death penalty

Sentencing expected Friday for white gunman who killed 23 people in El Paso Walmart attack

By Morgan Lee, Paul J. Weber, Associated Press

The white Texas gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack at a Walmart in 2019 is awaiting punishment for one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history.

The Oklahoma case pushing state Republicans to rethink the death penalty

By Adam Kemp

Richard Glossip has been given nine different execution dates for a crime he says he did not commit, and right now it’s uncertain if he’ll be assigned a 10th.

Here is a look at the laws DeSantis has passed as Florida governor, from abortion to guns

By Anthony Izaguirre, Associated Press

With the help of GOP supermajorities in the statehouse, the Republican has been able to push through an aggressive agenda that forms the base of his White House run.

Supreme Court rules for Arizona inmate in death penalty case

By Associated Press

The Supreme Court has ruled that a man on Arizona's death row should be resentenced because jurors in his case were wrongly told that the only way to ensure he would never walk free was to sentence him to death.

Governor creates commission to study Arizona prison problems

By Jacques Billeaud, Associated Press

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs is creating a commission to study problems in Arizona's prisons, including staffing levels and the health care offered to inmates.

Federal prosecutors won’t seek death penalty for El Paso Walmart shooter

By Jake Bleiberg, Michael Tarm, Associated Press

Federal prosecutors will not seek the death penalty for a man accused of fatally shooting nearly two dozen people in a racist attack at a West Texas Walmart in 2019.

Missouri governor refuses clemency to 1st openly transgender woman to be executed in U.S.

By Jim Salter, Associated Press

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Tuesday said he would not halt the execution of Amber McLaughlin, 49, who is set to die for stalking a former girlfriend and stabbing her to death nearly 20 years ago.

Oregon governor commutes sentences of all inmates awaiting state execution

By Andrew Selsky, Associated Press

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has announced she is commuting the sentences of all of the state's 17 inmates awaiting execution.

Prosecutor makes final case for Parkland shooter’s execution

By Terry Spencer, Associated Press

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The lead prosecutor of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz made his final push Tuesday to persuade jurors to sentence him to death, telling them during his closing argument that the 2018 attack that killed…

LISTEN: Supreme Court hears arguments on animal welfare in pork industry and death penalty case

By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press

The Supreme Court is weighing a California animal cruelty law that pork producers say could upend their industry and raise the cost of pork products nationwide.