Six Insights From the Latest Batch of Clinton EmailsFrom a leaked a…

Over the past few days, thousands of pages of private correspondence have made their way out of John Podesta's email box and onto the open internet. WikiLeaks's deluge of email exchanges between Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman, her aides, family members, and favorite donors have provided fodder for countless news stories.

Capital punishment and the futility of referenda

With time growing short and the abolition of capital punishment guaranteed if Hillary Clinton is elected to place justices on the U.S. Supreme Court, death penalty supporters are wasting their energy and resources. Despite the fact that substantial majorities of the American people have consistently favored capital punishment, it is on the verge of complete abolition .

Politifact: Clinton’s use of the word “superpredators” and Trump’s…

Supporters of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton took a week's worth of attack lines to the Sunday shows, arguing about the propriety of the Clinton Foundation and Trump's appeals to African-American voters. Defending Trump's claim that Clinton is a "bigot," GOP chairman Reince Priebus argued that Clinton at the least has taken the black vote for granted.

Ohio voters ought to pay closer attention to judges close to home: Thomas Suddes

More Ohio voters ought to pay attention to the state Supreme Court as these young Ohioans are doing during a tour of the Ohio Supreme Court building. Here's what's supposed to be the capstone argument of Donald Trump's ever-shrinking cult: "It's the Supreme Court, stupid."

Texas lawyer who never won a capital murder case calls it quits defending ‘the very worst’ clients

Texas lawyer Jerry Guerinot said he no longer represents people accused of capital murder after four decades of posting a perfect record. Some opponents of capital punishment label him the worst lawyer in the U.S. Guerinot shrugs off the criticism, which he says comes from taking notorious cases.

FAA ignored internal safety recommendations on balloon tours

A charter bus veered off a central California freeway before dawn Tuesday and struck a pole head-on, killing five people and sending at least five others to hospitals, authorities said. Leonardo Sanchez was sleeping peacefully on a bus carrying him to Oregon to pick blueberries when he was suddenly thrown face first into the back of the seat in front of him, awakening him to a horrific scene of chaos and... Prosecutors have filed three charges of aggravated first-degree murder against a 19-year-old accused of shooting his ex-girlfriend and two young men to death at a party in suburban Seattle over the weekend.

Obama expanding refugee program for Central Americans

The Obama administration will soon expand efforts to help Central American families and children legally immigrate to the United States amid another surge of migrants caught crossing the border illegally. The Obama administration will soon expand efforts to help Central American families and children legally immigrate to the United States amid another surge of migrants caught crossing the border illegally.

Duterte renews appeal to Congress to pass bill restoring death penalty

President Duterte holds a piece of paper containing the names of the five police generals allegedly involved in protecting drug syndicates in the country. The President made the shocking revelation in his speech during the 69th Philippine Air Force anniversary at the Haribon Hangar in Air Force City, Clark Air Base, Pampanga.

Georgia set to execute sixth inmate this year

When police officers fatally shot Alton Sterling in Louisiana and Philando Castile in Minnesota, a powerful tool conveyed the brutal reality of their deaths to millions of people and helped fuel public outrage:... When police officers fatally shot Alton Sterling in Louisiana and Philando Castile in Minnesota, a powerful tool conveyed the brutal reality of their deaths to millions of people and helped fuel public outrage: cellphone... A black Army veteran upset about fatal police shootings of black men and bent on exterminating white police officers killed five lawmen in a sniper attack that layered new anxiety onto a nation already divided... The black Army veteran who killed five Dallas police officers donned a protective vest and used a military-style semi-automatic rifle in the sniper slayings, officials said, an attack that layered new anxiety onto a nation... An execution scheduled ... (more)

In party platform, Democrats call for end to death penalty

The latest draft of the party's platform, released Friday, says the death penalty "has proven to be a cruel and unusual form of punishment" that "has no place in the United States of America." The inclusion of the provision represents a victory of sorts for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders - a longtime opponent of the punishment who has said he is remaining in the presidential race in order to fight for progressive causes.