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The El Paso shooter will avoid the death penalty. Was justice served?
Patrick Crusius, the admitted mass shooter who killed 23 people and wounded 22 at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, in 2019, will ...
Dallas pastor cites Bible in support of possible Luigi Mangione death penalty
Luigi Mangione may face the death penalty if he's convicted for the December 2024 killing of Brian Thompson, the CEO of ...
Why isn’t the El Paso mass shooter facing the death penalty?
Despite being convicted in the state that has executed the most people in the country since the reinstatement of the death ...
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Gunman who killed 23 at El Paso Walmart offered plea deal to avoid death penalty
Montoya said he supports the death penalty and believes Crusius deserves it ... Associated Press writer Nadia Lathan contributed from Austin, Texas.
At least 4 school shooters sentenced to death since 1940, but not one has yet been executed
Snopes' research found at least four perpetrators of school shootings have been sentenced to death since 1940. Two of those sentences were later commuted to life in prison and the other two ...
DA won't seek death penalty for Preciado in murder of Soto, Guerra, and unborn child
The DA is voting on the death penalty for Christopher Preciado. He was charged with capital murder for Savannah Soto, Matthew ...
Austin man remains on death row after U.S. Supreme Court denies second petition
Areli Escobar has sought a new trial since a damning audit of APD's crime lab. The same office that prosecuted him has ...
El Paso Walmart mass shooter may avoid death penalty, DA says. Plea hearing set for April
El Paso DA James Montoya says he won't seek the death penalty for Patrick Crusius, who killed 23 people at a Walmart in 2019.
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Senate passes bill that would expand death penalty in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Senate on Wednesday passed a bill that would expand Texas' capital murder eligibility. Senate Bill 990 now heads to the House for a vote there. If it passes the House ...
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Mass Shooter of Deadliest Hispanic-Targeted Shooting Will Not Face Death Penalty
Patrick Crusius killed or wounded 55 people in a Walmart mass shooting that targeted Hispanics, and he will not be facing the death penalty, ...
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Why isn’t the El Paso mass shooter facing the death penalty?
Moises Sandoval Mendoza is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection in Texas next month — finally, after 21 years. In 2004, he was convicted and sentenced to death for murdering a 20-year ...