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Boston Bombing Suspect Charged, Could Face Death Penalty

Associated Press — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:59:31 +0000

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was charged in his hospital room Monday with using a weapon of mass destruction to kill — a crime that carries a possible death sentence.

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Death Penalty Possible in Clark Triple Slaying

Associated Press — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:45:21 +0000

The death penalty is one option prosecutors are considering pursuing against two teens suspected of killing three people in Clark.

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Report: Deterrent Effect Of Death Penalty Unclear

Associated Press — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:33:44 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new report says there is no reliable research on whether the death penalty has any effect on the murder rate, more than 35 years since the Supreme Court allowed the resumption of executions in the United States

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AP Opposes Closing Court File In Wyo. Case

Associated Press — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:28:12 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Associated Press is seeking to intervene in a pending death penalty case in Wyoming to oppose a lawyer's request to seal court records.

The AP, a cooperative that serves news organizations in Wyoming and around the world, filed papers Wednesday in Laramie County District Court asking to intervene in the case against Nathaniel Castellanos of Cheyenne

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Georgia Pardons Board Rejects Bid to Halt Execution of Troy Davis

Shauna Wright — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:54:36 +0000

On Wednesday, the Georgia State Board of Pardons rejected a last-minute appeal to halt the execution of Troy Davis, a death row inmate convicted of shooting and killing a police officer in a crime both he and many others say he did not commit.

Although defense attorneys argued that ballistic testing linking Davis to the shooting was flawed and said Davis would take a polygraph test, the board said it would not review its decision to allow the execution by lethal injection, scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday night, to go forward.

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Fort Hood Shooter Could Face the Death Penalty

Grace Niemitalo — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:00:13 +0000

The Army has announced that Maj. Nidal Hasan will be tried in a military court and is eligible for the death penalty for his role in a 2009 shooting spree at Fort Hood in Texas.

An attorney for the former military psychiatrist, who's been charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder in connection with the deadly rampage, wanted capital punishment taken off the table. It has not yet been decided whether an insanity defense will be used.

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