AP: Officials recommended Nikolas Cruz be committed as early as 2016
Involuntary commitment would have come up as a huge red flag when Cruz attempted to buy a gun
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Ohio parole board recommends condemned killer be spared
William Montgomery's attorney says there are too many unanswered questions surrounding his conviction
Facing death penalty, Fla. massacre suspect arraigned
Nikolas Cruz is charged in the shooting that killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school last month
Okla. may be first state to use nitrogen gas in executions
Oklahoma officials announced a plan to use nitrogen gas to execute inmates once the state resumes using the death penalty
"Stocking strangler" denied clemency on eve of execution
67-year-old Carlton Gary, scheduled to die Thursday, was convicted in the 1977 murder and rape of three elderly women
Death to be sought against suspect in killings of 8 people
Eight people including a sheriff's deputy were shot to death last year in Mississippi after a family dispute
Florida school shooting suspect indicted, could face death penalty
Cruz's attorney has said he will plead guilty if prosecutors take the death penalty off the table
S.C. Senate votes to allow electric chair in executions
South Carolina's execution drugs expired in 2013, and pharmaceutical companies are unwilling to provide the state with more
Investigator jailed for refusing to testify in death penalty case
Greta Lindecrantz is a defense investigator who worked on the defense team of a man currently on death row
Supreme Court will hear case of death row inmate with dementia
Lawyers say Vernon Madison can't remember the 1985 murder of an Ala. officer for which he is sentenced to die
New questions in execution that was delayed at the last minute
Execution team members stuck Doyle Lee Hamm repeatedly in the lower legs, ankles and groin in effort to find a usable vein, Hamm's attorney said
Gov. commutes death sentence for man convicted of masterminding murder of mother, brother
Thomas "Bart" Whitaker's father, Kent, who also was shot in the 2003 plot at the family's suburban Houston home but survived, led the effort to save his son from execution
Jury recommends death for man who raped, killed Fla. girl
The same jury took less than 15 minutes last week to convict Donald Smith, 62, in the death of Cherish Perrywinkle
Inmate scheduled to die claims risk for "botched" execution
Doyle Lee Hamm's veins are damaged from cancer and other diseases; he is scheduled to be executed Thursday evening
Florida to execute man in 1993 slaying of college student
Eric Branch's appeals had centered on the fact that a jury did not unanimously recommend he be put to death
N.C. to seek death against suspect in toddler's killing
Adolphus "Earl" Kimrey II is charged in the death of Mariah Woods, his girlfriend's three-year-old daughter
Father to be executed for killing girls with mom on phone
John Battaglia called his estranged wife on the phone and had her listen while he shot and killed their two daughters, 6 and 9
"Tourniquet Killer" executed, makes comment as lethal dose is given
Anthony Allen Shore received lethal injection Thursday for the 1992 strangling of a 21-year-old woman whose body was dumped in the drive-thru of a Houston Dairy Queen
Coach sentenced to die in girl's street kidnap, killing
Hailey Owens, 10, was kidnapped by former coach Craig Wood on a Missouri street in front of horrified witnesses
Okla. man sentenced to death for beheading his co-worker
Investigators said Alton Nolen had just been suspended when he walked inside the company's office and attacked his co-workers
Man challenges death sentence after actual killer given life
Prosecutors say Austin Myers masterminded the attack that left his childhood friend dead; Myers' attorneys say an accomplice delivered the fatal knife wounds
Execution date set for Mo. inmate with rare health condition
Russell Bucklew suffers from cavernous hemangioma, an ailment that causes weakened and malformed blood vessels, as well as tumors in his nose and throat
South Carolina doesn't have drugs for December execution
The state's corrections director said four years of trying to find pentobarbital failed because drug companies won't sell if it is publicly known they are providing drugs for executions
Execution of sick inmate called off for highly unusual reason
This is only the third time in U.S. history that an execution has been called off after the process has begun
Court temporarily halts execution of inmate lawyers say is mentally ill
Jack Greene was scheduled to die Thursday for the 1991 execution of Sidney Burnett, who was beaten with a can of hominy, stabbed and shot
Elon Musk says SpaceX throttled Ukraine Starlink speeds over drone strikes
More than 1,000 arrested in France as protesters and police clash
In the Venezuelan stronghold of Doral, some voters discouraged by Trump's policies
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