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Texas prosecutor won’t seek death for gunman in 2019 Walmart mass shooting

ustowner-011 2025-03-25 20:09

A Texas district attorney said Tuesday he will no longer pursue the death penalty against the gunman who killed 23 people in a racially motivated atta[……] ....

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Court stays execution of Texas man days before he was set to die by lethal injection

ustowner-011 2025-03-12 03:13

AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas appeals court on Tuesday halted the execution of a man who has spent more than 30 years on death row and had been set to die b[……] ....

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Trump blasts Biden’s federal death row commutations: ‘Makes no sense’

ustowner-011 2024-12-25 02:14

President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday repeated his pledge to “vigorously pursue” the death penalty, taking aim at President Joe Biden’s decisio[……] ....

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PhD student accused of killing friend’s baby faces death penalty if convicted

ustowner-011 2024-08-27 03:25

Pittsburgh prosecutors are seeking the death penalty in the case of a woman accused of killing a 6-week-old baby and injuring his twin brother in June[……] ....

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Report: Belief death penalty is applied unfairly shows capital punishment’s growing isolation in US

ustowner-011 2023-12-02 03:06

HOUSTON (AP) — More Americans now believe the death penalty, which is undergoing a yearslong decline of use and support, is being administered un[……] ....

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Trump calls for death penalty for drug dealers; Fox’s Baier notes it would apply to woman he championed

ustowner-013 2023-06-21 04:13

Former President Trump in a Fox News interview advocated for imposing the death penalty on convicted drug dealers, even as anchor Bret Baier poin[……] ....

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Feds will not seek death penalty in El Paso Walmart shooting that killed 23

ustowner-011 2023-01-18 02:52

Federal prosecutors said Tuesday they will not seek the death penalty in their case against the gunman who killed 23 people in the 2019 mass shooting [……] ....

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