Opinion | Why Is Trump Getting Special Treatment From the Supreme Court?: The justices are handling Trump’s case far differently than most criminal defendants.
politico.com/news/magazine/2024/02/29/trump-special-treatment-supreme-court-00144138
DOJ to seek death penalty for gunman in Buffalo supermarket mass shooting: Federal prosecutors said Friday that they will seek the death penalty against a white ...
npr.org/2024/01/12/1224445658/buffalo-tops-supermarket-shooting-death-penalty
Quick Glance: First Death Penalty Case Authorized by Biden Administration
- Federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty against the gunman in a racially motivated mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket in 2022, marking the first capital case authorized by the Biden administration.
- Gendron's defense attorneys stated in court that he would plead guilty to federal charges if prosecutors agreed not to pursue the death penalty.
- Biden's Justice Department has a mixed record on capital punishment, with Garland deauthorizing 26 death penalty cases involving 32 defendants started under previous administrations.
- Garland's decision in this case merely authorizes prosecutors to seek the death penalty.
Arson attack on animation studio: Japanese prosecutor demands death penalty for defendant
spiegel.de/panorama/justiz/japanische-staatsanwaltschaft-fordert-todesstrafe-fuer-angeklagten-a-566b243c-bb3b-4f04-808c-b533e73dc08d
Evidence Does Not Support the Use of the Death Penalty: Capital punishment must come to an end. It does not deter crime, is not humane and has no moral or ...
scientificamerican.com/article/evidence-does-not-support-the-use-of-the-death-penalty/
Club Q shooter will plead guilty to 74 counts of federal hate and gun crimes, while prosecutors won’t seek death penalty
cnn.com/2024/01/16/us/colorado-lgbtq-shooting-anderson-aldrich/
Garland opens hate crimes investigation into stabbing death of Muslim boy in Illinois
thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4258128-garland-opens-hate-crimes-investigation-into-stabbing-death-of-muslim-boy-in-illinois/
'The sweetest child': Tyre Nichols remembered a year after fatal police beating: About 100 people gathered where the beating took place to remember Tyre Nichols ...
usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/01/09/tyre-nichols-memphis-police-fatal-beating/72155656007/
Mass shooting at Buffalo supermarket now Justice Department's first death penalty case under Garland
apnews.com/article/buffalo-supermarket-shooting-death-penalty-justice-department-0efd37a5a4fe5f4786695d01a718c132
DOJ to seek death penalty against Buffalo Tops shooter: The Justice Department plans to seek the death penalty for the white gunman who killed 10 people and ...
nbcnews.com/news/us-news/doj-seek-death-penalty-buffalo-tops-shooter-rcna133698
Thousands support death penalty for child abusers: Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2024/03/19/2003815153
Congo reinstates the death penalty after more than 20 years | Africanews: Congo has lifted a more than two-decade-old moratorium on the death penalty as ...
africanews.com/2024/03/16/congo-reinstates-the-death-penalty-after-more-than-20-years/
Congo lifts moratorium on death penalty, justice ministry circular shows: Democratic Republic Congo has lifted a moratorium on the death penalty ...
reuters.com/world/africa/congo-lifts-moratorium-death-penalty-justice-ministry-circular-shows-2024-03-15/
FBI Houston agent accused of stealing during search warrants: Nicholas Anthony Williams, a 36-year-old special agent in the FBI's Houston Field Office ...
houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/crime/article/fbi-houston-agent-accused-of-stealing-from-homes-18640023.php
Binance avoided a death sentence—but the slow bleed is yet to come: The long-awaited settlement with the crypto exchange avoided FTX territory.
fortune.com/crypto/2023/11/22/binance-justice-department-slow-bleed-death-sentence-cftc-sec-treasury/
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Quick Glance: Binance Faces Billions in Fines, CEO to Step Down Over Money Laundering Charges
- Founder and CEO of Binance, Changpeng Zhao, also known as 'CZ', plans to step down and plead guilty to violating US anti-money laundering regulations, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.
- The crypto exchange did not respond to multiple requests for comment from TechCrunch regarding the charges.
- Binance was founded in June 2017 and quickly rose to become the world's largest crypto exchange within 180 days.
- In the past 24 hours, Binance's trading volume exceeded $11.6 billion, marking a 515% increase over the second largest exchange, Coinbase, according to CoinMarketCap data.
Editorial: Buffalo mass killer should not be executed. Biden broke promise: Biden's failure to eliminate the federal death penalty is underscored by Friday's ...
latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-01-16/editorial-biden-death-penalty
Ministry denies it is reluctant to carry out capital punishment - Focus Taiwan: Taipei, Jan. 5 (CNA) The Ministry of Justice on Friday denied accusations that it ...
focustaiwan.tw/politics/202401050016
US charges 4 Russia soldiers with war crimes against American in Ukraine: The DOJ charged four Russian soldiers with war crimes. The men are accused of torturing ...
businessinsider.com/doj-charges-russia-soldiers-war-crimes-torture-american-ukraine-2023-12
Brothers Alexi, Jairo Saenz won't face death penalty in multiple MS-13 gang killings on Long Island, DOJ says
newsday.com/long-island/crime/death-penalty-saenz-brothers-ms-13-owihhris
Cabinet approves revision to allow life sentences without possibility of parole: A revision to the Criminal Act that will allow a sentence of life imprisonment ...
koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2023/10/281_362176.html
DOJ won't seek death penalty in gang killings on LI … Man indicted in Plainview burglaries … Feed Me: Diwali sweets
Appeals Court Halts Special Master Review of Trump Mar-a-Lago Documents: In a major blow for former President Trump, a federal appeals court halted the review by ...
democracynow.org/2022/12/2/headlines/appeals_court_halts_special_master_review_of_trump_mar_a_lago_documents
Court says appeals rules constitutional, hurting retrial hopes: Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2023/08/16/2003804821
Recidivism rate prompts gov't to 'pay attention to' public opinion on resuming death penalty
koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2023/08/251_357834.html
Merrick Garland Is Virtue Signaling With the Tree of Life Shooter’s Death Sentence
slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/08/merrick-garland-tree-of-life-shooter-death-sentence.html
Families of Libya mass grave victims demand justice | Africanews: Libyan Mohamad Allafi is still waiting for justice for the death of his 30-year-old son Mourad ...
africanews.com/2023/08/14/families-of-libya-mass-grave-victims-demand-justice/
EDITORIAL: Now that Pittsburgh synagogue shooter Robert Bowers has been sentenced to death, there’s no reason to further delay the administration of justice ... Show more
Pittsburgh synagogue trial is latest death penalty test for Justice Dept. : U.S. prosecutors failed to get the death penalty for the New York bike path attacker ...
washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/07/14/pittsburgh-tree-of-life-death-penalty/
Donald Trump sued for 'years of bank, tax and insurance fraud': The suit, more than 220 pages long, details alleged efforts by Mr Trump to inflate his ...
news.sky.com/story/donald-trump-sued-for-years-of-bank-tax-and-insurance-fraud-12702782
Quick Glance: A New York prosecutor has filed a fraud lawsuit against Donald Trump.
- The New York State Attorney General's Office is suing former United States President Donald Trump and his children for fraud.
- Attorney General Letitia James revealed Wednesday in New York that charges will be filed against Trump's businesses as well as his children Donald Junior, Eric, and Ivanka.
- Donald Trump accuses the proceedings of being politically motivated.
- James is a member of the Democratic Party and serves in the New York state legislature.
Why we opposed exhuming Chrisland student’s remains - Lagos govt: The Lagos State Ministry of Justice has opposed exhuming the remains of the late Whitney ...
punchng.com/why-we-opposed-exhuming-chrisland-students-remains-lagos-govt/
Sentiments collide over Tree of Life synagogue shooter’s sentencing: A community united in grief is divided over the morality and justice of the death penalty
theglobeandmail.com/world/us-politics/article-sentiments-collide-over-tree-of-life-synagogue-shooters-sentencing/
Standoff Ends After Man Armed With AR-15 Tried To Enter FBI Building In Cincinnati
huffpost.com/entry/shots-fired-fbi-building-cincinnati-reports_n_62f52061e4b0da517ef67b65
Quick Glance: Police murder suspect in Cincinnati who tried an FBI breach
- According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, an armed man who allegedly attacked the FBI field office in Cincinnati, Ohio, was slain by police on Thursday after a chase and standoff.
- According to the OSHP, the FBI, Ohio State Highway Patrol, and local law enforcement responded, following the suspect until he stopped the vehicle and exited in Clinton County, at which point gunfire was exchanged.
- The suspect died at the scene of the standoff more than six hours after the attempted entry of the FBI office, OSHP confirmed to The Hill in a statement Thursday.
- Cincinnati, FBI, and Ohio shooting
Kanu: Malami ignorant of law, says IPOB: The Indigenous People of Biafra has said the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice ...
punchng.com/kanu-malami-ignorant-of-law-says-ipob/
14 years after the crime: Japan executes rampage killer: In June 2008, Tomohiro Kato plows a truck into a crowd of people in Tokyo, then randomly stabs passersby ...
n-tv.de/panorama/Japan-richtet-Amoklaeufer-hin-article23487919.html
Gov't to abolish 30-yr period of prescription for death sentence | Yonhap News Agency
en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20230605006600315
OAU postgraduate student: Memory of the slain comes alive, hotelier bags death sentence
punchng.com/oau-postgraduate-student-memory-of-the-slain-comes-alive-hotelier-bags-death-sentence/
DOJ urged to make expedited death penalty decision for Buffalo shooting suspect: Attorney General Merrick Garland is expected to make the 'sole' decision in the ...
usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/06/16/buffalo-shooting-doj-death-penalty/7646691001/
Bended the law for personal gains: Former Chinese justice minister Fu Zhenghua sentenced to death
wionews.com/world/bended-the-law-for-personal-gains-former-chinese-justice-minister-fu-zhenghua-sentenced-to-death-518770
Suspect in Buffalo grocery massacre charged with federal hate crimes: Peyton Gendron, who is accused of authoring a racist replacement-theory rant and killing 10 ...
washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/06/15/buffalo-gendron-federal-hate-crimes/
Quick Glance: A Buffalo supermarket gunman has been charged with federal hate crimes.
- Payton S. Gendron, a Buffalo shooting defendant, stands in court on May 19, 2022, accused of killing ten people in a live-streamed grocery shooting in a Black neighborhood of Buffalo, N.Y.
- The criminal complaint filed against Payton Gendron on Wednesday coincided with Attorney General Merrick Garland's visit to Buffalo.
- Three children of 86-year-old victim Ruth Whitfield claimed they informed Garland during their private conversation that they didn't want him to see the Buffalo massacre "as a singular case."
- Three people were injured, one black and two white.
CEC to discuss death row referendum: Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2023/04/20/2003798285
DOJ antitrust unit urges caution in SEC stock market revamp: The Wall Street regulator's sweeping proposal would affect everything from brokerage fees to how ...
financial-planning.com/articles/doj-antitrust-official-cite-competition-concerns-in-secs-stock-market-revamp
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Biden's Justice Dept. keeps hard line in death row cases: CHICAGO (AP) — Rejon Taylor hoped the election of Joe Biden, the first U.S. president to campaign on a ...
apnews.com/article/federal-executions-president-joe-biden-attorney-general-merrick-garland-death-row-987c9f078d527220d75e728fa68d26a1
New York bike path attacker spared death penalty after jury deadlocks: Sayfullo Saipov, the man convicted of killing eight people in an attack on a Manhattan ...
reuters.com/world/us/jury-ny-bike-path-attacker-unable-reach-unanimous-decision-judge-2023-03-13/
White racist gets life sentence for Buffalo market massacre: BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A white supremacist who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket was ...
apnews.com/article/legal-proceedings-new-york-buffalo-crime-terrorism-a13cf95d1fbecfa64571de87d2ccfa8a
Man pleads guilty to stalking, trying to ‘kill and kidnap’ Oklahoma Republican: An Oklahoma man on Wednesday pleaded guilty to threatening to kidnap and assault ...
thehill.com/homenews/house/3596869-man-pleads-guilty-to-stalking-trying-to-kill-and-kidnap-oklahoma-republican/
Chorus calls for DOJ to investigate Charleston jail conditions, health care: After the death of a 28-year-old man with mental illness in the custody of the ...
postandcourier.com/news/chorus-calls-for-doj-to-investigate-charleston-jail-conditions-health-care/article_5e74a698-c7fa-11ed-a86e-2fceac94b149.html
US won't seek death penalty for alleged Texas Walmart gunman: Federal prosecutors will not seek the death penalty for a man accused of fatally shooting nearly ...
apnews.com/article/el-paso-crime-capital-punishment-hate-crimes-afddd0e17bb68d2fc3a5eb1dc096e514
Quick Glance: US prosecutors will not seek the death penalty for the alleged El Paso Walmart shooter
- The reason for the decision was not explained by federal prosecutors in their court filing, but Crusius could still face the death penalty if convicted in state court.
- When he was district attorney, Esparza stated that he would seek the death penalty in Crusius' case.
- His case will be heard in federal court in January 2024.
- Attorney General Merrick Garland announced a moratorium on federal executions in 2021, but he allowed US prosecutors to pursue the death penalty against Saipov while the department reviews Trump administration death penalty procedures.
Man Pleads Guilty To Hate Crime Charges In El Paso Walmart Shooting: The 24-year-old may still face the death penalty in state court, where his case has been ...
buzzfeednews.com/article/melissasegura/el-paso-mass-shooting-hate-crimes-plea
What the Biden Administration Should Learn From Its Failure in a Prominent Terrorism Case
slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/03/sayfullo-saipov-death-penalty-life-without-parole-terrorism.html
Florida could end unanimous jury requirement for executions: TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida lawmakers proposed legislation making it ...
apnews.com/article/ron-desantis-florida-state-government-crime-legal-proceedings-nikolas-cruz-e86c7e9e7ff92fbaa025677fbf96d8fe
Buffalo shooter indicted on federal hate crimes charges: The charges carry a maximum sentence of life imprisonment or the death penalty.
axios.com/2022/07/14/buffalo-shooter-indicted-federal-hate-crimes
The Birth of the Brady Rule: How a Botched Robbery Led to a Legal Landmark: Every law student knows John Brady’s name. But few know the story of the bumbling ...
themarshallproject.org/2018/06/24/an-odd-almost-senseless-series-of-events
Prosecutors won't seek death penalty for alleged El Paso Walmart shooter: Patrick Crusius allegedly killed 23 in 2019.
abcnews.go.com/US/prosecutors-seek-death-penalty-alleged-el-paso-walmart/story
Biden Admin Argues for Death Penalty He Vowed to Abolish: President Joe Biden campaigned to abolish the death penalty, however that hasn't stopped him from ...
newsweek.com/biden-admin-argues-death-penalty-he-vowed-abolish-1780894
Quick Glance: Biden Admin Pushes for Death Penalty Despite Abolition Promise
- President Joe Biden aimed to abolish the death penalty but continues to enforce punishments sought by previous administrations.
- The Department of Justice (DOJ) plans to carry out the death sentence of a man who killed 8 people on a New York City bike path in 2017, despite a capital offense moratorium at the start of Biden's term.
- While Saipov's case originates from the Trump administration, Biden's DOJ has clearly advocated for the death penalty without providing a public rationale for ending the moratorium.
- The Biden administration has made repeated attempts to reinstate the death penalty for convictions secured under prior administrations, often with success.
Biden’s Justice Dept. pressed for strong response to Buffalo massacre : Attorney General Merrick Garland has been talking with civil rights leaders as his agency ...
washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/05/18/bidens-justice-dept-pressed-strong-response-buffalo-massacre/
As Protests Rage, Iran Carries Out a Public Execution: Majidreza Rahnavard was hanged after being accused of killing two members of a paramilitary force in the ...
nytimes.com/2022/12/12/world/middleeast/iran-protests-execution.html
Quick Glance: Iran executes a second person in connection with a wave of populist protests
- DUBAI, 12 December (Reuters) - The Islamic Republic hanged a man in public on Monday after he was convicted of killing two members of the security forces, the second execution in less than a week of persons involved in anti-government rallies in Iran.
- "Majid Reza Rahnavard was hanged in public in (the holy Shi'ite city of) Mashhad this morning... He was sentenced to death for 'waging war against God' after stabbing to death two members of the security forces,"ite city of) Mashhad... He was sentenced to death for "ite city of) Mashhad this morning... He was sentenced to death for " after stabbing two members of the security forces to death, according to the judiciary's Mizan news agency.
- The US State Department criticized Iran for the death of Rahnavard on Monday.
Death penalty for taking bribes? All about China’s capital crimes: China’s former justice minister was awarded a suspended death sentence for bending the law in ...
wionews.com/videos/death-penalty-for-taking-bribes-all-about-chinas-capital-crimes-519732
Roy S. Johnson: Gov. Ivey’s execution moratorium is indeed chance to ‘get it right’, or end them
al.com/opinion/2023/01/roy-s-johnson-gov-iveys-execution-moratorium-is-indeed-chance-to-get-it-right-or-end-them.html
Buffalo supermarket shooter's fate to be decided next year: The Justice Department has yet to decide whether to seek the death penalty.
abcnews.go.com/US/buffalo-supermarket-shooter-payton-gendrons-death-penalty-fate/story
Japan justice minister under fire for gaffe on death penalty - The Mainichi: TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's justice minister came under fire Wednesday for remarks ...
mainichi.jp/english/articles/20221110/p2g/00m/0na/002000c
Kanu, a flight risk, FG tells Supreme Court: The Federal Government has filed seven grounds of appeal against the October 13 Court of Appeal judgment which ...
punchng.com/kanu-a-flight-risk-fg-tells-supreme-court/
ACLU sues DA Spitzer for ‘stonewalling’ on release of racial bias records: The District Attorney’s Office claims it has complied with the law in the public ...
ocregister.com/2022/10/19/aclu-sues-da-spitzer-for-stonewalling-on-release-of-racial-bias-records
To discuss the execution of a search warrant by the FBI at Donald Trump’s estate, former Democratic U.S. Sen. Doug Jones joins Judy Woodruff ... Show more
Quick Glance: Michael Steele: Republicans should "try to be less stupid" in the aftermath of the Mar-a-Lago raid
- "Trump failed to return classified docs requested by the National Archives," Steele wrote in response to Rep.
- "This is not some random FBI move, so you shitforbrains Republicans calling for "defunding the FBI" should try to be less stupid for a change," Steele wrote.
- The former president's son, Eric Trump, told Fox News anchor Sean Hannity that the search was centered on records sought by the National Archives.
- Donald Trump Tags FBI raid on Eric Trump Mar-a-Lago Greene, Marjorie Taylor Steele, Michael Steele, Michael
China's former justice minister sentenced to death: The Intermediate People's Court of Changchun City in Jilin Province on Thursday pronounced...
news.am/eng/news/721521.html
Former NSA Employee Arrested for Trying to Sell Top Secret Information: Jareh Sebastian Dalke is facing up to a life term in prison or the death sentence if ...
pcmag.com/news/former-nsa-employee-arrested-for-trying-to-sell-top-secret-information
Months after Buffalo massacre, families still split on death penalty: Families and survivors are divided over whether the Justice Dept. should seek the death ...
washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/09/29/buffalo-hate-crimes-gendron/
Former Chinese justice minister Fu Zhenghua has been sentenced to death with a two-year jail sentence for accepting bribes ... Show more
FBI's Mar-a-Lago search energizes the right: Downloads of Trump's social media app Truth Social have spiked.
axios.com/2022/08/23/trump-popular-fbi-truth-social
The Justice Department Is Pausing Federal Executions After They Resumed Under Trump
npr.org/2021/07/01/1012366520/the-justice-department-is-pausing-federal-executions-after-they-resumed-under-tr
Lessons for Progressives From a Devastating Supreme Court Loss: Sometimes judicial defeat—even those with extraordinary costs—can be turned into political gains ...
slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/07/lessons-for-progressives-supreme-court-loss.html
On the California Supreme Court, Leondra Kruger is known for her ‘persuasive powers’ among the justices
washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/02/17/leondra-kruger-supreme-court/
Federal judge urges DOJ to decide if it wants to seek death penalty for alleged Buffalo shooter
axios.com/2022/06/16/buffalo-shooter-death-penalty-doj
Garland orders halt to any further federal executions: The attorney general has ordered a temporary halt to the DOJ advocating any scheduling of further ...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/garland-orders-halt-federal-executions-official/story
High court reimposes Boston Marathon bomber's death sentence: WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has reinstated the death sentence for convicted Boston Marathon ...
apnews.com/article/bombings-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-e52706c006644cfcb3f742cf78afa6d0
DOJ asks Supreme Court to reinstate death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
abcnews.go.com/US/doj-asks-supreme-court-reinstate-death-sentence-boston/story
Federal executions halted as Justice Dept. reviews Trump-era policies: Attorney General Merrick Garland has ordered a review of whether the drug approved for ...
washingtonpost.com/national-security/federal-executions-halted-merrick-garland/2021/07/01/74dfb660-dac7-11eb-bb9e-70fda8c37057_story.html
Attorney General Merrick Garland orders temporary halt of federal executions: Attorney General Merrick Garland has ordered a temporarily halt to federal ...
cnn.com/2021/07/01/politics/federal-executions-halted-merrick-garland/
Japan’s death row inmates learn they’re being executed on the same day. Now 2 are suing
globalnews.ca/news/8352031/japan-death-row-lawsuit/
Merrick Garland withdrew the death penalty in 12 cases. Does this signal a trend?
houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/crime/article/AG-Merrick-Garland-death-penalty-backtrack-16732101.php
76-year-old death row inmate dies in prison hospital: A 76-year-old man who was sentenced to death for killing a husband and wife in 2007 died in a prison ...
japantoday.com/category/crime/76-year-old-death-row-inmate-dies-in-prison-hospital
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