Escobar now asks the Supreme Court to consider his case, in which the county district attorney no longer defends his conviction. By Amy Howe on March 18 at 3:01 p.m. In a brief, rare public statement ...

The Supreme Court on June 29 upheld the death sentence ... agreed that capital punishment was warranted for Chisako Kakehi, 74. The ruling said there were no grounds for clemency because Kakehi ...