Prosecutors in Arizona say they will seek the death penalty for a 22-year-old man accused of stabbing a 29-year-old skin care technician to death on a hiking trail last spring. Lauren Heike’s parents released a statement saying they’d learned from the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office that they had filed the notice of intent to seek …
An Idaho legislator has introduced a bill to make the firing squad a legal method of execution in the state. Prosecutors are believed to be leaning toward seeking the death penalty in Bryan Kohberger’s trial for the murders of four University of Idaho college students last year, meaning he could face the death penalty if he’s convicted and Rep. Bruce Skaug’s bill gets out of committee, clears the state legislatur, and gets Governor Brad Little’s signature.
Robert Long, a Georgia man who confessed to killing numerous Asian people earlier this year, is facing the death penalty in Fulton County, despite taking a plea deal to spare his life in another county. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Long pleaded guilty in July at the Superior Court of Cherokee County in Canton, to the …
A Virginia federal appeals court upheld the death penalty on Wednesday for Dylann Roof, a South Carolina teen who shot and killed numerous Black worshippers who welcomed him into their church. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Roof’s attorneys filed a 321-page legal brief with the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond last year, claiming …
A Florida man accused of killing two children in September while their mother slept is facing the death penalty. First Coast News reports that Mark L. Wilson, Jr. is facing two counts of first-degree murder in connection with the deaths of Tayten Baker, 14, and Robert Baker, 12. On Tuesday, State Attorney R.J. Larizza announced …
Infamous grandmother Lois Riess, who is charged with murdering her look-alike in Florida in order to evade police after being wanted for her husband’s shooting death in Minnesota, is due in the state’s court Wednesday. Prosecutors announced earlier this month that they are pursuing the death penalty against the alleged killer, KARE11 reports. Riess, 56, …
Attorneys for a Texas inmate facing execution for the stabbing deaths of his estranged wife, their young son, and the woman’s infant daughter told a federal judge that he’s too mentally ill to face capital punishment. Andre Thomas, 35, was sentenced to death for the March 2004 slayings of Laura Boren, 4-year-old Andre Jr., and Boren’s …
A Florida couple accused of killing four people in two different states may have other victims, and police are asking law enforcement in the Southeastern U.S. to be aware of any “sadistic” unsolved crimes. NBC News 8 reports that Christopher Taylor (pictured left), 30, was arrested and charged with murder in connection with the death of …
The Florida man who raped, beat, and killed 8-year-old Cherish Perrywinkle was sentenced to death by a Jacksonville jury last week, but the sentence resulted in clashing opinions and heated debates as the little girl’s mother, Rayne Perrywinkle, went head-to-head with a writer staunchly opposed to the death penalty. Three days after 61-year-old Donald Smith …
Prosecutors in Platte County, Missouri, will seek the death penalty if Grayden Lane Denham is convicted in the horrific murders of his grandparents, sister, and infant nephew, CBS News reported Monday. The bodies of Russell Denham, 82, Shirley Denham, 81, Heather Ager, 32, and her 3-month-old son, Mason, were found shot dead and burning outside …
Three Mississippi teens accused of killing a 6-year-old little boy on Thursday were denied bond on Monday morning during their first court appearance since their arrest. USA Today reports that Dwan Wakefield and DeAllen Washington, both 17, and Byron McBride, 19, stood in front of a judge at the Madison County Justice Court, where they were denied …
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