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Bryan Kohberger's Fight Against The Death Penalty: 'What Good Lawyers Do'

One of the defense's main arguments is that capital punishment violates Kohberger's constitutional rights. "They are alleging that the death penalty as it is currently used is unconstitutional and should not be used in Mr. Kohberger's case because it's not ...

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Bryan Kohberger's fight against death penalty gets day in court; expert skeptical of defense's arguments

The defense plans to call two expert witnesses at the hearing — forensic pathologist Dr. Barbara Wolf and University of Idaho law professor Aliza Cover, whose research has examined capital punishment and constitutional law. Kohberger's team filed a ...

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Bryan Kohberger’s lawyers argue he could be executed by ‘inhumane’ firing squad if he’s convicted of Idaho murders

Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students, is back in court Thursday as his lawyers argue to take the death penalty off the table, claiming he would face an

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Bryan Kohberger's lawyers fight death penalty in University of Idaho murders

Lawyers are now arguing that the death penalty violates Bryan Kohberger, who is accused of killing four University of Idaho students.

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Opinion: What does Donald Trump’s return mean for the death penalty?

Abolitionists will have to play defense at the federal level, and plot a long-term strategy for ending the death penalty in ...

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Idaho college murders: Death penalty hearing to examine whether suspect is 'continuing threat'

Whether the man accused of murdering four University of Idaho students can be punished with the death penalty if convicted will be the focus of a planned hearing Thursday, less than a week before the ...

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I witnessed Richard B. Moore’s execution in SC. Here’s what I experienced and saw

South Carolina law allows up to three media members to witness an execution who then share what they saw and heard inside the ...

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Jim Bailey column: Is justice served by execution?

Two ongoing death penalty cases once again have revived a divide in this country over the effectiveness of trading one life ...

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Robert Roberson's death row case raises questions over capital punishment fairness

News coverage of Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson's stalled lethal injection raises questions about Texas executing the ...

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Legal groups challenge the death penalty in Kansas, 60 years after the state’s last execution

The American Civil Liberties Union joins law firms to argue that capital trial juries in Kansas are racially discriminatory.

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SCOTUS punts on review of standard that helped mentally disabled man avoid death penalty

Over a dozen states wrote in support of Alabama’s appeal, claiming that protections against cruel and unusual punishment have ...

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‘Suburban Woman Are Under Attack’: Trump Stokes Migrant Crime Fears in Election’s Final Days

At a North Carolina rally, Trump vowed to "protect women" by shutting down the border. “The suburban women are under attack,” ...

Rajasthan: Rape-cum-murder convict gets capital punishment

A local court here on Monday awarded capital punishment to a convict in a case of rape and gruesome killing of a minor ...

Justice or politics? Here’s why California prosecutors seek death penalty despite moratorium

Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for the man who pleaded guilty to the 2019 murder of Sacramento police Officer Tara ...

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