In addition to charges related to the armed bank robberies, Jones has been charged with conspiracy to interfere with commerce by threats or violence for the jewelry heists and faces a maximum of 20 years in prison if convicted.
Obama used the visit – the second major appearance since his Tuesday State of the Union speech – to mostly play up the themes from it. He called for more unity and optimism.
The 8-1 decision is the latest blow against the death penalty in the United States, where state courts, legislatures and governors have been scaling back, suspending or abolishing capital punishment in growing numbers over the past decade.
Facing an impeachment effort, Gov. Paul LePage is skipping the traditional State of the State address to a joint session of the Maine Legislature. Here’s what you need to know.
The proposal, to be included in the president’s 2017 budget blueprint, comes as Obama visits Louisiana, which is poised to become the 31st state to offer Medicaid coverage to all its residents.
The filmmakers behind “Making a Murder” cast doubt on the legal process used to convict Avery and Dassey, and their work has sparked national interest and conjecture. Avery signed the motions, before they were on the case.
Thursday’s Republican presidential debate in Charleston is shaping up as two different battles. “We failed. It’s time for us to move on to other things”.
First, Donald Chump Trump played the Cuban/Catholic/(Sp*c) card against Ted Cruz, musing, in his inimitable passive aggressive mode, that few evangelicals come out of Cuba, whereas, he, the Great White Hope of Protestant revanchism (Donald Trump-coming to an Orange Order Belfast...
Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz said Sunday that he would not deploy a special force to forcibly remove the estimated 11.3 million undocumented immigrants living in the US, should he be elected president.
Freshman Brandon Ingram scored 16 points for the Blue Devils, all but one in the first half. The win marked the fourth consecutive victory for the Tigers and improved the team’s record to 11-6 overall and 4-1 in the ACC.
Many landowners across the state are stridently opposed to the projects, particularly the proposed use of eminent domain to assemble the rights-of-way necessary to build them.
Dassey, who is serving a life sentence with the possibility of parole, tried to appeal his conviction, but was denied and the Wisconsin Supreme Court wouldn’t review the case.