California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation via AP Prosecutors Seek New Death Penalty for Man Convicted of Murdering Pregnant Wife California prosecutors will again seek a death penalty for a man convicted of murdering his wife and unborn son. By The Associated Press October 23, 2020
AP Trump Admin To Execute Woman Who Strangled Pregnant Victim, Cut Baby from Womb The Justice Department scheduled the exeuction of a woman who killed her pregnant victim and cut the baby from her womb. By The Associated Press October 16, 2020
Chirasak Tolertmongkol / Shutterstock Kindergarten Teacher Sentenced to Death After Revenge Plot Kills Child, Poisons Dozens More A teacher who has been convicted of trying to poison another teacher's class after the two argued has been sentenced to death. By Jack Davis October 3, 2020
Scott Olson / Getty Images Trump Admin Schedules Execution for Man Who Brutalized, Buried Teenage Girl Alive The Justice Department scheduled the execution of a man who helped kidnap and kill a 16-year-old girl in 1994. By The Associated Press September 30, 2020
Sam Morris / Getty ImagesCommentary Unhinged Cher Declares Trump a Mass Murderer, Suggests Death Penalty In a social media post, Cher said that President Trump's COVID-19 policies qualify him as a killer deserving of execution. By C. Douglas Golden September 14, 2020
Michael Conroy / AP, File Trump Admin Carries Out Execution of Rapist, Murderer After 11th-Hour Ruling Keith Nelson has been put to death for the 1999 rape and murder of a 10-year-old girl in Kansas. By The Associated Press August 27, 2020
Scott Olson / Getty Images Obama-Appointed Judge Sets Up Last-Second Roadblock to Execution of Rapist, Killer A federal judge halted the execution of Keith Dwayne Nelson, who raped and murdered a 10-year-old girl in 1999. By The Associated Press August 27, 2020
Courtesy of Auska Mitchell via AP Trump Admin Set to Execute Killer 20 Years After Horrific Slayings Lezmond Mitchell is scheduled to be executed for the 2001 murders of a 9-year-old girl and her grandmother. By The Associated Press August 25, 2020
Justin Sullivan / AP California Supreme Court Makes Major Ruling on Scott Peterson's Death Sentence Peterson was convicted of first-degree murder in the death of his wife, Laci, and the second-degree murder of their unborn son, Connor. By The Associated Press August 24, 2020
FBI via AP, File Trump Admin Enters the Ring in Fight for Boston Bomber Death Sentence The Justice Department will appeal a ruling that overturned the death penalty for Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. By The Associated Press August 20, 2020