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Bryan Kohberger pleads guilty to murder in stabbings of 4 Idaho students to avoid death penalty
Bryan Kohberger agreed to the plea deal just weeks before his trial was to begin, after his attorneys tried but failed to ...
Bryan Kohberger's decision to accept plea deal came after efforts to strike death penalty failed
Bryan Kohberger 's attorneys had done what they could to spare his life. They tried to bar prosecutors from seeking the death ...
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What to know about the death penalty and death row in Texas
As of June 19, 2025, there were 169 people on death row in Texas. Four of them are women, including Melissa Lucio, who was convicted in 2008 of beating her 2-year-old daughter to death.
Longest-Serving Man on Miss. Death Row Executed for 1976 Murder: 'Should Have Happened a Long Time Ago,' Victim’s Son Says
Richard Jordan, the longest-serving and oldest person on Mississippi's death row, was executed on June 25 for the 1976 murder ...
Mississippi executes inmate after nearly 50 years. Is death penalty legal in PA, NJ?
Nearly five decades after being convicted of murder, a Mississippi man got executed. Can that happen in NJ, PA?
Mississippi executes the longest-serving man on the state’s death row for 1976 killing
Mississippi has executed the longest-serving man on its death row nearly 50 years after he was convicted of murder.
Execution completed by lethal injection for Mississippi murderer Richard Jordan at Parchman
Richard Jordan, who spent 48 years on Mississippi’s death row, received an execution by lethal injection at the state ...
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Tennessee death row inmate served last meal before execution
Prison officials served death row inmate Oscar Franklin Smith his last meal Wednesday night, about 16 hours before he's scheduled to die by lethal injection. Smith, 75, requested hotdogs, tater ...