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On March 31, 2012, an Angelina County jury convicted Saenz of murdering five patients and injuring five others. [11] [12] Prosecutors sought the death penalty, but on April 2, 2012, Saenz was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for the five murders, plus three consecutive 20-year sentences for aggravated assault. [4]
Gerardo Flores (born 1986) of Lufkin, Texas, was convicted in 2005 of two counts of capital murder under the 2003 Texas fetal homicide law for giving his girlfriend, who was carrying twins, an at-home abortion the previous year.
Vermont has abolished the death penalty for all crimes, but has an invalid death penalty statue for treason. [87] When it abolished the death penalty in 2019, New Hampshire explicitly did not commute the death sentence of the sole person remaining on the state's death row, Michael K. Addison. [88] [89]
An 8-year-old driving a dirt bike lost control, resulting in a fatal accident, North Dakota officials said. ... North Dakota Highway Patrol said in a May 12 news release.
(The Center Square) – Following through on a pledge she made months ago, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg on Friday announced her office was seeking the death penalty in the prosecution ...
President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will direct the Department of Justice to “vigorously pursue the death penalty” after President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the death sentences ...
Capital punishment is retained in law by 55 UN member states or observer states, with 140 having abolished it in law or in practice.The most recent legal executions performed by nations and other entities with criminal law jurisdiction over the people present within its boundaries are listed below.
Texas has executed the most inmates of any other state in the nation, and it's not even close. The Lone Star state has put 591 inmates to death since 1982, most recently Garcia Glen White on Oct. 1.