Death penalty articles
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Prosecutors seek death penalty for Florida mom who forced daughters, three and eight, to drink bleach and choked them to death because she was under 'voo doo'
Florida prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for a mother who forced her children, three and eight, to drink bleach. Joanne Zephir strangled her three-year-old daughter to death after stabbing her husband and making her daughters drink bleach, according to prosecutors. The 39-year-old, who claimed she was under the influence of a 'voo-doo spell', will stand trial for first degree murder with a weapon starting May 7
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Kentucky AG's office pushes to lift ban on death penalty
(The Center Square) – It’s been more than 15 years since Kentucky executed an inmate, but that may change as the state’s top law enforcement official is seeking to overturn a court injunction that dates back to 2010. A hearing took place in Frankfort with Attorney General Russell Coleman’s office, arguing the order Franklin Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd issued in September 2010 should be lifted as state officials have proposed new rules regarding how capital punishment would be...
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US tells UK court Assange would not face death penalty
The United States government has provided assurances requested by the High Court in London which could finally pave the way for WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange to be extradited from the United Kingdom. Last month, the High Court ruled that, without certain US guarantees, Assange, 52, would be allowed to launch a new appeal against being […]