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fromSlate Magazine
3 days ago
Law

The Terrible, Hidden Stakes of One of the Thorniest Supreme Court Cases of This Term

Pitchford v. Cain highlights the complexities of racial discrimination claims in jury selection within the constraints of modern habeas corpus law.
fromSlate Magazine
2 weeks ago
Law

Sonia Sotomayor Warns That Texas May Execute an Innocent Man

The Supreme Court has shifted from protecting capital defendants' rights to facilitating executions, exemplified by the denial of Rodney Reed's appeal.
Law
fromSlate Magazine
3 days ago

The Terrible, Hidden Stakes of One of the Thorniest Supreme Court Cases of This Term

Pitchford v. Cain highlights the complexities of racial discrimination claims in jury selection within the constraints of modern habeas corpus law.
Law
fromSlate Magazine
2 weeks ago

Sonia Sotomayor Warns That Texas May Execute an Innocent Man

The Supreme Court has shifted from protecting capital defendants' rights to facilitating executions, exemplified by the denial of Rodney Reed's appeal.
#murder
fromBoston.com
3 days ago
SF parents

Braintree man sentenced to life in prison for murdering Salem State student 40 years ago

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1 week ago
SOMA, SF

8 Years on, SF Woman Convicted of the Grisly Murder and Dismemberment of Roommate Who Wouldn't Leave

fromBoston.com
2 weeks ago
US news

Man convicted, sentenced to life in prison 40 years after teenager found dead in Plymouth forest

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3 days ago
SF parents

Braintree man sentenced to life in prison for murdering Salem State student 40 years ago

fromsfist.com
1 week ago
SOMA, SF

8 Years on, SF Woman Convicted of the Grisly Murder and Dismemberment of Roommate Who Wouldn't Leave

fromBoston.com
2 weeks ago
US news

Man convicted, sentenced to life in prison 40 years after teenager found dead in Plymouth forest

#capital-punishment
US politics
fromSlate Magazine
1 month ago

Texas Is Planning to Put an Innocent Man to Death. Will the Supreme Court Even Take the Case?

Texas must be compelled to enforce laws letting death-row inmates prove actual innocence to ensure fair treatment and prevent racially biased or cruel executions.
US news
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Texas man scheduled to be executed for killing ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend

Charles Victor Thompson, convicted of the 1998 murders of his ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend, was scheduled for execution by lethal injection in Texas amid disputed cause-of-death claims.
SF politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days ago

He was sentenced to death despite not pulling the trigger. An unlikely coalition saved his life

Governor Ivey commuted Charles Sonny Burton's death sentence to life without parole due to widespread opposition against executing a 75-year-old man who didn't pull the trigger.
World politics
fromwww.dw.com
2 weeks ago

Capital punishment: Which countries use the death penalty?

Israel's proposed capital punishment law for Palestinians faces controversy amid a global trend toward abolishing the death penalty.
#death-penalty
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago
World politics

The Guardian view on Israel's death penalty: capital punishment is always wrong. This new law is doubly so | Editorial

Law
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

Texas court overturns sentence for man on death row for nearly 50 years

The Texas court overturned Clarence Curtis Jordan's death sentence due to his intellectual disabilities and lack of legal representation for decades.
World politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

The Guardian view on Israel's death penalty: capital punishment is always wrong. This new law is doubly so | Editorial

The new Israeli law mandates the death penalty for Palestinians, reinforcing discriminatory practices and potentially constituting a war crime.
Left-wing politics
fromwww.dw.com
2 weeks ago

Israel poised to pass controversial death penalty bill

Israel's parliamentary committee approved a bill to re-establish the death penalty for terrorists, particularly targeting Palestinians convicted in military and criminal courts.
UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 week ago

Young adults facing life or indeterminate sentences almost doubles in a decade

The number of young adults receiving life sentences has nearly doubled in a decade, raising concerns about their mental health and future prospects.
Washington DC
fromSlate Magazine
1 week ago

They Had to Clean Solitary Cells. What They Saw Forced Them to Quit.

Solitary confinement work is demoralizing and involves invasive strip searches, contributing to severe mental health issues among incarcerated individuals.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Prosecutors used hip-hop lyrics to help sentence a man to death: This only happens to rap music'

James Broadnax, who is 37, describes how he writes: 'I've been here umpteen days never forgetting To forget the absence of my fate. Sloppy ciphered sentences become rage, Provoking thoughts into words spoken Across this blank page.'
Music
Europe politics
fromIrish Independent
1 week ago

Israel makes death penalty default sentence for Palestinians convicted of deadly attacks

A new Israeli law mandates the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of nationalistic killings, facing widespread condemnation for its discriminatory nature.
fromwww.independent.co.uk
4 days ago

Crime victims and bereaved families given more time to challenge lenient sentences

Victims' Commissioner Claire Waxman expressed her delight at the government's decision, stating that the change is long overdue and acknowledges the years of campaigning led by bereaved families like Tracey Hanson, who sought justice following the tragic death of her son Josh.
Law
#prison-reform
UK news
fromwww.bbc.com
3 weeks ago

Plan to scrap most short jail terms comes into effect

Most offenders facing up to a year in jail in England and Wales will now likely receive suspended sentences under new reforms.
UK news
fromwww.bbc.com
3 weeks ago

Plan to scrap most short jail terms comes into effect

Most offenders facing up to a year in jail in England and Wales will now likely receive suspended sentences under new reforms.
London politics
fromIndependent
2 weeks ago

Five members of Dublin gang jailed for total of 34 years for torture of man 'that bypasses any notion of humanity'

Five gang members received 34 years in prison for torturing Barry Moore, including waterboarding and branding him with a hot iron.
#murder-conviction
Law
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 weeks ago

What to know about the legal scheme that saw double murderer jailed for life

Shaine March received a whole life order after his original sentence for murder was deemed unduly lenient.
#criminal-justice
fromwww.cbc.ca
1 month ago
Canada news

Man convicted of 1st-degree murder has been temporarily released in Oshawa: police | CBC News

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1 month ago
Canada news

Man convicted of 1st-degree murder has been temporarily released in Oshawa: police | CBC News

SF parents
fromSan Jose Inside
1 month ago

Court Overturns 2017 Conviction of Morgan Hill Teen's Accused Killer

An appeals court overturned Antolin Garcia Torres's 2012 murder conviction in the Sierra LaMar case, barring prosecutors from using certain legal theories in any retrial.
#death-penalty-commutation
#prison-violence
UK news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Governors warn of increasing violence of nothing-to-lose' inmates attacking notorious prisoners

Prisoners serving lengthy or whole-life sentences in high-security prisons increasingly attack notorious inmates because they face no additional punishment and gain status through violence.
UK news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Governors warn of increasing violence of nothing-to-lose' inmates attacking notorious prisoners

Prisoners serving lengthy or whole-life sentences in high-security prisons increasingly attack notorious inmates because they face no additional punishment and gain status through violence.
Law
fromBoston.com
3 weeks ago

Chelsea man released decades after murder conviction won't be retried, prosecutors say

Suffolk County prosecutors dropped charges against Thomas Rosa Jr. after 34 years in prison, citing new DNA evidence, lost evidence, and changes in case law that dismantled their case against him.
SF parents
fromwww.ocregister.com
1 month ago

Lookout convicted for notorious California honor roll murder' says he didn't believe killing would actually happen

A man convicted as a lookout in a 1992 honor roll student murder seeks to overturn his conviction, arguing he believed the killing plan was fantasy rather than a genuine plot.
History
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months ago

Today in History: January 17, Murderer Gary Gilmore executed by firing squad

January 17 marks numerous significant historical events, including executions, prohibition enforcement, major robberies, influential speeches, earthquake disasters, and notable music inductions.
SF parents
fromBoston.com
1 month ago

Salem State student's killer convicted 40 years after her murder, prosecutors say

John Carey was convicted of first-degree murder for strangling Salem State University student Claire Gravel in 1986, with DNA evidence from the murder weapon securing the guilty verdict forty years later.
fromSlate Magazine
2 months ago

Don't Let Them Tell You That Was Self-Defense

Early Saturday morning in downtown Minneapolis, 37-year-old Alex Pretti was killed by federal agents in full public view. Within hours, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection officials released a familiar statement: an agent, they said, had acted in lawful self-defense against an armed and violent agitator. According to this narrative, Pretti instigated the violence that led to his death.
Law
fromSlate Magazine
1 month ago

Alabama Is About to Execute a 75-Year-Old Man Who Didn't Even Kill Anyone. There's Still Time to Stop It.

Alabama plans to execute a 75-year-old man who did not kill anyone but was convicted under felony murder law for his presence during a 1991 robbery where another person fired the fatal shot.
#luigi-mangione
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fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

'Cold blooded' murder was well planned, court told

Four men are accused of planning the 2020 Telford assassination of rapper Tamba Momodu (Teerose); three deny murder, one pleaded guilty to arson.
Public health
fromThe Mercury News
2 months ago

California agency tasked with scrutinizing jail deaths hasn't completed a single review

The In-Custody Death Review Division has completed no reviews of over 150 jail deaths because counties withheld or redacted necessary investigatory and medical records.
#homicide
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Don't they have mercy?': A mother on losing her son in a record year of Saudi executions

An Egyptian fisherman, Essam al-Shazly, was executed in Saudi Arabia after alleged coercion, a forced confession, and disputed drug‑smuggling charges.
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Charlie Kirk killing: key Utah prosecutor denies conflict of interest

Local prosecutors denied conflict-of-interest claims while defending the decision to seek the death penalty and opposing defense requests to exclude footage and media from court.
California
fromwww.sbsun.com
2 months ago

Man gets 15 to life for 1980 killing of California teen whose body was found in grapefruit grove

A jury convicted Leonard Nash of second-degree murder for killing 18-year-old Michelle 'Missy' Jones in 1980, and he received a 15-years-to-life sentence.
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 months ago

Former Federal Prosecutor Claims Man Shot and Killed By Federal Agents Had a Death Wish'

A total of 10 gunshots rang out from the ICE officers, leaving Pretti lying supine and motionless in the middle of the street. He was declared dead at the scene. Video of the incident appeared to contradict the Department of Homeland Security narrative that Pretti approached US Border Patrol officers with a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun, and that the officers were forced to shoot in self-defense.
US politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

Charles Bronson releases letter from prison ahead of parole hearing

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground.
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US news
fromBoston.com
2 months ago

Boston man paroled after serving 16 years of life sentence for fatal stabbing outside bar

Corey Patterson, convicted of second-degree murder for a 2009 Allston bar stabbing, was granted parole after serving 16 years in prison.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Trump Vows Death Penalty for Nancy Guthrie's Kidnappers if She's Not Found Safe

President Trump pledged the death penalty for Nancy Guthrie's kidnappers if she is not found alive.
UK news
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

West Yorkshire man charged with encouraging suicide in US

A 21-year-old British man, Dylan Phelan, has been charged with encouraging the suicide of a 21-year-old American via a video call and faces related offences.
US news
fromABA Journal
2 months ago

Former Utah judge pleads guilty to sexual battery, drug charges

Former 3rd District Judge William Kendall pleaded guilty to reduced misdemeanor charges of sexual battery and attempted drug distribution under a plea-in-abeyance agreement.
US news
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Man accused of falsely confessing to killing Charlie Kirk faces up to 15-year sentence

George Zinn pleaded no contest to obstruction and admitted possessing child sexual abuse material, facing up to 15 years in prison.
UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

Secret prison documents shows government plan to tackle IPP scandal will fail

At least 520 people serving abolished IPP sentences are projected to remain incarcerated in March 2030, leaving many indefinitely detained despite abolition.
US news
fromAbove the Law
2 months ago

Sheriff Accused Of Killing Judge In Chambers Wants Death Penalty Off The Table - Above the Law

Sheriff Shawn 'Mickey' Stines, accused of killing Judge Kevin D. Mullins, seeks a hearing claiming intellectual disability or mental illness to avoid the death penalty.
UK news
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Supermax-style units' for most dangerous criminals to be introduced in England and Wales

Most dangerous extremist prisoners will be held in tiered supermax-style separation units with tougher conditions and potential legal limits on ECHR article 8.
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