Death penalty sought in Indiana officer’s shooting death
Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for the man charged in the fatal shooting of a police officer who had come to his aid after the suspect's car overturned in a crash in Indianapolis.
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Boone prosecutor seeking death penalty in attack on couple
A central Indiana prosecutor has filed death penalty charges against a teenager accused in the home invasion stabbing death of a 73-year-old suburban Indianapolis man and an assault on his wife.
McVeigh prosecutor to speak at annual Shepard lecture
Larry Mackey, the former federal prosecutor in the Oklahoma City bombing case, will be the featured speaker for the annual Randall T. Shepard Lecture Series hosted by the Evansville Bar Association.
High court agrees to decide future of Indiana’s death penalty
The Indiana Supreme Court will decide whether the state’s method of carrying out the death penalty can stand after the justices agreed to hold oral arguments in an appeal of the Indiana Court of Appeals ruling that voided the current death penalty protocol.
Supreme Court to resume oral arguments with Goff on the bench
After a two-month summer hiatus, the Indiana Supreme Court will resume hearing arguments next month with its newest member sitting on the bench.
Lawyers: Missouri prepares to execute potentially innocent man
Attorneys for a Missouri inmate scheduled for execution Tuesday warn that the state is preparing to execute a potentially innocent man.
Indiana man accused in officer death may face death penalty
An Indianapolis man accused of fatally shooting a police officer who was trying to help him following a car crash could face the death penalty if he's convicted in the officer's slaying, a prosecutor said Wednesday after the suspect made his first court appearance.
7th Circuit orders new sentencing hearing for man on death row
A man convicted in a triple homicide and subsequently sentenced to death will get a new sentencing hearing after the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals determined Friday the fact he was wearing a stun belt during the penalty phase of his trial may have impacted his jury.
3 condemned Ohio inmates ask high court to delay executions
Three condemned killers with upcoming execution dates asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday for a delay while they continue challenging Ohio’s new lethal injection method.
State appeals ruling that suspended death penalty
An Indiana Court of Appeals decision that suspended executions in the state violated the separation of powers and resulted in new, unintended burdens that could lead to “dysfunction” in carrying out executions, the state argues in seeking transfer to the Indiana Supreme Court.
State challenges COA ruling that suspended death penalty
An Indiana Court of Appeals decision that suspended executions in the state violated the separation of powers and resulted in new, unintended burdens that could lead to “dysfunction” in carrying out executions, the state argues in seeking an appeal to the Indiana Supreme Court.
Experts say Court of Appeals ruling leaves death penalty in limbo
Legal experts from Indiana’s law schools said the decision casts uncertainty on the death penalty going forward, though they said by no means is the court’s ruling a moratorium on future executions.
COA: Indiana death penalty protocol ‘void’
Indiana’s means of carrying out the death penalty through lethal injection “is void and without effect,” the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Thursday, reversing a death row inmate’s challenge to the Indiana Department of Correction’s execution protocol.
Court: Indiana death penalty protocol ‘void’
Indiana’s means of carrying out the death penalty through lethal injection “is void and without effect,” the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Thursday, reversing a death row inmate’s challenge to the Department of Correction’s execution protocol.
7th Circuit affirms denial of habeas relief
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the denial of a man’s petition for habeas relief after finding he waived his argument of ineffective assistance of counsel by not raising that argument in his habeas petition.
SCOTUS won’t hear Indiana’s appeal in triple murder case
The Supreme Court of the United States won't hear Indiana's appeal of a ruling that threw out the conviction and death sentence of an Indiana man for the 1998 slayings of his wife, her ex-husband and her 10-year-old son.
COA affirms 65-year sentence for man who killed officer
The Dearborn Circuit Court did not err in imposing a 65-year sentence on a man convicted of felony murder after he shot and killed a deputy sheriff in the line of duty, the Indiana Court of Appeals held Tuesday.
Judge: Alabama may keep execution records secret
Alabama can keep secret its records from recent lethal injections, including documents about an inmate who coughed for the first 13 minutes of the procedure, a judge has ruled.
Indiana Supreme Court denies death penalty statute appeal
The Indiana Supreme Court has turned down the request of a Gary man accused of slaying seven women to look at the constitutionality of the state's death penalty statute before he goes to trial.
Gorsuch faced early test in court’s life-and-death power
Just 11 days on the job, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch had an early taste of the weighty power that sometimes comes to a member of the nation's highest court.