Below is this week’s roundup of relevant capital case developments.
NBC News 6/13/22
The Supreme Court has declined to hear the appeal of a Texas death row inmate who claims his lawyers failed to investigate any mitigating evidence.
Tampa Bay Times 6/9/22
Granville Ritchie, who murdered a 9-year-old girl, remains on death row after a ruling by the Florida Supreme Court upheld his death penalty.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 6/7/22
Cobb County’s DA’s are seeking the death penalty against a man accused of killing three people at a golf course.
KBZK 6/7/22
A Gallatin County District Court judge heard arguments about whether a woman charged in the murder of a 12-year-old can potentially face the death penalty. The judge is set to rule on these motions in early August.
CBS8 6/6/22
The federal government is considering the death penalty against a conspiracy theorist accused of killing his two young children because he believed they had serpent DNA.