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Man Convicted in California Serial Killings From 1970s

(Feb. 25) -- A California jury today found accused serial killer Rodney Alcala guilty of murdering four Los Angeles County women and a girl from Huntington Beach between 1977 and 1979. Alcala could receive a death sentence when the penalty phase of the trial begins Tuesday. The guilty verdict comes as a relief to family...

Caylee's Mom Could Face Death Penalty

ORLANDO, Fla. (Dec. 18) – A Florida judge has denied a request to take the death penalty off the table for a mother charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter. Circuit Judge Stan Strickland ruled Friday that prosecutors can ask a jury to consider the death penalty during Casey Anthony's trial next year....

Ohio Executes Inmate With Untested Drug

(Dec. 8) -- An Ohio inmate, convicted of killing and dismembering a 22-year-old woman in 1991, was executed Tuesday using a new, untested one-drug method of lethal injection, state officials said. Kenneth Biros, 51, was pronounced dead at 11:47 a.m. at a prison in Lucasville, Ohio, the state attorney general's office said...

Victims' Families Reflect Before DC Sniper Execution: 'I Could Pull the Switch'

WASHINGTON -- As Bob Meyers made the long drive to the Virginia prison where John Allen Muhammad was to be put to death, he recalled the day seven years ago when he urged his brother to leave the Washington area. It was too dangerous to stay there, he argued, while the mysterious D.C. sniper remained on the loose. "His...

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05/26/12 Mo. executions will use drug tied to pop star's death Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia PA The same anesthetic that caused the overdose death of pop star Michael Jackson is now the drug of choice for executions in Missouri, causing a stir among critics who question how the state can guarantee that a drug untested for lethal injection won't cause pain and suffering for the condemned.
05/25/12 FDA Is Appealing Court Bar to Drug Used in Executions Source: Bloomberg.com The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is appealing a federal judge's order that banned the importation and use of sodium thiopental in executions.
05/25/12 Supreme Court justice rejects Rhode Island attempt to... Source: JURIST - Paper Chase [JURIST] US Supreme Court [official website] Justice Stephen Breyer rejected a stay application [text, PDF] Thursday evening by Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee [official website] attempting to prevent the release of alleged murderer Jason Pleau to federal authorities.
05/25/12 JURY RULES: Hitcho sentenced to death, he shows no... Source: The Morning Call Sentenced to death for murdering a Freemansburg police officer, George Hitcho Jr. offered no apology and no remorse Thursday as he stood handcuffed in a courtroom filled with his victim's family.
05/25/12 Schapelle given official release date Source: The Daily Telegraph - Australia The call comes as it emerges that the President has spared the life of a Nepalese man on death row, granting him clemency on humanitarian grounds.