The defense for Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz began their case in Florida by asking juror’s to reconsider the death penalty. On Monday, attorneys for Cruz attempted to look into why the 23-year-old murdered 14 students and three staff members at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018.
The affidavit detailing the reasons behind the search of President Trump’s home will stay sealed for at least another week.
Save America attorney Christina Bobb blasted the FBI for taking former President Donald Trump’s passports during the Aug. 8 Mar-a-Lago raid. Bobb says the FBI does not deserve the benefit of the doubt in this situation.
New developments arise in convicted murderer Scott Peterson’s fight for a mistrial. His attorneys are calling for a mistrial in his 2004 conviction.
A district court judge in Georgia handed down a second life sentence for one of three men convicted in the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery. Travis McMichael was sentenced to life in prison plus 10 years on Monday, for committing federal hate crimes.
President Biden weighed in on the Brittney Griner case after the American basketball star was sentenced to nine years in a Russian jail on drug smuggling and possession charges. Speaking to the media from the White House Friday, Biden appeared optimistic about securing her release.
The London-based human rights group Amnesty International revealed the Ukraine government used prohibited tactics in its war with Russia.
A man accused of raping a 10-year-old girl from Ohio is being held without bond. On Thursday, prosecutors said the girl confirmed 27-year-old Gerson Fuentes attacked her and DNA testing proved he impregnated her.
The Biden administration reportedly plans to exchange two Americans arrested in Russia for a weapons trafficker imprisoned in the US. According to CNN on Wednesday, Biden’s officials have offered Russia to exchange arms-dealer Viktor Bout for US citizens Paul Whelan and Brittney Griner who are facing legal trouble in Moscow.
A January 6 defendant died of an apparent suicide while awaiting sentencing. Recently, 47-year-old Pennsylvania native Mark Aungst who pled guilty in May to parading in a restricted building was found dead. The Lycoming County coroner has ruled the death to be a suicide. Aungst was expected to serve prison time, but an exact amount had not been set yet. He faced a maximum of six months.