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Texas courts struggle to resolve criminal appeals that got lost in Harris County for decades

Overlooked in the churn of one of the country’s busiest courthouses, the forgotten appeals included two death penalty cases, and one from a man who’s already finished his 20-year sentence.

The Texas Tribune

Tree of Life synagogue shooter is too delusional to get death penalty, defence argues

Prosecutors say shooter showed meticulous planning

The Independent UK

Public kept out of courtroom as judge weighs evidence in South Carolina police ambush case

A judge has shut a courtroom from the public and reporters as he heard pretrial motions in the death penalty case of a South Carolina man charged with killing two police officers in a 2018 ambush

The Independent UK

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Man falsely accused by Donald Trump in Central Park Five case runs for local government

Yusef Salaam was one of five defendants found guilty in the 1989 Central Park rape case that had the likes of Donald Trump calling for the death penalty. Years after being exonerated for the heinous crime, Salaam will likely become the next councilman for a New York City neighborhood

Daily Mirror

Bryan Kohberger could face the firing squad for the Idaho murders. What would this mean?

A recent change in Idaho state law now means he could face the firing squad if convicted of the Idaho college murders

The Independent UK

Josh Cavallo slams "sickening" new anti-LGBT law that gives gay people death penalty

Josh Cavallo is the world's only openly gay man playing top-flight football and the Adelaide United star has now taken aim at Uganda for its Anti-Homosexuality Act

Daily Mirror

Idaho prosecutors seek death penalty against college murders suspect Bryan Kohberger

Accused killer appeared in court on Tuesday as his death penalty case heads to trial

The Independent UK

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Father of Idaho murder victim reacts to prosecutors seeking death penalty in Bryan Kohberger case

Kaylee Goncalves’ father Steve Goncalves said he felt ‘relief’ as his family comes one step closer to getting justice

The Independent UK

Bryan Kohberger’s father called police on accused Idaho killer nine years before murders

When confronted by his father over the theft, Bryan Kohberger chillingly warned him ‘not to do anything stupid’, according to court records

The Independent UK

Thai court acquits 5 who were accused of blocking the queen's motorcade during 2020 protests

A court in Thailand has acquitted a student activist and four other people of impeding the motorcade of the country’s queen during pro-democracy demonstrations in 2020, an offense that could have seen them sentenced to 16 years in prison or even the death penalty

The Independent UK

Bryan Kohberger judge makes reference to Lori Vallow case as suit-clad Idaho murders suspect appears in court

Accused killer appeared in court in Moscow one day after prosecutors announced intentions to seek the death penalty

The Independent UK

Dad accused of killing neighbour family after teen exposed himself learns death row fate

Prosecutors in Idaho, decided not to seek the death penalty for Majorjon Kaylor, accused of killing his neighbours' family after a teen allegedly exposed himself to his daughters

Daily Mirror

Bryan Kohberger’s father called police on accused Idaho killer nine years before murders

When confronted by his father over the theft, Bryan Kohberger chillingly warned him ‘not to do anything stupid’, according to court records

The Independent UK

Father of Idaho murder victim reacts to prosecutors seeking death penalty in Bryan Kohberger case

Kaylee Goncalves’ father Steve Goncalves said he felt ‘relief’ as his family comes one step closer to getting justice

The Independent UK

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Idaho murders live: Bryan Kohberger’s defense denies ‘fishing expedition’ as he appears in court

Latah County Judge John Judge warned media outlets agaisnt zooming in their cameras on Bryan Kohberger during court proceedings

The Independent UK

Idaho prosecutors seek death penalty against college murders suspect Bryan Kohberger

Accused killer to appear in court on Tuesday where Judge John Judge will hear arguments on several motions filed by his defence

The Independent UK

Verdict due for 5 protesters accused of blocking Thai queen's car. Law allows the death penalty

A court in Thailand is to deliver a verdict Wednesday in the case of five people accused of impeding the queen’s motorcade during a pro-democracy march in 2020

Al Jazeera

US lawyers in Tree of Life mass shooting weigh the death penalty

Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Robert Bowers, accused of the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in US history.

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The Independent UK

Prosecutors seek the death penalty against man accused of slaying of 4 University of Idaho students

Prosecutors say they are seeking the death penalty against a man accused of stabbing four University of Idaho students to death late last year

Tribune News Service

Idaho prosecutors make their decision on death penalty in Bryan Kohberger case

BOISE, Idaho — Prosecutors decided Monday to pursue the death penalty against Bryan Kohberger, the man charged with murder in the killing of four University of Idaho students in November.

The Independent UK

Trying to save his life, lawyers for Pittsburgh synagogue gunman argue he is mentally ill

Jurors who convicted the gunman in the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history are hearing arguments on whether he should be put to death

The Conversation

The tree of life has been a powerful image in Jewish tradition for thousands of years – signifying much more than immortality

After weeks of wrenching testimony, jurors delivered a guilty verdict June 16, 2023, for the gunman who killed 11 worshippers in a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018 – the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. The next phase of the trial will focus on sentencing, and whether Robert Bowers should face…

The Conversation

Ugandan church waged rebellion against tradition – today's homophobic views are at odds with history

On 26 May Uganda’s president, Yoweri Museveni, assented to the “anti-homosexuality bill” of 2023. The bill’s aim is to protect the “cherished culture of the people of Uganda, (and the) legal, religious, and traditional family values of Ugandans”. In the name of family values the law punishes “serial offenders” with…

Glasgow Live

Humza Yousaf urges Prime Minister to assist as Dumbarton man facing death penalty in India

The First Minister said that Jagtar Singh Johal has been wrongfully imprisoned, for more than five years now, and urged Rishi Sunak to take a "direct approach" to make progress in the case.

The Guardian - US

‘Dark side of the human spirit’: Stephen Bright’s death penalty fight

Doyen of death row lawyers releases The Fear of Too Much Justice, a book named for a famous supreme court dissent

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