Death Penalty
The state of Florida has just reveled that they will be seeking the death penalty, in the best friend murder case of rapper YNW Melly. This is all according to legal doc obtained by TMZ. In the docs, the State says it believes it can prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Melly killed his friends […]
Death row inmates will see a delay in their sentence based on the governor’s order. Republican Governor Mike DeWine has decided to postpone death sentences in the state until a court can approve drugs to carry on sentences in a humane way. This has been a hot topic in the state before Gov. DeWine took […]
Arkansas wants to execute 6 inmates in a 10-day span.
Roof attended Tuesday's hearing sitting "impassively" in front of the victims' families, journalists and spectators, the Times reports. He faces 33 counts, including hate crimes.
Out of the 33 federal charges against Roof, the accusation that he violated the prayer group's right to freely practice religion will weigh heavy when considering the death penalty.
Oklahoma has executed 112 inmates since the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976.
A Texas death row inmate has battled to get an appeal of his sentence over an expert witness who said Black people are dangerous. His problem is that his own lawyer retained the expert.
Dylann Roof has been charged with 33 federal hate crime and firearms charges for the shooting. The case is expected to go to trial July 11.
The Supreme Court has unveiled more troubling events behind the decision to keep African-American jurors off a 1987 case against a Black man who was…
The 21-year-old racist gunman who heartlessly took the lives of 9 Emmanuel AME Church members during a South Carolina bible study could possibly face the…
President Barack Obama and Russian leader Vladimir Putin haven’t always seen eye-to-eye, but Monday they will come face-to-face to lay lingering issues between their countries on the…
Pope Francis tackled issues of racial and social injustice, and abolishment of the death penalty, among other things.