Death sentence far from certain
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The prosecution will tell jurors Scott Peterson is a manipulative, selfish, callous man who murdered his wife and their unborn child and destroyed the lives of so many others.
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PHILADELPHIA - October 13 - With the Supreme Court now poised to decide if the death penalty for minors constitutes cruel and unusual punishment, will Pennsylvania and Delaware finally take a look at their own laws?
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The US Supreme Court is to hear arguments on the legality of the death penalty for those who were 16 and 17 at the time of their crimes, although such punishment is increasingly rare in the 19 states that still allow it.
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Just a few years ago, Missouri trailed only Texas and Virginia in the number of convicted killers put to death. Today, Missouri's death row is gradually being emptied out by the courts.
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It's not official, but a "creeping  moratorium" on the death penalty in the United States is taking  hold as the Supreme Court prepares to hear a challenge to the  method of lethal injection.
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California could see its first execution in nearly three years early Wednesday unless a last-minute appeal is granted or if Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger grants him clemency.
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A jury returns a not proven verdict in the case of a driver accused of causing the deaths of three people.
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A plea to declare capital punishment for juvenile offenders unconstitutional received a skeptical hearing at the Supreme Court yesterday, as one of two justices likely to be pivotal to the outcome voiced repeated doubts.
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Although they disagree about whether it was the right decision, some Saginaw residents say they aren&#39;t surprised that a California jury Monday recommended the death penalty for Scott Peterson.
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The jury that convicted Scott Peterson of murder reconvenes this week to decide whether he should be executed, but the decision may not be final for years given his numerous options for appeal.
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A BRITON who spent 18 years facing the death sentence in Pakistan for a murder he says he did not commit told today of the horror of hearing the sounds of fellow prisoners being executed just metres away.Comment
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The fate of Michael Vick will be determined at sentencing later this year. The fate of the dogs, too violent to be let free around others, is all but sealed.
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Action on a jury&#39;s recommendation to kill Scott Peterson by lethal injection for murdering his pregnant wife, Laci, could be decades away in the state that has more than 600 people on death row.
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WASHINGTON - The number of people sentenced to death reached a 30-year low in 2003, when the Death Row population fell for the third year in a row, signaling the continuation of a slow trend away from state- and federally ordered executions, according to
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Two people accused of killing a social worker in western Kentucky could face the death penalty if convicted.
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Out of death may come a rebirth. The alternative is much more likely to happen. And if it does the consequence will be a living hell that will go on and on and on.
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An eleventh-hour reprieve in Nevada last night for condemned murderer William Patrick Castillo marked the latest victory for opponents of the death penalty who do not regard lethal injection as the humane method of execution that its supporters say it is.