death penalty

Death Row Inmate Executed For Killing Ex-Girlfriend And Unborn Son To Cover Up Affair

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Stephen Barbee is scheduled to be executed today after suffocating his pregnant ex-girlfriend and her unborn son 17 years ago. He is seeking to stop his execution over religious freedom violations. The inmate killed his ex-girlfriend and her son because he didn’t want his wife to know Underwood was seven months pregnant with his child. Despite this conflict, it was later determined through DNA evidence that the unborn child did not belong to the convict. …

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Florida Man Sentenced To Life Will Also Face Death Penalty Trial

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Keoki Hilo Demich, 34, was sentenced to life without parole for the murder of Cynthia Cole. He was also sentenced for grand theft and grand theft of a motor vehicle. Prosecutors declared their intent to seek a state execution for Demich, of Stuart, a day after a Martin County grand jury indicted him of first-degree murder in the homicide of Cynthia Cole. Demich stood as three of Cole’s children addressed the court. Demich went to …

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