for ‘anybody’ who kills in DC, where death penalty is banned

Local officials abolished executions more than 40 years ago, teeing up yet another political and legal fight

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2 w. ago Trump is wrong about crime – but right about the fear of it | Austin Sarat

The deployment of the national guard in Washington ignores the data. But Democrats must not ignore how people feelIn most of America’s largest cities, crime, especially violent crime, is down. But the fear of crime is increasing.Donald Trump has made a career out of ignoring the reality of crime rates and of stoking that fear. Well before he entered politics and throughout his political career, he has talked about city life as life in a proverbial jungle.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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2 w. ago Congo's prosecutor asks for the death penalty for former President Kabila for war crimes

Congo's public prosecutor has asked for the death penalty for former President Joseph Kabila

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2 w. ago Prosecutors to seek death penalty for man accused of killing 2 police officers in Utah

Prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty for a man accused of fatally shooting two police officers in northern Utah last weekend

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