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Ohio Inmate Who Survived Botched 2009 Execution Appeals 2nd Attempt
A convicted Ohio murderer who survived a botched 2009 execution is appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court to have a second attempt to put him to death declared unconstitutional, the Associated Press reports. According to the report, the lawyers of Romell Broom say that another attempt at the death penalty would be cruel and unusual…
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2 Body Cameras Captured Footage of Sylville Smith Shooting Death, Attorney General Says
Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel says that two body cameras captured the fatal police shooting of Sylville Smith in Milwaukee, CBS News reports. According to the report, the vantage points of the two videos are similar. Smith was shot to death Aug. 13 by an officer after fleeing a traffic stop. Authorities say that footage…
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Tenn. Father Accused of Killing 11-Year-Old Daughter Fails Drug Test
Timothy Batts, the man accused of killing his 11-year-old daughter, Timea Lashay Batts, has reportedly failed his drug screening after bonding out of jail, according to CBS News. Sumner Country, Tenn., District Attorney Ray Whitley broke the news to several news outlets and also mentioned that he has filed a motion to revoke Batts’ bond. Batts, who…
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Broadway Dancer Admits to Killing Boyfriend Via Facebook Post
Marcus Bellamy, a 32-year-old dancer on the Broadway stage, allegedly murdered his boyfriend, Bernardo Almonte, in their walkup in the Bronx borough of New York City and then took to Facebook to confess, according to the New York Daily News. “Forgive me,” he wrote Friday after reportedly beating and strangling Almonte. “I did it for love.…
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6 Notre Dame Football Players Face Disciplinary Action After Arrests
Notre Dame has started taking disciplinary action against the six football players who were arrested over the weekend in two separate incidents, officially dismissing starting safety Max Redfield and indefinitely suspending reserve cornerback Devin Butler, WSBT 22 reports. The four other remaining players are still on the team but will face internal discipline, the news…
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‘White Lives Matter’ Group Protests Outside Houston NAACP
About 20 members of a “White Lives Matter” group protested outside the NAACP in Houston’s 3rd Ward Sunday, calling out what they said was the civil rights organization’s failure to speak out against pro-black organizations like Black Lives Matter, SFGate reports. “We came out here to protest against the NAACP and their failure in speaking…
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U.S. Justice Department Says Poor Defendants Can’t Be Held If They Can’t Afford Bail
The U.S. Justice Department said that holding defendants in jail because they can’t afford to make bail is unconstitutional—the first time the government has taken such a position before a federal appeals court, reports NBC News. On Thursday, Loretta Lynch’s DOJ filed a friend of court (amicus) brief in federal court saying that mandating inmates pay…
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White Supremacist Stabs Interracial Couple in Olympia, Wash.
A kiss between a black man and white woman reportedly enraged a self-proclaimed white supremacist so much that he stabbed them outside a bar in the state of Washington without any provocation. The Washington Post reports that Daniel Rowe, 32, came up to the couple at about 8:30 p.m. as they left the China Clipper Club…
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Ex-NFL Player Ray Lewis’ Son Indicted on Sex Assault Charges
Former Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis’ son was indicted on a charge of third-degree criminal sexual conduct by a South Carolina grand jury, according to Bleacher Report. Ray Anthony Lewis III, 20, was indicted Aug. 11 and “is accused of sexually assaulting an 18-year-old woman while knowing she was under the influence,” and “when the…