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Convicted killer of Seffner mother of 3 sentenced to death

A Hillsborough County judge sentenced the convicted killer of a Seffner mother of three to death on Wednesday. Full story

Sister Helen Prejean on her influential activism against the death penalty

  Sister Helen Prejean, anti-death penalty advocate and author of “Dead Man Walking,” talks with Rachel Maddow on the 20th anniversary of the publication of "Dead Man Walking" about the impact of the book and movie, the "weird relationship" Americans have with the death penalty, and the challenge of g

Online Petition Calls For Death Penalty For Men Accused Of Murdering Linton Teen (VIDEO)

Self-proclaimed friends of Katelyn Wolfe have started an online petition asking prosecutors to seek the death penalty in the case against the two men accused of killing the Linton, Ind., woman. Full story

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  Ariel Castro expected to plead not guilty in Ohio

The man accused of kidnapping three women and holding them hostage for over a decade will head back to court today, where his lawyers say he will plead not guilty to 329 counts, including rape, kidnapping, and murder. NBC’s Jeff Rossen reports and legal analyst Lisa Bloom comments on the case.

  The latest stunner in the Jodi Arias trial

After months of evidence, arguments, and testimony, NBC’s Diana Alvear reports that the jury in the Jodi Arias trial was still deadlocked on whether she should get the death penalty. Richard Gabriel from the American Society of Trial Consultants joins The Cycle to discuss where a group of impartial

  Speculation continues to swirl around Arias sentencing

Attorney Jami Floyd and Richard Gabriel, President of Decision Analysis, Inc., discuss whether the jurors will all agree to give Jodi Arias the death penalty.

  Life or death: Which way will the Arias jury decide?

NBC’s Diana Alvear reports from Phoenix, Arizona as the country awaits the decision of life in prison or the death penalty for Jodi Arias; then attorney Jami Floyd and Cornell law professor John Blume discuss what they expect to see from the jury.

  Touré: Let Jodi Arias live

Touré looks at the high cost of a death sentence and says that if death can’t be administered without error, then it shouldn’t be applied in any case.

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