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• Hickenlooper holding death penalty case meetings

  May 3, 2013 4:04 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Gov. John Hickenlooper is meeting with lawyers, victims' families and law enforcement about the pending execution of one of three men on Colorado's death row. Hickenlooper is holding private meetings on Friday and Saturday on the Nathan Dunlap case. Spokesman Eric Brown says he's hearing information from... more »

• Will the younger Tsarnaev get the death penalty?

  April 30, 2013 4:31 AM

  Could Dzhokhar Tsarnaev avoid the death penalty? Prosecutors and lawyers for the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect have begun very early discussions about a possible deal. In it he would cooperate in exchange for avoiding the death penalty, legal sources said yesterday. Also, just joining his legal team is prominent... more »

• Death penalty repeal debate on hold in Colorado

  March 20, 2013 5:54 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Colorado's debate over repealing the death penalty will stay on hold, for now. A second legislative committee in as many days delayed consideration on proposals to do away with the death penalty. Tuesday's delay came on a bill to ask voters whether the death penalty should be... more »

• Judge removed in Fort Hood shooting rampage case

  December 3, 2012 9:00 PM

  FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - A military appeals court has ousted the judge in the Fort Hood shooting case and thrown out his order to forcibly shave suspect. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces ruled Monday that Col. Gregory Gross didn't appear impartial while presiding over the... more »

• Panetta: Death penalty possible in Afghan shooting

  March 12, 2012 8:36 PM

  ABOARD A US MILITARY AIRCRAFT (AP) - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says the death penalty is a consideration as the military moves to investigate and possibly put on trial a U.S. soldier suspected of gunning down 16 Afghans. In his first public remarks on the incident, Panetta said Monday the... more »

• British poker champ facing murder charges in CO for wife's death

  March 4, 2012 11:48 AM

  DENVER (AP) - A 48-year-old poker champion from England is facing murder charges for allegedly killing his wife and dumping her body in western Colorado in 1997. The Denver Post reports a preliminary hearing is scheduled for March 15 in the case of Marcus Bebb-Jones, who is accused of killing... more »

• Georgia executes Davis, supporters claim injustice

  September 21, 2011 11:23 PM

  JACKSON, Ga. (AP) - Georgia inmate Troy Davis has been executed for the killing of an off-duty police officer in a case that has drawn worldwide support over his claims of innocence. Courts consistently ruled against him, however, and the officer's family says they finally have justice after 22... more »

• High court refuses to block Troy Davis execution

  September 21, 2011 10:28 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court has rejected an eleventh-hour appeal from Troy Davis to prevent Georgia authorities from executing him for the murder of an off-duty police officer. The court did not comment on its order late Wednesday, four hours after receiving the last-ditch request. The filing... more »

• Dunlap attorneys challenge robbery conviction

  September 16, 2011 8:49 AM

  DENVER (AP) - Attorneys for death row inmate Nathan Dunlap are challenging a robbery conviction prosecutors used to get the death penalty. The attorneys filed a motion in federal court Thursday saying Dunlap did not get a fair trial on the robbery charges because of publicity over the murder... more »

• Jurors: Ohio killer's statement looked rehearsed

  August 10, 2011 5:55 PM

  CLEVELAND (AP) - Jurors who are recommending the death penalty for the killer of 11 women in Cleveland say they felt his statement from the witness stand was rehearsed and lacked remorse. The jurors in the trial of 51-year-old Anthony Sowell spoke to reporters Wednesday in the courtroom after... more »

• Fort Hood psychiatrist to face death penalty

  July 6, 2011 12:20 PM

  FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - The Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly Fort Hood rampage in Texas will be court-martialed and face the death penalty. Fort Hood's commanding general announced the decision today in the case of Maj. Nidal Hasan. He's expected to appear in a Fort Hood courtroom for... more »

• Federal judge allows Colorado death sentence to stand

  August 24, 2010 5:44 PM

  U.S. District Judge John Kane has ruled in favor of the state of Colorado in a habeas corpus case filed by convicted murderer Nathan Dunlap. Dunlap was convicted of shooting five people inside a Chuck E. Cheese pizza restaurant in Aurora in 1993. He had earlier been fired from... more »

• Utah inmate scheduled to die by firing squad

  May 6, 2010 7:01 PM

  Utah state attorneys say a condemned inmate cannot seek a stay of a warrant ordering his execution by firing squad next month. In a court filing Thursday, Assistant Utah Attorney General Tom Brunker says state law only lets Ronnie Lee Gardner appeal his death sentence - not the order... more »

• Man executed even after he claims allergic to lethal injection

  April 20, 2010 11:07 AM

  Ohio has executed a serial rapist convicted of strangling a 16-year-old girl in 1988. Darryl Durr recently claimed he could suffer an allergic reaction to the state's lethal injection drug, but there was no initial word of any complications. He was pronounced dead at 10:36 a.m. Tuesday at the Southern... more »

• Ohio serial killer suspect pleads insanity

  December 3, 2009 9:48 AM

  A registered sex offender accused of killing 11 women and leaving their remains in and around his Cleveland home has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to all charges. Anthony Sowell, 50, was arraigned Thursday by video hook-up from jail. Sowell was indicted Tuesday on 85 charges, including murder,... more »

• Jury weighs death penalty in TV anchorwoman case

  November 12, 2009 8:44 AM

  A jury that convicted a man of capital murder in the beating death of an Arkansas TV anchorwoman is now weighing whether to impose the death penalty. Jurors will meet again Thursday, a day after convicting Curtis Lavelle Vance of murder, rape and other charges. Jurors also could choose life... more »