Man killed eight people with a truck in 2017. The Department of Justice filed a letter to the Manhattan federal court last week, confirming that Attorney General Merrick…
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Buffalo Supermarket Shooter Charged with Hate Crime
Full indictment lists 27 unique hate crime charges. The mass shooter who killed 10 black people at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, pled not guilty to…
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Supreme Court Okays Pastor’s Presence for Death Row Inmate
Willie B. Smith III will be allowed a pastor for lethal injection. Willie B. Smith III was scheduled to be executed through lethal injection this past week, but…
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Eighth federal execution to be carried out this year. A judge had ordered a stay on the execution of Orlando Hall, expressing concerns over the humaneness of the…
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Administration Oversees 5th Federal Execution of 2020
Death penalty reinstituted after 17-year hiatus. Court struggles over federal executions have been in process all year, with three previous requested delays overturned by the Supreme Court. With…
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Supreme Court Releases Opinions
Four Rulings Given by Justices on Tuesday On Tuesday the Supreme Court issued their opinions on the cases of McKinney v. Arizona, Rodriguez v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.,…
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