Parkland shooter called "calculated, manipulative" as jurors weigh death penalty
While delivering his opening statement, the lead prosecutor described the shooter as "cold, calculated, manipulative and deadly."
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While delivering his opening statement, the lead prosecutor described the shooter as "cold, calculated, manipulative and deadly."
The Justice Department hasn't announced if it will pursue the death penalty for the self-proclaimed white supremacist charged with the May shooting and killing of 10 Black people at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York. Some civil rights groups don't want to see the suspect executed. David Nakamura, a reporter for The Washington Post, spoke with CBS News' Anne-Marie Green and Vladimir Duthiers about the issue.
The suspect accused of killing 10 Black people in a racially motivated attack at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, was charged with federal hate crimes and could face the death penalty.
Frank Atwood is the second Arizona inmate to be put to death in less than a month after a nearly eight-year hiatus.
Lawyers for a group representing Virgil Delano Presnell Jr., 68, claim an accord icing executions during the pandemic would be violated if he's put to death.
The last execution in Arizona was in 2014, when Joseph Wood was given a two-drug combination over two hours in an execution that his lawyers said was botched.
The last execution in Arizona was in 2014, when Joseph Wood was given a two-drug combination over two hours in an execution that his lawyers said was botched.
As Wednesday's execution date looms, Texas board is expected to decide on clemency appeal and pass its recommendations to the state's Republican governor.
The governor said the execution will not move forward Thursday night.
The gas chamber hasn't been used in the U.S. in more than two decades. Clarence Dixon is slated to be put to death by lethal injection May 11 for the 1977 murder of Arizona State University student Deana Bowdoin.
Melissa Lucio, a mother of 14, who convicted in the death of her two-year-old daughter; her lawyers say it was a tragic accident.
Lea Rodger, 32, wed Richard Glossip, 59, who's narrowly escaped execution three times. It was the second time he's gotten married behind bars.