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Vietnam’s Truong My Lan offers property empire to avoid death penalty

Vietnam · Vietnam

Vietnam’s Truong My Lan offers property empire to avoid death penalty

42% Center coverage: 26 sources

Alabama sets a June date for its 5th execution using nitrogen gas

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Alabama sets a June date for its 5th execution using nitrogen gas

50% Center coverage: 14 sources

Netanyahu Says the Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza Is 'Inevitable' - News From Antiwar.com

Benjamin Netanyahu · Gaza

Netanyahu Says the Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza Is 'Inevitable' - News From Antiwar.com

34% Center coverage: 9 sources

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that the forced removal of Palestinians from Gaza was "inevitable." "We are destroying more and more homes, and Gazans have nowhere to return to. The only inevitable outcome will be the wish of Gazans to emigrate outside of the Gaza Strip," Netanyahu…See the Story

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Noem calls for death penalty after human smuggling boat capsizes

Noem calls for death penalty after human smuggling boat capsizes

Alabama sets a June date for its 5th execution using nitrogen gas

Alabama sets a June date for its 5th execution using nitrogen gas

Clemency hearing resumes for killer of Beech Grove police officer

50% Center coverage: 6 sources

INDIANAPOLIS -- Benjamin Ritchie is hoping to avoid execution next week for the September 2000 killing of Officer William Toney of the Beech Grove Police Department. Ritchie was convicted of fatally shooting Toney as the officer pursued the car thief through a neighborhood. The then 20-year-old emerged from around the corner of a house and shot Toney four times. The Indiana Parole Board heard from Ritchie at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan …Mike Braun · Indianapolis See the Story

Attorneys for Amber Waterman file two motions in Benton County murder case

80% Center coverage: 5 sources

BENTON COUNTY, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — The attorneys for Amber Waterman have filed two new motions in Benton County Circuit Court, including one seeking a mental evaluation to determine her fitness to stand trial, according to court documents. Amber Waterman, 44 (Courtesy: Benton County Detention Center) Waterman, 45, of Pineville, Mo., is charged with two counts of capital murder in connection with the deaths of Ashley Bush and her unborn child, Va…Death Penalty See the Story

Convicted Killer Who Kidnapped Pregnant Mother, Cut Baby from Womb Faces Death Penalty After Appeal Fails

A convicted killer will face the death penalty after the highest court in Arkansas rejected an appeal claiming double jeopardy, after she lured a pregnant woman and cut out her baby. According to Law & Crime, the Arkansas Supreme Court last week denied Amber Waterman’s appeal, ruling that her federal kidnapping convictions do not prevent the state from pursuing murder charges in the 2022 deaths of 33-year-old Ashley Bush and her unborn daughter,…Death Penalty · Pineville Read Article

Iranian Justice Overturns Death Penalty Against Rapper Sentenced for Blasphemy · Global Voices

The Iranian judiciary overturned the death penalty imposed on rapper Tataloo, who was convicted of blasphemy after allegedly “insulting” the prophet Muhammad, and whose case was referred to the Supreme Court for review. The death penalty against the musician was overturned by the head of the Iranian judiciary, Gholamhosein Mohseni Ejei, under article 477 of the Criminal Code, which allows for the review of sentences when they are “clearly contra…Death Penalty · Iran Read Article

Cops Cheer Legislation – 710am KURV

Newly-filed legislation would allow federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty for illegal immigrants who commit murder. It’s backed by Texas border law enforcement. Terrell County Sheriff Thaddeus Cleveland says it would be an important step towards getting justice for the families of victims. The bill’s author, Senator John Cornyn, pointed to the murder of Jocelyn Nungaray. The 12-year old was brutally killed by two men from Venezuela, nort…Immigration · Houston Read Article

In death penalty cases, the quest for justice is not America's highest value

100% Center coverage: 3 sources

Jimmie Christian Duncan learned in April 2025 that a Louisiana judge had dismissed his capital murder conviction and he would no longer face the prospect of execution. In 1998, a jury convicted Duncan of murdering his girlfriend's 23-month-old daughter, and he had been on death row ever since.Death Penalty · United States See the Story

No death penalty in former Lancaster man's retrial for 2010 Columbia killing

67% Center coverage: 3 sources

A Lancaster city man sentenced to death in 2012 for fatally shooting a hip-hop musician in Columbia two years earlier is getting a new trial, and he won’t face the death penalty.Death Penalty See the Story

Someone’s not telling the truth about South Carolina’s death penalty

50% Right coverage: 4 sources

Autopsy details of Mikal Mahdi’s execution bring to light critical errors in South Carolina’s death penalty methods, demanding transparency and reform.Death Penalty · South Carolina See the Story

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