death penalty

Former gaming executive sentenced to death in poisoning of billionaire Netflix producer in China

World
David Turner

A former executive at Yoozoo Games was sentenced to death on Friday in the 2020 poisoning of the founder of the high-profile ...

Robert Badinter, who led France to end the death penalty and fought Holocaust denial, has died at 95

World
David Turner

PARIS (AP) — Robert Badinter, who spearheaded the drive to abolish France’s death penalty, campaigned against antisemitism and Holocaust denial, and led ...

Factbox-What is China’s suspended death sentence verdict?

Sports
Daniel Miller

By Laurie Chen BEIJING (Reuters) – Australian writer and pro-democracy blogger Yang Hengjun was handed a suspended death sentence by a Beijing ...

Supreme Court will consider overturning Richard Glossip’s murder conviction in Oklahoma

Politics
Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday said it will hear an appeal from Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip, who ...

Federal prosecutors to pursue death penalty against Buffalo supermarket shooter

U.S.
Amanda Smith

Federal prosecutors announced on Friday that they intend to pursue the death penalty against the perpetrator of a 2022 mass shooting at ...

The Republican presidential primary campaign is heavy on bloodlust

Politics
Amanda Smith

Republican presidential hopefuls are out for blood — literally. Former President Donald Trump wants shoplifters shot in their tracks. He recently lamented ...

Three-decade death row inmate Brent Brewer to face execution for murder

U.S.
Amanda Smith

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