HARTFORD, Conn., May 14 (UPI) -- The House of Representatives in Connecticut voted 90-56 to abolish the death penalty, officials said.
PADUCAH, Ky., May 13 (UPI) -- Lawyers for a former U.S. solider facing a death sentence say the Army missed signs that Steven Green was afflicted with acute stress disorders while in Iraq.
DAYTON, Ohio, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- The jury that convicted an Ohio woman of killing her month-old daughter in a microwave was unable to agree on a penalty.
LAWTON, Okla., May 18 (UPI) -- An Oklahoma jury has convicted a man of first-degree murder in the execution-style slaying of a state trooper on a rural road two years ago.
HOUSTON, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- The trial of a truck driver on federal charges related to the deaths of 19 illegal immigrants in Texas was delayed Monday for the fourth time. A weekend order from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals halted the proceeding to give prosecutors time to app
RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 21 (UPI) -- In response to the Washington-area sniper killings, Virginia's attorney general proposed legislation to facilitate extending the death penalty to accomplices.
OKLAHOMA CITY, June 14 (UPI) -- An Oklahoma jury's disagreement over the death penalty for Terry Nichols may have reflected the mixed opinion of bombing survivors and victim's families.
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