Killer's death sentence back in court
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The Supreme Court agreed Friday to review for the second time the death penalty case of a convicted Texas killer whose sentence justices previously overturned.
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Derrick Todd Lee got a life sentence for the murder of Geralyn DeSoto. Now the man authorities say is a serial killer faces another trial that could put him on death row.
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Los Angeles judge may instruct jury to go back and try to reach verdict on a reduced charge of manslaughter.
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WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court reinstated the death penalty on Monday in the pending case of Zacarias Moussaoui, the only man charged in the United States as a conspirator in the Sept.
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The Supreme Court agreed yesterday to review for the second time the death penalty case of a convicted Texas killer whose sentence the justices had previously overturned.
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The Supreme Court said yesterday that it will decide whether the death penalty may be imposed on someone who rapes a child, reopening the issue of which crimes are punishable by death.
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A convicted killer who had argued that Florida's use of lethal injections amounted to cruel and unusual punishment was put to death by lethal injection Wednesday night after the U.S. Supreme Court narrowly denied him another stay.
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The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to hear a death row appeal from a Pennsylvania man who says jurors should have been told they could have sentenced him to prison without parole.
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A San Antonio man with a previous conviction for manslaughter was executed Thursday for the abduction, rape and fatal stabbing of a woman more than 12 years ago.
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The trial of a man who is accused of murdering five women in Suffolk during a 10-day period in 2006 is due to begin.
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A defense attorney for a serial killer who wants to die said Sunday that he will remain on the case, a decision that officials said keeps the inmate on track to become the first person executed in New England in 45 years.
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A man acquitted of murder 15 years ago is jailed for life after changes to the double jeopardy law.
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A man charged with mass murder over Los Angeles' rail crash could face the death penalty when he appears in court.
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A federal appeals court upheld a stay  of execution for convicted serial killer Michael Ross on  Tuesday, sending his case back to a lower court to determine if  a public defender may intervene on his behalf.
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Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein appears in court as his trial over the genocide of Kurds resumes.
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The chief suspect in the slaying of Serbia's first democratic prime minister since World War II returned to court Monday for a trial that has been marred by delays and bureaucratic tie-ups. After a nearly ...
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The murderer of an entire family is to apply to the Court of Appeal for leave to try to get his conviction overturned.