Awaiting execution in Oklahoma is Brenda Andrew, 60. She was convicted of first-degree murder over the fatal shooting in 2001 of her estranged husband at their Oklahoma City home. The U.S. Supreme Court is now considering whether to take up her complaints about her 2004 trial. A decision could come as early as Monday.

A caregiver of a 4-year-old girl found dead and buried on a rural property rejected a plea deal that would have spared her the death penalty. Alysia Adams was due in court for a plea hearing on Wednesday.

A Russian court sentenced a Moscow paediatrician to 5-1/2 years in a penal colony on Tuesday, Russian media said, after the mother of one of her patients publicly denounced her ov