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Trump admin fast-tracks death penalty case for transgender cult suspect in Border Patrol killing: attorneys
Defense attorneys for Teresa Youngblut file a motion against the DOJ's accelerated capital punishment process after Border ...
Cultlike Zizian group member charged in border agent’s death seeks delay in death penalty decision
Teresa Youngblut, of Washington state, is part of a cultlike group known as Zizians that has been connected to six killings ...
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Court rules in favor of death row inmate
The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a Texas man on death row can bring a federal civil rights claim to challenge the ...
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Long-delayed death row appeal in 1987 Waco killing set for hearing
More than three years after his execution was stayed, an upcoming hearing will address death row inmate Ramiro Ibarra’s ...
NKY man could face death penalty for 2022 home invasion case that left 1 dead, 1 injured
Gilday is charged with the 2022 shooting death of Jordan Morgan during the invasion. Her father, Wesley Morgan, was also shot ...
Lawyers ask TN Supreme Court to weigh case of disabled death row inmate set for execution
A death row inmate’s attorneys are asking the court to reverse a lower court’s decision that declined to decide eligibility ...
Alabama Violated Constitutional Rights of Death Row Inmate, Appeals Court Rules
A federal appellate panel said that Michael Sockwell was eligible to be retried because prosecutors systematically eliminated ...
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AG Liz Murrill asks Louisiana Supreme Court to speed up death penalty cases
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill is asking the state Supreme Court to review and potentially expedite five death ...