The following are updates in the capital case litigation space, including appeals, verdicts, cases where the death penalty will be sought and their circumstances, and other information for review.
Tampa Bay Times 5/20/22
Prosecutors have stated that they will seek the death penalty for a man accused of two separate stabbing murders in Florida.
ABC 5/17/22
The man charged with the shooting at Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods, California, could potentially face the death penalty.
WGRZ 5/20/22
The federal government is investigating the Buffalo shooting as a hate crime, which raises the question of whether the shooter could face the death penalty. While capital punishment is abolished in New York, it can still used on the federal level.
Channel 6 South Florida 5/25/22
Jury selection is underway for the sentencing trial of the Parkland school shooter, in which the death penalty will be considered. The recent Texas shooting serves as a backdrop for this process.
CBS News Pittsburgh 5/19/22
Prosecutors in Washington County, Pennsylvania are seeking the death penalty against a father accused of killing his 6-month-old son.
12 News 5/3/22
Idaho prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Lori Vallow Daybell and Chad Daybell, who are charged with the deaths of Lori’s two children, JJ and Tylee.