Death Penalty

Idaho bill promotes death penalty for child molesters.

I still believe Vallow should suffer a fate worse than prison time; this punishment doesn't fit the crime. To be blunt, she should have her life snuffed out at the hands of fellow human beings much like she did with her own kids.

It wasn't hard to see this coming after all the news coverage and TV specials covering the disappearance and deaths of two young Idaho kids.

A Republican lieutenant governor candidate says women who get an abortion should be punished if it is ever criminalized in Idaho, adding the punishment should include the death penalty.

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — Prosecutors are considering seeking the death penalty against two Buhl men accused of killing a high school student last year.

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — Eastern Idaho authorities say they will seek the death penalty for a man charged with killing his pregnant girlfriend at her cabin near Driggs, Idaho.

Convicted murderer Clayton Lockett was scheduled to be executed at 6:00 p.m. tonight (April 29). While authorities were administering the lethal injection they discovered the line into Lockett's arm had blown. Prison officials halted the execution and at 7:06 p.m. Lockett suffered a massive heart attack and passed away.

The Army has announced that Maj. Nidal Hasan will be tried in a military court and is eligible for the death penalty for his role in a 2009 shooting spree at Fort Hood in Texas. An attorney for the former military psychiatrist, who's been charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder in connection with the deadly rampage, wanted capital punishment tak