The United States is set to witness a busy and contentious summer with seven executions scheduled before September. Five of these executions are slated to occur in Texas and Alabama, states with historically high execution rates. This recent uptick underscores the country’s stark position on capital punishment compared to other developed nations. According to the … Read more
After many witnesses watched her throw her 2-month-old child onto a road last year, suffering fatal severe blunt-force injuries, the 21-year-old woman will be imprisoned for the rest of her life. District Attorney John Bramlett Jr. of the 20th Circuit Court reports that after Makaylia Jolley entered a guilty plea on November 6 for the … Read more
A Tennessee judge has upheld the death sentence for Christa Pike, the only woman on Tennessee’s death row, almost 30 years after her heinous act of killing a 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer in a disturbing and brutal manner. Pike’s attorneys sought a re-evaluation of her sentencing, citing recent legal precedents, but the judge’s decision maintains her … Read more