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Jurors have deliberated about five hours in the death penalty phase of a man convicted of killing eight people on a Manhattan bike path in 2017 before saying they would not reach a verdict until another day

A New York jury has begun deliberating whether to impose the death penalty on a Uzbekistan citizen who killed eight people on a Manhattan bike path in a terrorist attack five years ago

Texas has executed Gary Green for fatally stabbing his estranged wife and drowning her 6-year-old daughter in a bathtub nearly 14 years ago

Prosecutors have urged a jury to impose the death penalty on a man who killed eight people on a Manhattan bike path in a 2017 vehicle attack

Murdaugh family has presided for generations over South Carolina courts

The unexplained poisoning incidents have come at a fraught time for young girls in Iran who have been targeted for their role in leading nationwide anti-government protests

The Virginia Department of Corrections has recorded audio of at least 30 executions over the last three decades, but it has no plans to release the tapes publicly

Gary Green and Arthur Brown Jr. are set to be killed next week by the State of Texas.

State has long history of lynchings

The Knesset on Wednesday advanced a bill to impose the death penalty on Palestinian captives, approving it in its preliminary reading. The primary legislation stipulates that courts will be able to impose the death penalty on those who have committed a nationalistically motivated murder of an Israeli. According to the…

TAMPA, Fla. — Acting on a proposal from Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida lawmakers filed legislation Wednesday to allow the death penalty for adults convicted of sexual battery of children younger than 12.