Bryan Kohberger's defense argues against death penalty, calls death row "dehumanizing"
Kohberger currently faces the death penalty if convicted; his trial in Boise is set for August 2025. BOISE, Idaho — In less than a year, Bryan Kohberger will face trial in Boise. Though after hours of testimony Thursday in an Ada County courtroom, it's still unclear whether he could be put to death if convicted.
In Idaho murder case, Kohberger’s defense argues death penalty ‘ought to be abolished’
“Thank you, I think you’ve used your time.” Prosecutors, meanwhile, countered that capital punishment is the law of the land and constitutionally defensible based upon precedent in the high courts of both the state and the U.S. After several hours of ...
Bryan Kohberger's lawyers ask judge to ban death penalty in Idaho murders case; victim's mother says "he deserves to die"
Bryan Kohberger is accused of the Nov. 13, 2022, killings of Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves.
Idaho college murders: Bryan Kohberger's attorneys don't want death penalty to be option
Attorneys for Idaho murder suspect Bryan Kohberger will ask the court to drop the death penalty sentence if he is found guilty in the 2022 deaths of four University of Idaho students next year.
Bryan Kohberger defense asks judge to ban death penalty in Idaho murders trial
Attorneys for Bryan Kohberger, charged in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students, asked a judge to take the death penalty off the table Thursday.
Idaho college killing suspect fights potential death penalty
The man accused of killing four college students in an Idaho college town implored the court trying his case to strike the death penalty, arguing that the state is ill-prepared to carry out the punishment that he says is unconstitutional.
Trump wants to expand the federal death penalty, setting up legal challenges in second term
Throughout his campaign, President-elect Donald Trump signaled he would resume federal executions if he won and make more ...
Opinion: What does Donald Trump’s return mean for the death penalty?
Abolitionists will have to play defense at the federal level, and plot a long-term strategy for ending the death penalty in ...
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Catholic Group Urges Biden to Commute Federal Death Sentences Before Trump Takes Office
A prominent Catholic anti-death penalty group is urging outgoing President Joe Biden to commute the sentences of the 40 ...
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Legal groups challenge the death penalty in Kansas, 60 years after the state’s last execution
The American Civil Liberties Union joins law firms to argue that capital trial juries in Kansas are racially discriminatory.
Why do Alex Murdaugh, others escape the death penalty in SC while Richard Moore doesn’t?
South Carolina’s death penalty law is unevenly applied. Some horrific killers get life sentences, while those who commit ...
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Robert Roberson's death row case raises questions over capital punishment fairness
News coverage of Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson's stalled lethal injection raises questions about Texas executing the ...
Iran executes a Jewish citizen convicted of murder following a dispute over money
TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran on Monday executed a Jewish citizen convicted of murdering another man in 2022 following a person dispute, reports said. It was a rare case of an execution of member of a ...
Rajasthan: Rape-cum-murder convict gets capital punishment
A local court here on Monday awarded capital punishment to a convict in a case of rape and gruesome killing of a minor ...
Junior doctors call for capital punishment in R.G. Kar rape-murder case
In the wake of the rape and murder case at Kolkata's R.G. Kar Medical College, junior doctors have called for the Central ...
Prosecutors to Bryan Kohberger: Take your pick between the firing squad or the needle
Lawyers for Bryan Kohberger, the man charged with slaughtering four University of Idaho students, argued he should not face ...