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US executions surged in 2025 to highest level in 16 years

Forty-seven men killed by states operating death penalty – almost double last year’s number

The Guardian - US

Rob and Michele Reiner’s autopsy reports sealed by judge at request of investigators

The Reiners’ son, Nick, is accused of killing his parents and could face the death penalty if convicted

The Independent UK

Nick Reiner Murder Trial Over Parents' Deaths Could Unfold Far From Hollywood Crime Myths, Expert Says

Nick Reiner faces trial for the stabbing deaths of his parents. Experts say the case may play out differently than Hollywood portrayals, with mental health defenses and the rare possibility of a death penalty decision in Los Angeles County.

International Business Times

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National Guard shooting suspect hit with 5 charges that open death penalty discussion

There is no death penalty in the DC Superior Court

The Independent UK

Luigi Mangione lawyers fight death penalty, saying Pam Bondi is biased

Lawyers also attempting to throw out two federal charges, saying US attorney general has ties to UnitedHealth Group

The Guardian - US

Luigi Mangione death penalty decision was tainted by Pam Bondi’s conflict of interest, his lawyers claim

The ‘very person’ empowered to seek Mangione’s death ‘has a financial stake in the case she is prosecuting,’ his lawyers wrote

The Independent UK

Florida woman, 51, accused of shooting both of her ex-husbands as state seeks death penalty in case

Florida officials were initially unaware the woman had two ex-husbands and became confused when she started talking about the one they weren’t questioning

The Independent UK

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Florida Supreme Court upholds death sentences by nonunanimous juries

Florida’s Supreme Court has upheld a state law allowing nonunanimous juries to sentence people to death

The Independent UK

What to know about the Arizona serial killings that resulted in the death penalty

An Arizona man has been sentenced to death in a string of fatal shootings in metro Phoenix in 2017

The Independent UK

Nick Reiner Charged: DA Warns Rob Reiner's Son Faces Death Penalty For Double Murder

Nick Reiner, son of filmmaker Rob Reiner, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder as prosecutors weigh life in prison or death penalty.

International Business Times UK

Rob Reiner's Son Nick Faces Possible Death Penalty In Brutal Double-Murder Case

Nick Reiner, son of filmmaker Rob Reiner, has been charged with murdering his parents in their Brentwood home. The case could carry the death penalty as authorities investigate the shocking killings.

International Business Times

Charlie Kirk's Accused Killer Tyler Robinson Smiles at Hearing, Death Penalty Trial Could Be Made Public Soon

Tyler Robinson, Charlie Kirk's accused killer, made his first appearance in person in 4th District Courthouse on Thursday, with a matter-of-fact smile in a highly media-frenzied trial.

International Business Times UK

Why whole-life imprisonment is rising in England and Wales

In England and Wales, whole-life imprisonment is the harshest sanction available to the courts, emerging in the decades after the abolition of the death penalty. The whole-life order requires people to spend their whole lives in prison with no prospect of release, except on exceptional compassionate grounds.

The Conversation

Burkina Faso moves to reinstate death penalty as junta overhauls penal code

Burkina Faso’s military-led government has taken a step toward reinstating the death penalty, adopting a new penal code that once again allows capital punishment for crimes including treason, terrorism and espionage.

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The Independent UK

African nation plans to reintroduce death penalty for serious crimes

The country had abolished capital punishment in 2018

Euronews

French student convicted of vandalising Robert Badinter's grave

The 23-year-old man who admitted desecrating the tomb a few hours before the former French justice minister's entry into the Panthéon on 9 October was sentenced on Wednesday by the Nanterre court.

The Independent UK

‘Green River Killer’ who butchered up to 80 people is ‘near death’ in prison: report

Gary Ridgway, aka the Green River Killer, pleaded guilty in 2001 in a deal to avoid the death penalty

The Independent UK

British man facing death penalty in Bali over claims he smuggled 1kg of cocaine in his backpack

Kial Robinson, 29, appeared in court over drug smuggling charges

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The Guardian - UK

The deadliest wait: five women on death row

Up to 1,000 women globally await execution in prison, with mitigating factors such as child abuse and coercion ignored

International Business Times UK

Body Cam Reveals Decarlos Brown Mental Health Plea Before Ukrainian Refugee Murder on Charlotte Train

Newly released footage shows Decarlos Brown's January crisis before stabbing Iryna Zarutska. Trump demands death penalty amid schizophrenia revelations and Iryna's Law.

The Guardian - UK

Why women kill

Experience of domestic violence is at the heart of why many women are driven to commit violent crimes

The Independent UK

Prosecutors say comments shouldn’t affect Luigi Mangione’s death penalty case

Mangione, 27, has pleaded not guilty to state and federal murder charges

The Independent UK

Elissa Slotkin ‘refuses to be intimidated’ after Trump threatens her and fellow Dems with death penalty over troop video

Slotkin, a former CIA analyst, has been given around-the-clock security over the incident

Benzinga

Trump Rages 'Seditious Behavior' Urges 'Lock Them Up' After Democrats Tell Troops To Reject Illegal Orders

President Donald Trump escalated tensions in Washington by publicly threatening Democratic lawmakers with imprisonment or even the death penalty after they urged military and intelligence personnel to refuse unlawful orders.

International Business Times UK

Trump Demands Death for Seditious Democrats in Truth Social Rant

Trump accuses Democratic veterans of sedition and suggests the death penalty after they released a video advising US troops to refuse illegal orders from the administration.

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