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Lawmakers had some hot button topic to address this week.An effort to reinstate the death penalty, ruled unconstitutional by Delaware Supreme Court last…
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The entire House will get its say on whether to reinstate Delaware’s death penalty.A House committee voted 7-4 Wednesday to send the bill to the full…
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Legislative Hall will again be the battleground for those who want to reinstate the death penalty and advocates who want to keep it off the books.The…
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A bill to revive Delaware's death penalty will return this week backed by a bipartisan group of legislators with ties to law enforcement.Under the…
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The 12 men on Delaware’s death row will not be executed Instead, they’ll get life in prison without the possibility of parole.The Delaware Supreme Court…
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State Supreme Court Justices didn’t filter their comments much during a hearing Wednesday that could let those currently on death row live the rest of…
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The Delaware Supreme Court will hear arguments about whether or not to convert the sentences of men on death row to life in prison before the end of the…
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Former death row inmate Jermaine Wright pleaded no contest to 2nd degree murder Monday and will serve no further time in prison.Wright spent 24 years…
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Attorney General Matt Denn (D) says he won’t appeal a state Supreme Court decision invalidating Delaware’s death penalty.Denn says he will not ask the U.S…
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In a 3-2 decision, the Delaware Supreme Court has ruled the state’s death penalty unconstitutional.The 98-page opinion from Chief Justice Leo Strine found…