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Andrew Hill, 35, from Plymouth, faces a possible death penalty and is one of three captured Brits currently on trial in the unrecognised Donetsk People’s Republic for "monstrous crimes"

A new video has appeared of him in a Donetsk pro-Russian court

ATLANTA — Cobb County’s district attorney plans to pursue the death penalty against an aspiring rapper accused of fatally shooting three men last summer at a bustling golf course.

Prosecutors from self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic say men face death penalty

Trial to decide if killer of 17 is sentenced to death or life in prison without parole

The public defenders representing Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz tried to withdraw from his death penalty trial after the judge ordered them to move forward with jury selection even though one member of their five-member team has COVID-19

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Parkland mass shooting trial became the scene of a tense standoff Monday pitting the defense, missing a critical team member due to COVID, against a Broward County judge who has grown openly tired of delays that have pushed jury selection into its third month.

A judge has denied an Arizona prisoner’s bid to delay his execution in the 1984 killing of an 8-year-old girl

The public defenders representing Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz tried to withdraw from his death penalty trial after the judge ordered them to move forward with jury selection even though one member of their five-member team has COVID-19