Tag: Death Penalty

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, flanked by Attorney General Xavier Becerra, right, answers a question concerning a lawsuit the state will likely file against President Donald Trump over his emergency declaration to fund a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, in Sacramento, Calif.

Trump says Gavin Newsom ‘defying voters’ by halting death penalty in California

Diana Stancy Correll · March 13, 2019 2:46 pm

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, flanked by Attorney General Xavier Becerra, right, answers a question concerning a probable lawsuit the state will likely file against President Donald Trump over his emergency declaration to fund a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, in Sacramento, Calif.

California governor to halt executions

Allison Elyse Gualtieri · March 13, 2019 4:48 am

In this Oct. 18, 2018 photo, the U.S. Supreme Court is seen at near sunset in Washington.

Supreme Court nixes death sentence for ‘intellectually disabled’ Texas murderer

Melissa Quinn · February 19, 2019 4:56 pm

Sayfullo Saipov, the alleged attacker, made "no bones" about the attack and told police he was pleased with carrying it out. (St. Charles County, Mo. Department of Corrections/KMOV via AP)

Judge rules Trump tweets on capital punishment for NYC terrorist don’t affect case

Vaishnavee Sharma · February 16, 2019 1:13 am

Beltway Confidential

Trump peddles Chinese drug executions at the expense of his own policy

Erin Dunne · February 15, 2019 9:16 pm

The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court gather for a formal group portrait to include new Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, top row, far right, at the Supreme Court Building in D.C.

Beltway Confidential

The liberals on the Supreme Court are right, conservatives wrong on Muslim execution case

Becket Adams · February 8, 2019 7:49 pm

People hold signs at the Embassy of Saudi Arabia during protest about the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, in Washington. David Barrows, right, with Code Pink, wears a mask of Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

Saudi prosecutors seek the death penalty for Khashoggi murder suspects

Katelyn Caralle · November 15, 2018 1:12 pm

Federal Bureau of Investigation Pittsburgh special agent in charge, Bob Jones, walks near a makeshift memorial at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

Death penalty the only appropriate conclusion for Pittsburgh synagogue killer

Kimberly Ross · October 29, 2018 5:34 pm

Feds want death penalty for Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect Robert Bowers

Daniel Chaitin · October 29, 2018 1:43 am

Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks during an event.

Sessions: Death penalty possible in hate crime synagogue massacre

Kimberly Leonard · October 27, 2018 9:48 pm

President Trump listens during an event on immigration alongside family members affected by crime committed by undocumented immigrants, at the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex on Friday.

Trump: Mass shooters should ‘pay the ultimate price’

Kimberly Leonard · October 27, 2018 4:59 pm

The execution chamber at the Washington State Penitentiary is shown with the witness gallery behind glass at right, in Walla Walla, Wash.

Washington becomes 20th state to get rid of death penalty

Maria Biery · October 11, 2018 8:14 pm