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Prosecutors Vow to Keep Pursuing Death Penalty in California

Unless the next governor, Xavier Becerra, keeps commuting sentences, California’s death row is likely to slowly repopulate in the coming years.

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Death row inmates used to be held together at the San Quentin state prison, but they have since been transferred to other state facilities and moved into the general population.

Kenya Cult Leader Handed 200 Year Prison Sentence for Mass Murder

Paul Nthenge Mackenzie told followers to starve themselves in order to meet Jesus, an edict that was violently enforced, a court heard during his trial.

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Paul Nthenge Mackenzie, center, at a court in Mombasa, Kenya, on Friday. He was arrested in 2023 after the Kenyan authorities exhumed the bodies of more than 400 people.

Who’s Hiding Secrets About Dag Hammarskjöld’s Death?

The U.N. leader died in a plane crash in 1961. Many suspect foul play, but a lot of information still remains secret.

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Dag Hammarskjöld, the secretary general of the United Nations, in London in the mid-1950s.

Newsom Commutes the Sentences of California’s 548 Death Row Inmates

Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is considering a run for president, called capital punishment morally objectionable. Though California hasn’t executed anyone for 20 years, that represents about a quarter of death sentences nationwide.

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Gov. Gavin Newsom of California reduced every death sentence in the state to life in prison without parole, a sweeping move expected to face legal challenges.

American Is Convicted of Murder in Case That Gripped Italy

A TV program helped to identify the victims, a Russian woman and her young daughter, who were found dead in a Rome park.

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Investigators in Villa Pamphili park in Rome, where the bodies of Anastasia Trofimova and her daughter Andromeda were found, in 2025.

Christa Pike Describes Pain and Isolation After Botched Execution

Christa Pike, who was convicted of a 1995 murder, released her first statement since the failed attempt to execute her last month.

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It took about 30 minutes to verify the authenticity of the call for an ambulance from the prison. Christa Pike was in a private Nashville hospital for more than a week.

Court Rejects Erin Patterson’s Appeal in Mushroom Murders Case

Judges took away the possibility of parole for an Australian woman, Erin Patterson, and rejected a bid to overturn her conviction over a deadly beef Wellington lunch.

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Erin Patterson leaving the Supreme Court of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia, in 2025.

Suspect in France Shootings Said He Targeted Muslims and Africans, Prosecutor Says

The suspect, identified only as Kévin T., admitted to planning the attacks near Paris last week, the prosecutor said. One person was killed and seven wounded.

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A silent march in Paris on Sunday to honor Pengo Bossio Wangi. He was killed on Friday in Trappes, France, by a gunman who wounded seven other people, the authorities said.

South Africa Deploys 500 Soldiers to Quell Anti-Immigration Violence

The deployment comes after a foreign national was beaten to death by a mob during an anti-immigrant protest last week.

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A man ran for cover after clashes erupted between protesters and foreign nationals in Durban, South Africa, this month.

Court Tosses ​​Sentence After A.I. Video of Victim ‘Forgiving’ His Killer Is Played

An appellate court in Arizona threw out the prison sentence of a man convicted of manslaughter after an A.I.-generated video of his victim was played at a trial.

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Stacey Wales with an enlarged photo of her brother, Christopher Pelkey. She created a video using artificial intelligence to depict her dead brother speaking at the sentencing of his killer.
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