(1)Where a defendant in a first-degree murder case challenged his death sentence, the trial court did not abuse its discretion by sustaining the state’s motion to strike a prospective juror for cause because the juror’s ambiguous statements created uncertainty about ...

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A federal jury that convicted a former University of Illinois doctoral student of kidnapping, torturing and killing a young scholar from China now must decide if Brendt Christensen should be put to death. While the state of Illinois, where she ...

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A federal jury that convicted a former University of Illinois doctoral student of kidnapping, torturing and killing a young scholar from China now must decide if Brendt Christensen should be put to death. While the state of Illinois, where she ...

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A recent Kansas Supreme Court ruling declaring that the state constitution protects access to abortion opened the door to a new legal attack on the death penalty. Attorneys for five of the 10 men on death row in Kansas argue ...

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A recent Kansas Supreme Court ruling declaring that the state constitution protects access to abortion opened the door to a new legal attack on the death penalty. Attorneys for five of the 10 men on death row in Kansas argue ...

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Lisa Noland said she was 17 when she wrote a suicide note, planning to end her life after years of being raped by her grandmother’s boyfriend. A day later, she found herself fighting for her life while being raped by ...

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Lisa Noland said she was 17 when she wrote a suicide note, planning to end her life after years of being raped by her grandmother’s boyfriend. A day later, she found herself fighting for her life while being raped by ...

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For the second time this year, the Missouri Supreme Court is considering whether a judge can impose a death penalty in the absence of explicit jury findings.

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The Supreme Court says Missouri can execute an inmate who argued his rare medical condition will result in severe pain if he is given death-causing drugs. The justices ruled 5-4 Monday against inmate Russell Bucklew, who is on death row ...

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The Supreme Court says Missouri can execute an inmate who argued his rare medical condition will result in severe pain if he is given death-causing drugs. The justices ruled 5-4 Monday against inmate Russell Bucklew, who is on death row ...

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The Missouri Supreme Court has been asked to decide if it was proper for a Missouri judge to impose the death penalty on a man after a jury was unable to agree on his sentence. But arguments in the case on Jan. 23 indicated the man’s case might be resolved on other grounds.

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