Topic: Death Penalty

  1. Jodi Arias jurors weigh death penalty option

    • May 15, 2013

    PHOENIX -- Prosecutors tried to convince jurors that Jodi Arias should be eligible for the death penalty ... The trial resumed with a new phase to decide whether Arias should be eligible for the death penalty ...

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  1. DNA test shows Ohio kidnap suspect fathered girl

    • May 11, 2013
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    Ariel Castro, charged with rape and kidnapping, remained jailed Friday under a suicide watch on $8 million bond while prosecutors weighed more charges, including some that might carry the death penalty ...

  2. Jodi Arias guilty of first-degree murder

    • May 08, 2013
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    If the jury determines the killing was cruel, heinous and depraved, then another phase will begin to determine whether she should get the death penalty ... Now that she's been convicted, the trial will continue as the same panel decides whether Arias should get the death penalty ... If jurors do not reach a unanimous agreement on the death penalty ...

  3. Jodi Arias attorney gets death threat; trial nears end

    • Apr 25, 2013
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    deserves the death penalty.... of the death penalty, we will find you, we know where you're at, we will kill you. I told Alyce the same thing, and we're tired, and...

  4. Jodi Arias murder trial: Attorney talks 'Snow White' fairy tale

    • Apr 05, 2013
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    She could face the death penalty ... She could face the death penalty if convicted of first-degree murder. Arias' defense attorneys have been building a case that Arias was battered...

  5. Death penalty recommended for Indio man's killers

    • Mar 14, 2013
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    INDIO -- Jurors recommended the death penalty Thursday for two men convicted of carjacking, kidnapping, robbing and killing a 55-year-old Indio resident. The panels -- one for...

  6. James Holmes offers guilty plea in Colorado theater shooting

    • Mar 27, 2013
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    avoid the death penalty ... Lawyers made the offer in a motion filed Wednesday but said prosecutors have not accepted the offer because they may want to pursue the death penalty....

  7. Letter: California may as well abolish death penalty since judges won't enforce it

    • Aug 21, 2012
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    It's sad that a statewide ballot initiative is needed to discontinue what essentially does not exist in California -- the death penalty ... Is the death penalty a deterrent? I do not...

  8. Prosecutors opt against death penalty in shooting death of Palm Springs man

    • Jan 25, 2013
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    INDIO -- The prosecution's decision against pursuing the death penalty for... The Riverside County District Attorney's Office decided in August not to seek the death penalty for the...

  9. Proposition 34 death penalty repeal sees growing support

    • Nov 02, 2012
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    SACRAMENTO -- A new poll finds growing support for ending California's death penalty ... The poll found that a majority of voters now believe imposing the death penalty is more...

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