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U.S. declines to pursue death penalty against trio of accused Mexican cartel kingpins

The U.S. attorney general directed prosecutors not to seek capital punishment against three reputed cartel leaders, including ...

Oregon murder suspect now charged in death of 4th woman: DA

A Multnomah County grand jury indicted Jesse Lee Calhoun in the 2022 murder of 22-year-old Kristin Smith, the local ...

US won’t seek death penalty for Mexican drug lords Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada and Rafael Caro Quintero

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. prosecutors said Tuesday they won’t seek the death penalty in their cases against Mexican cartel kingpin ...

Justice Department to seek federal hate crime charges and death penalty in killing of Israeli Embassy staffers

The Justice Department will seek to indict the man accused of killing two Israeli Embassy staff members in Washington, DC, on ...

Death row inmates challenge new Arkansas law allowing executions by nitrogen gas

Several Arkansas death row inmates have sued the state to block a new law allowing executions by nitrogen gas, saying the ...

3rd death reported in NYC Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Harlem. Here's what to know about the symptoms.

There has been a third death in the Legionnaires' disease outbreak in New York City. Officials said the number of cases has ...

Grand jury declines to indict former Atlanta police officer in church deacon’s death

A grand jury on Monday declined to indict an former Atlanta police officer on manslaughter charges in the death of a church ...

Two women arraigned in connection with drowning death of 12-year-old Pittsfield student in Great Barrington

In addition to involuntary manslaughter, Braley and Whitacre are also charged with two misdemeanors: reckless endangerment of ...