Commentary It took four years and nine months before Nicolas Cruz was finally sentenced for the murder of seventeen people in the horrific Parkland massacre. So much of the legal system focuses on fairness to the criminal; but the damage to the victims and their families as they wait for trial is tremendous. Those who have…
Oklahoma Attorney General Sues Biden Admin Over Refusal to Transfer Death Row Inmate to State Custody
The state of Oklahoma is suing the Federal Bureau of Prisons over the bureau’s refusal to transfer a death row inmate set to be executed in December into Oklahoma’s custody. John Hanson, 58, was sentenced to death in Tulsa County, Oklahoma, for the 1999 murders of Mary Bowles, 77, and Jerald Thurman, 44. His death sentence was…
Justice Denied in Parkland Killings
Commentary If anyone ever was a better candidate for the death penalty it is Nikolas Cruz. Four years ago the then-20-year-old shot and killed 17 people, most of them students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Cruz pleaded guilty to all counts and last week came the sentencing phase. At least one juror…
Supreme Court Declines Appeal of Dylann Roof, White Supremacist Mass Murderer
The Supreme Court refused to hear the death-penalty appeal of an avowed white supremacist who gunned down nine people at a black church in South Carolina in 2015 in an effort to spark a race war. The court announced in an unsigned order on Oct. 11 that it would not take the case of Dylann Storm…
DOJ to Seek Death Penalty Against Accused New York Bike Path Killer
NEW YORK—The Department of Justice (DOJ) said it plans to seek the death penalty for the man charged with using a truck to kill eight people on a Manhattan bike path on Halloween in 2017. In a letter filed late Friday in Manhattan federal court, prosecutors said Attorney General Merrick Garland “decided to continue to…
Vegas Man Faces Death Penalty in Boy’s Body-in-Freezer Case
LAS VEGAS—Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty for a Las Vegas man accused of killing his girlfriend’s 4-year-old son and hiding the body in a freezer—where police found it when the boy’s sister gave notes to her teacher saying her mother was being held captive at the man’s home. Brandon Lee Toseland, 36, has…
Two Britons, Moroccan Risk Death Penalty After Guilty Pleas in Donetsk Court: Russian News Agency
Two Britons and a Moroccan who were captured while fighting for Ukraine could face the death penalty after pleading guilty in a court of one of Russia’s proxies in eastern Ukraine, Russia’s RIA news agency reported. Video published by RIA showed Britons Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner and Moroccan Brahim Saadoun in a courtroom cage…
DA Seeking Death Penalty in Georgia Country Club Slayings
By Shaddi Abusaid From The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ATLANTA—Cobb County’s district attorney plans to pursue the death penalty against an aspiring rapper accused of fatally shooting three men last summer at a bustling golf course. Bryan Anthony Rhoden faces three counts of murder and a host of other charges on July 3, 2021, slayings at Pinetree…
Iraq: British Man Gets 15 Years Over Smuggling Artifacts
BAGHDAD—A British citizen was sentenced Monday by an Iraqi court to 15 years in prison on charges of attempting to smuggle artifacts out of the country, in a case that has attracted international attention. The verdict handed down to retired geologist Jim Fitton, shocked the court in Baghdad, including his defense attorney. He and his…
Regime Threatens Death Penalty for COVID-19 Infected Who Cross Into China
June 5, 2022
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China’s ruling communist party has warned local authorities in its latest COVID-19 control notice that anyone infected with COVID-19 crossing the border into China will face the death penalty. On June 2, nine governmental bodies of Fangchenggang city in China’s southwestern province of Guangxi jointly issued the official epidemic control notice on their Chinese social media…
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