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Jury sentences killer to death in 2020 double murder of Alabama couple

A Dadeville jury sentences Derek Hightower of Columbus, Georgia, to death for the brutal murders of Willie and Barbara Tidwell on April 17, 2020. This sentence marks the first death penalty imposed in Tallapoosa County since 1998.

U.S. News & World Report · 17m

An Alabama Man Is Sentenced to Death for Fatally Shooting 2 as Part of a 2020 Killing Chain

An Alabama man who authorities say killed four people in the span of two days in 2020 has been sentenced to death for two of the killings, court records show. Tallapoosa County Circuit Court Judge William Whorton sentenced Derrick Hightower,

al.com · 18h

Georgia man sentenced to death for killing Alabama couple in break-in during statewide crime spree

A Tallapoosa County jury voted 10-2 in favor of death for Derrick Hightower, who was also charged with four other murders as part of a 2020 crime spree.

Montgomery-Selma WSFA on M… · 21h

Jury recommends death penalty for Georgia man in 2020 Dadeville double murder

A Georgia man convicted by a Tallapoosa County jury on four counts of capital murder in the 2020 killings of a Dadeville couple learned his fate Thursday afternoon.

Bourbon Street reopens in New Orleans

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New Orleans attack: Search continues for potential Bourbon Street accomplices as state AG vows death penalty

The FBI is searching for potential accomplices to Shamsud-Din Jabbar, who was killed by police in a shootout after ramming his truck into a New Orleans crowd.

Time on MSN · 2h

The Attack On Bourbon Street Can Never Stop New Orleans

Maurice Carlos Ruffin explores how, even in the aftermath of a violent attack, the spirit of New Orleans perseveres.

NBC News · 22h

New Orleans police reopen Bourbon Street after attack

New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick announced Bourbon Street is now open to the public and that heavy trucks and “archers” will be in place as added protection.

NC Gov. Cooper commutes 15 death sentences

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The (Raleigh) News & Observe… · 11h

Roy Cooper’s commutations should signal the death penalty’s end in North Carolina | Opinion

Gov. Roy Cooper is the first governor in the history of North Carolina’s modern death penalty to commute more than two death penalty cases. | Opinion

USA Today · 1d

On his final day in office, NC Gov. Roy Cooper commuted 15 death sentences; who are they?

As one of his last acts in office, Gov. Roy Cooper commuted the sentences of 15 people on North Carolina's death row to life without parole.

The Mirror US on MSN · 1d

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper commutes sentences of 15 death row inmates on his last day in office

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper commuted the death sentences of 15 inmates in the state on his last day in office, a move that was praised by several advocacy organizations

Families who lost loved ones to violence find relief, doubt in California’s death penalty

Wife of murder victim Jon Johnson, Karen Johnson, hugs jury member Fred Young on May 12, 2010, outside the Sacramento ...

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Trump says he will direct Justice Department to ‘vigorously pursue the death penalty’

President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will direct the Department of Justice to “vigorously pursue the death penalty ...

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South Carolina schedules January 31 execution as death penalty resumes

South Carolina’s Supreme Court scheduled Marion Bowman Jr.’s Jan. 31 execution, amidst legal challenges and a pause for ...

Zimbabwe abolishes death penalty two decades after last execution

Zimbabwe has officially abolished the death penalty after President Emmerson Mnangagwa signed into law an act that will ...

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Joe Biden’s Long, Winding Road on the Death Penalty

Joe Biden’s position on the death penalty has gone from Abolition to Wait to Sometimes to Go for It to Abolition, Actually, ...

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Zimbabwe abolishes death penalty

Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has approved a law that abolishes the death penalty in the southern African state ...

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Trump vows to direct DOJ to pursue death penalty in wake of Biden clemencies

President-elect Trump vowed Tuesday to direct his Department of Justice (DOJ) to pursue the death penalty in the wake of ...

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Michigan was 1st state to outlaw death penalty

President Joe Biden commuted the sentence of Michigan's only prisoner on death row federally. The state has long outlawed the ...

Zimbabwe abolishes death penalty almost 20 years after its last hanging

Zimbabwe has abolished the death penalty, a widely expected move in a country that last carried out the punishment nearly two decades ago.

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GOP lawmakers slam Biden for allowing 9/11 terrorists to skirt death penalty: ‘Unforgivable’

Republican lawmakers slammed President Biden Tuesday after a military appeals court judge refused to nix the sweetheart plea ...

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Alabama, death penalty

Bourbon Street reopens in New Orleans

NC Gov. Cooper commutes 15 death sentences

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