Luigi Mangione pleaded not guilty to federal charges of murder, stalking, and firearms offenses on Friday afternoon in New York federal court. The night before, prosecutors filed formal notice to seek the death penalty for Mangione, who has been accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The filing claims Mangione, …
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Richard Glossip, a longtime death row inmate, will get a new trial after the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the prosecutors withheld evidence and provided the jury with faulty testimony from a star witness. The court ruled 5-3 in favor of Glossip’s appeal, with Justice Sonia Sotomayor writing the …
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Just days before President-elect Donald Trump is set to take office, the Department of Justice has announced its decision to withdraw the federal government’s lethal injection protocol on the grounds that it causes unconstitutional suffering. “Because it cannot be said with reasonable confidence that the current execution protocol ‘not only …
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The death penalty takes centerstage on Wednesday when Death Row inmate Richard Glossip’s case comes before the Supreme Court once again — this time with his supporters calling for a new trial. “Both Richard and I are extremely grateful that the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in his case today. …
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Despite objections from the St. Louis County prosecutor’s office, jurors involved in his trial, and the victim’s family, Marcellus Williams was executed Tuesday evening in Missouri at Potosi Correctional Center. Hours before the execution was set to take place, the U.S. Supreme Court denied the stay of execution, with the …
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In Marcellus Williams’ clemency package, his mother describes him as the only mistake she’s ever made. His father left him, too, unwanted. Now, on the brink of execution for a murder he says he did not commit, 55-year-old Williams has a legion in his corner. No one wants him to …
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In the wake of a police killing near St. Louis that created a national firestorm, Wesley Bell campaigned as a reformer and defeated a conservative Democrat to become the city’s prosecuting attorney. Six years later, some local progressive advocates are not happy with Bell — and not just because he …
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