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Fuller picture emerges of the 13 federal executions at the end of Trump's presidency
Read full article: Fuller picture emerges of the 13 federal executions at the end of Trump's presidencyFresh details have emerged about the 13 federal executions that were carried out in the final six months of Donald Trump's presidency.
US executes Virginia gang killer despite COVID-19 infection
Read full article: US executes Virginia gang killer despite COVID-19 infectionJohnson is scheduled to be executed Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, at the federal prison in Terre Haute. Corey Johnson's execution went ahead after his lawyers scrambled to stop it on grounds that the lethal injection of pentobarbital would cause him excruciating pain due to lung damage from his coronavirus infection last month. Iโm OK.โSeconds later, he said softly while gazing intently at same room, โLove you.โAfter the execution, his lawyers released Johnson's last statement. Johnsonโs execution and Fridayโs scheduled execution of Dustin Higgs are the last before next weekโs inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, who opposes the federal death penalty and has signaled heโll end its use. He and two other members of the Newtowne gang were sentenced to death under a federal law that targets large-scale drug traffickers.
Drug dealer convicted in 7 killings could face execution
Read full article: Drug dealer convicted in 7 killings could face executionFILE - This Aug. 28, 2020, file photo shows the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind. Johnson is scheduled to be executed Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, at the federal prison in Terre Haute. He and two other members were sentenced to death under a federal law that targets large-scale drug traffickers. In their clemency petition, Johnson's lawyers asked Trump to commute his death sentence to life in prison. In his clemency petition, Johnson's lawyers said he has repeatedly expressed โsincere remorseโ for his crimes.
'Big Sky' producers recognize Native American criticism
Read full article: 'Big Sky' producers recognize Native American criticismNative American tribes and coalitions are condemning Big Sky, a Montana-set ABC drama, for ignoring the history of violence inflicted on Indigenous women and instead making whites the crime victims. On Tuesday, the makers of โBig Skyโ broke their silence. They cited โSomebody's Daughter,โ a documentary detailing the murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls crisis, as it's known to those fighting the scourge. Theyโre not asking for โBig Skyโ to be taken off the air,โ he said, but instead be used to inform. While Lightning said she was โa little bit shockedโ when she saw a Native American tragedy mirrored in a story but without Native American characters, her years working in Los Angeles meant she wasnโt surprised.
NYC passes austere budget that cuts $1B from NYPD
Read full article: NYC passes austere budget that cuts $1B from NYPDCritics of the deal said the billion dollar cut wasnโt a billion dollar cut at all. Council Speaker Corey Johnson said when the budget deal was announced Tuesday that it wasn't what he had hoped for, and lamented he hadn't been unable to negotiate a bigger police budget cut. De Blasio said details were being worked out, but the Education Department would train the agents. Money would go instead to education, social services in communities hit hard by the virus, and summer youth programs for over 100,000 people. Before the virus hit, de Blasio proposed a more than $95 billion spending plan for the budget year that starts Wednesday.
NYC might ban wireless companies from selling your location data
Read full article: NYC might ban wireless companies from selling your location dataIn the terms of service cell phone customers have to sign (and few read), people give wireless companies the ability to collect and sell their location data. He added, "It's Big Brother Big Business, and if we don't act, it's going to get worse." Under the proposal, law enforcement agencies could still request and obtain location data legally, and so can emergency services. Federal, state or city law can still require data, and customers can still willingly provide their location data. In January, T-Mobile CEO John Legere said in a tweet that the company would end the practice of sharing location data with aggregators.