Prosecutors may pursue the death penalty in the retrial of Alex Murdaugh, according to the South Carolina Attorney General.
Tennessee plans to execute Byron Black on Tuesday for the 1988 murders of a woman and her two young daughters.
The man charged with killing a prominent Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another could face the death penalty, something that is a rarity for Minnesota but could become more common under the Trump administration
Federal prosecutors won't seek the death penalty for the son of notorious Mexican drug kingpin "El Chapo" if he's convicted of multiple charges in Chicago.
Defendants in other high-profile death penalty cases have been down Kohberger's road, faced with potentially making a life-or-death decision before a jury does it for them.
Luigi Mangione's attorney said the defense would seek to preclude the government from pursuing the death penalty.