The number of executions in the United States remains close to nearly a three-decade low. And yet the decline has not prevented what those who closely track the death penalty see as a disturbing trend: A significant number of cases in which prisoners are being put to death, or whose execution dates are near, despite questions about their guilt.
When opening arguments began Tuesday in the murder trial of Mohamed Noor, a former Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot a 40-year-old Australian woman while on duty in 2017, the prosecutors may have to hold most of the cards.
With opening arguments expected Tuesday in the murder trial of Mohamed Noor, a former Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot a 40-year-old Australian woman while on duty in 2017, the prosecutors might seem to hold most of the cards.
The killing this week of Nipsey Hussle, a rapper and advocate for the communities of South Los Angeles, sent a painful tremor throughout those neighborhoods and the music industry.
Almost eight years ago, Amy Fry-Pitzen took her 6-year-old boy out of an elementary school in Aurora, Illinois, and drove him to Wisconsin, where they were last seen together at a water park.
Almost eight years ago, Amy Fry-Pitzen took her 6-year-old boy out of an elementary school in Aurora, Illinois, and drove him to Wisconsin, where they were last seen together at a water park.
Almost eight years ago, Amy Fry-Pitzen took her 6-year-old boy out of an elementary school in Aurora, Illinois, and drove him to Wisconsin, where they were last seen together at a water park.
The crime scene was one of the most shocking that Texas had witnessed in years: Nine people killed and 20 wounded in a lunchtime shootout among members of the Bandidos and Cossacks motorcycle gangs in a restaurant parking lot in Waco in May 2015.
The workplace shooting in a Chicago suburb last week that left five people dead exposed the failings of the system designed to keep guns away from felons and others deemed too dangerous to handle firearms.
Given who she really was, the military had little choice in how it described Shannon Kent. They said only that she was a âcryptologic technician,â which anyone might assume meant that her most breakneck work was behind a desk.
Given who she really was, the military had little choice in how it described Shannon Kent. They said only that she was a âcryptologic technician,â which anyone might assume meant that her most breakneck work was behind a desk.
MGM Resorts International has agreed to pay up to $800 million to settle lawsuits from victims of the October 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas that left 58 people dead and hundreds of others injured.
MGM Resorts International has agreed to pay up to $800 million to settle lawsuits from victims of the October 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas that left 58 people dead and hundreds of others injured.
The company that owns a Las Vegas hotel where a gunman opened fire from his room onto a country music festival two years ago, killing 58 and wounding hundreds of others, agreed on Thursday to pay up to $800 million to settle lawsuits filed by victims.
The company that owns a Las Vegas hotel where a gunman opened fire from his room onto a country music festival two years ago, killing 58 and wounding hundreds of others, agreed Thursday to pay up to $800 million to settle lawsuits filed by victims.
A former fraternity president at Baylor University who was accused of raping a female student in 2016 will avoid jail time and will not have to register as a sex offender, under a plea deal approved Monday in Waco, Texas.
A former fraternity president at Baylor University who was accused of raping a female student in 2016 will avoid jail time and will not have to register as a sex offender, under a plea deal approved on Monday in Waco, Texas.
Tisaby interviewed the woman in January 2018 with Gardner present. During a sworn deposition two months later, conducted by Greitensâ lawyers, Tisaby made several false statements, including that he had not made any notes during the interview and that a video recorder had malfunctioned.
The âGame of Thronesâ character who will rule Westeros at the end of the series finale on Sunday didnât fend off the army of the dead with a sword in Winterfell. Nor did they lead the charge through the gates of Kingâs Landing during the scorching butchery of the last episode.
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