London, Six UK parliamentarians have written to British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband to appeal for a coordinated diplomatic push to secure safeguards against a death penalty for former Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina if she returns to Dhaka. UK parliamentarians appeal to Foreign Secretary for Sheikh Hasina death penalty safeguards The signatories of the letter … Read more
President Donald Trump pledged new immigration, crime and election measures during a campaign rally in Mississippi on Monday. Donald Trump used a campaign rally in Mississippi to outline his immigration, crime and election agenda while urging voters to back Republican candidates. Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP (Getty Images via AFP) In his address, Trump promised to pursue the … Read more
Billy Adams III, a 28-year-old Tampa-based rapper professionally known as Ace NH, has submitted a handwritten letter to a Florida court requesting capital punishment. Billy Adams III asked a Florida judge to impose the death sentence recommended by jurors in connection with the death of his pregnant girlfriend’s unborn child (Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office) This … Read more
Pope Leo XIV called the death penalty “inadmissible” as he marked the World Day Against the Death Penalty. His statement comes after the US announced plans to livestream the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan. Pope Leo XIV calls death penalty ‘inadmissible’ after US announces plans to livestream Nidal Hasan’s execution (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE … Read more
Caleb Flynn, a former Ohio music pastor who once appeared on “American Idol,” has been found guilty of murdering his wife, Ashley Flynn, in Ohio. Caleb Flynn listens to court proceedings inside the Miami County Court of Common Pleas in Troy, Ohio. (/AP via AP) What happened to Ashley Flynn? Ashley Flynna 37-year-old schoolteacher and … Read more
New Jersey has imposed a record $1.07 million penalty on DataOne after inspectors found 62 large natural-gas generators installed and operating without required air-pollution permits at the company’s massive artificial intelligence data center in Vineland. The state Department of Environmental Protection discovered the generators during a July 29 inspection and said each unit had a … Read more
Texas man, charged with murder of his pregnant wife, flees to Italy just before trial. 40-year-old Lee Mongerson Gilley, a Texas man charged with killing his pregnant wife, fled to Milan with a fake passport and preferred to be imprisoned in Italy instead of Texas, as the state has the death penalty for the crime … Read more
Hollywood filmmaker Rob Reiner ‘s son will not face the death penalty on charges he fatally stabbed his parents after lying in wait at their home in Los Angeles late last year, prosecutors said Tuesday. Nick Reiner appears with Deputy Public Defender Kimberly Greene (not pictured) during his arraignment in Los Angeles County Superior Courtin … Read more
The Lindsay Clancy murder trial is now with the jury, but the death penalty is not a possible punishment in the case. Massachusetts does not allow capital punishment in state courts. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled the state’s death penalty law unconstitutional in 1984. Clancy, 36, is charged with three counts of first-degree murder … Read more
Luigi Mangione has pleaded guilty to federal charges over the 2024 killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. He now faces a possible life sentence, while his separate New York state case is still pending. Luigi Mangione has pleaded guilty in the federal case. (Steven Hirsch/Pool New York Post) Mangione, 28, admitted in federal court that … Read more