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Parkland jurors must manage trial stress on their own
Read full article: Parkland jurors must manage trial stress on their ownThe 12 jurors chosen to decide whether Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz is executed will be exposed to horrific images and emotional testimony, but must deal with any mental anguish alone.
Parkland jurors must manage trial stress on their own
Read full article: Parkland jurors must manage trial stress on their ownThe 12 jurors chosen to decide whether Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz is executed will be exposed to horrific images and emotional testimony, but must deal with any mental anguish alone.
Defense for some Capitol rioters: election misinformation
Read full article: Defense for some Capitol rioters: election misinformationFalsehoods about the election helped bring insurrectionists to the Capitol on Jan. 6, and now some who are facing criminal charges for their actions during the riot hope their gullibility might save them in court or at least produce some sympathy.
High court could halt move toward leniency for kids who kill
Read full article: High court could halt move toward leniency for kids who killFILE - In this Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, file photo the Supreme Court is seen at sundown on the eve of Election Day, in Washington. The Supreme Court is to hear arguments in a case that could put the brakes on what has been a gradual move toward more leniency for children who are convicted of murder. Scott Applewhite, File)WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Tuesday suggested it could halt what has been a gradual move toward more leniency for children who are convicted of murder. Justice Clarence Thomas and Justice Neil Gorsuch also indicated they take issue with the court's most recent case about juvenile life sentences. The case the court was hearing Tuesday is the latest in a series of cases going back to 2005, when the court eliminated the death penalty for juveniles.
How 2 FBI Brothers Took Down the Only Sniper Team in US History
Read full article: How 2 FBI Brothers Took Down the Only Sniper Team in US History“Everybody in the entire Washington D.C. metropolitan area was scared for their lives,” retired FBI supervisory special agent Jim Clemente told InsideEdition.com. The partnership of John Allen Muhammad, 41, and Lee Boyd Malvo, 17, marked the first and, to date, only instance of a sniper team in U.S. history. Among them was the FBI where, after embarking on different career paths, the Clemente brothers’ skills and interests intersected. And Dean Meyers, 53, had been shot and killed Oct. 9 as he pumped gas at a Sunoco gas station in Virginia. “I couldn't say no,’’ Malvo told the Today show in 2012.
On this day: November 10
Read full article: On this day: November 102009: John Allen Muhammad is executed via lethal injection at the Greensville Correctional Center near Jarratt, Virginia, for a 2003 capital murder conviction for one of the 10 victims killed during a three-week period of sniper shootings in the Washington, D.C., area. He had also been convicted of six counts of first-degree murder in Maryland in 2006 and sentenced to six consecutive life terms in prison. Muhammad and then 17-year-old Lee Boyd Malvo also critically injured three more people during their attacks in October 2002. Malvo ultimately was sentenced to a total of eight life sentences without the possibility of parole. Hide Caption
On this day: October 2
Read full article: On this day: October 22002: A man is shot and killed in a grocery store parking lot in Wheaton, Maryland, becoming the first victim in a series of sniper attacks in the Washington, D.C., area, that would leave 10 dead and three critically injured over three weeks. It was later discovered that the rampage was perpetrated by John Allen Muhammad with the assistance of 17-year-old Lee Boyd Malvo. Muhammad would eventually be sentenced to death and executed by lethal injection on Nov. 10, 2009, while Malvo was sentenced to a total of eight life sentences without the possibility of parole. Hide Caption