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I've never beheld such a powerful official hankering to kill and kill now as was evident Monday night in the political leadership of Arkansas. The state had weathered a wild flurry of late-afternoon court decisions that shook out this way: Instead of killing seven death row inmates in 11 days starting Monday night, the state would be allowed to kill five death row inmates over a week starting Thursday night.
In this Monday evening, April 17, 2017 photo, the sun sets behind clouds over an Arkansas State Police command post outside the Varner Unit of the Arkansas Department of Correction near Varner, Ark. As state officials prepare to carry out a double execution Thursday ahead of a drug expiration deadline and despite the setback the U.S. Supreme Court delivered late Monday, lawyers for those condemned men look to be taking a different approach: claiming the prisoners are actually innocent.
In this Monday evening, April 17, 2017 photo, the sun sets behind clouds over an Arkansas State Police command post outside the Varner Unit of the Arkansas Department of Correction near Varner, Ark. As state officials prepare to carry out a double execution Thursday ahead of a drug expiration deadline and despite the setback the U.S. Supreme Court delivered late Monday, lawyers for those condemned men look to be taking a different approach: claiming the prisoners are actually innocent.
The Nevada woman is facing felony fraud charges and had her four children taken away by child protective ser... Nevada authorities say a woman faces criminal charges after she faked that her 10-year-old son had leukemia and died, helping her raise more than $2,000. The near-death of a woman in a Nevada crash has exposed a hole in the government's efforts to get potentially dangerous Takata air bag inflators off the road.
In this Monday evening, April 17, 2017 photo, the sun sets behind clouds over an Arkansas State Police command post outside the Varner Unit of the Arkansas Department of Correction near Varner, Ark. As state officials prepare to carry out a double execution Thursday ahead of a drug expiration deadline and despite the setback the U.S. Supreme Court delivered late Monday, lawyers for those condemned men look to be taking a different approach: claiming the prisoners are actually innocent.
The suicide of former NFL star and convicted murderer Aaron Hernandez is an occasion for thinking about the policy of sentencing people to sentences of life without parole. One of the less noted perversities of capital punishment is that it deflects attention from this subject.
In this May 16, 2012, file photo, released by the U.S. Navy, Petty Officer 3rd Class DonPaul Mitchell, left, assigned to the guided-missile submarine USS Georgia, instructs Ensign Tabitha Strobel, Georgia's main propulsion assistant, in a trainer at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay in Georgia. With women now serving on submarines, future subs are being built to specifically accommodate gender differences including height, reach and strength.
A Georgia congressional election in a historically conservative district is headed to a runoff that raises the stakes in an early measure for President Donald Trump and both major parties ahead of the 2018 midterm... A Georgia congressional election in a historically conservative district is headed to a runoff that raises the stakes in an early measure for President Donald Trump and both major parties ahead of the 2018 midterm elections.
The nineteenth of April 2017 is the twenty-fourth anniversary of the 1993 Branch Davidian tragedy in Waco, Texas. The disaster began three months earlier, however, with a botched effort by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms to serve a search warrant for weapons upon a small religious community.
'The sword stands ready': VP Mike Pence warns North Korea of 'an overwhelming US response' that will 'defeat any attack' in address to 2,500 cheering sailors aboard USS Ronald Reagan in Tokyo Bay Trumponomics: Graph reveals how Ivanka's clothing sales increased by 10,700% when Kellyanne Conway promoted her on TV - as outrage grows over fact China gave her three trademarks the same day she met Chinese President NYPD says it is now investigating the Hudson River death of a pioneering African American judge as 'suspicious' even though she was initially thought to have committed suicide Ohio police officer who said he was shot during a traffic stop admits he fabricated the story to cover up his botched suicide attempt Toxic Bill: Fox News 'is in exit negotiations' with O'Reilly following new claims from black accuser that he called her 'hot chocolate' - as Murdoch's sons urge their father to ... (more)
Vice President Mike Pence, center, speaks to U.S. servicemen and Japanese Self-Defense Forces personnel on the flight deck of U.S. navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan at the U.S. Navy's Yokosuka base in Yokosuka on April 19, 2017. Vice President Mike Pence, center, speaks to U.S. servicemen and Japanese Self-Defense Forces personnel on the flight deck of U.S. navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan at the U.S. Navy's Yokosuka base in Yokosuka on April 19, 2017.
Arkansas' rush to wholesale executions: Our view Despite 11th-hour rulings, double executions are slated for both this week and next. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2pzeatV The beat-the-clock spectacle unfolding in Arkansas, triggered by the state's unprecedented scheme to carry out wholesale executions before the shelf life of a lethal injection drug expires, demonstrates more than ever how the death penalty in America is becoming less and less workable.
Here's your bhang lassi tub of politics from Joshua Miller of the Boston Globe at the Massachusetts State House. DOOKHAN FALLOUT CONTINUES, via the AP: "Prosecutors in Massachusetts are moving to dismiss thousands of drug convictions tainted by a former state drug lab chemist who pleaded guilty to tampering with evidence and falsifying tests.
A North Carolina man who spent nearly two decades on Texas death row has accepted four consecutive life sentences without parole in a plea agreement after the U.S. Supreme Court ordered he receive a new sentencing trial.
Texas girl who suffered horrific injuries in 3,000ft solo-skydive when she was 16 - after just five hours training and with the WRONG parachute - receives $760,000 payout 'One of the most brutal and depraved beatings I've seen': Judge jails man for at least 25 years for killing Nordstorm model turned prostitute in a Times Square hotel and 'reducing her bones to dust' What do men REALLY want in a woman? Millionaire matchmaker reveals the top traits her high-profile male clients look for in a partner Married high school teacher is arrested after being caught with male student in a dressing room with a bed, candles and condoms hidden in a Beats headphone case 'He is more vulnerable than any other President in the history of America': Professor who predicted Trump's shock win explains he is headed toward impeachment Trump renews attack on 'disaster' Democrat running in special election as he ... (more)
The Supreme Court on Tuesday denied a request by the state of Arkansas to carry out the execution of a death row inmate who was scheduled to die before midnight. The court delivered its ruling early Tuesday morning denying a request to vacate a stay of execution for convicted murderer Don Davis.
Supporters of one long-shot bid to make California an independent nation ended their effort on Monday, while another group said it will launch a new campaign for a statewide vote next year. The drive to make the nation's most populous state its own country, with what would be the world's sixth-largest economy, has drawn extra interest after last year's election of Republican Donald Trump as president.
Trump's new rules could swamp already backlogged immigration courts Immigration courts already juggle more than a half-million cases and need to take on thousands more. Check out this story on ElPasoTimes.com: http://usat.ly/2oPSADp Department of Homeland Security police officers stand guard in front of the Los Angeles Immigration Court building during a protest on March 6, 2017.
David Ramkhalawan , a member of the St. Tammany Sheriff's Office work-release program, cleans debris Tuesday, September 18, 2001, from a lagoon surrounding an island at the K-Bar-B Youth Ranch east of Lacombe in preparation for Gourmet Gala, a fund-raiser being held today at the ranch. . "I don't think that was what was intended when [the prisoner job program] was set up.