The death penalty, or capital punishment, is the state-enacted execution of a person as punishment for a capital crime.

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A federal appeals court has ruled Alabama prosecutors violated the constitutional rights of a man sentenced to death in 1990.

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U.S. Attorney Robert Troester for the Western District of Oklahoma filed a notice of intent to seek the death penalty against 27-year-old Jasper Reed.

May 7 (UPI) -- The U.S. government on Wednesday announced it will seek the death penalty for an Oklahoma inmate charged with killing one cellmate and attempting to kill another.