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Donald Trump continued his pardon spree Wednesday, commuting the federal life sentences of Larry Hoover, the co-founder of the Chicago gang Gangster Disciples. Hoover, who is 74 years old, was sentenced to six life terms in 1997 on federal charges for murder and founding a criminal enterprise. Despite serving a
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Police Ombudsman Marie Anderson found that the police failed to arrest potential suspects in the murder of Peter Gallagher, a father-of-seven who was shot and killed by a loyalist gunman in Belfast in 2007. The ombudsman's report criticized the police decision to pause surveillance of the UDA/UFF
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Montana lawmakers are taking steps to address the disproportionately high rates of missing and murdered Indigenous people in the state. New laws aim to bolster the state's Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Advisory Council, allowing it to raise its own money and create a curriculum on how to
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A High Court jury is expected to begin deliberating on Thursday on Gerry Adams' libel action against the BBC, claiming a 2016 Spotlight program defamed him over the killing of former Sinn Fein official Denis Donaldson. Adams maintains he was not involved in Donaldson's 2006 murder in
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A Queensland Supreme Court jury acquitted an 18-year-old Sunshine Coast teenager of murder charges on Wednesday, finding him not guilty of killing his stepfather in 2022. The teenager had admitted to causing his stepfather's death but argued he was acting in self-defence, which the jury accepted. The verdict
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Gerry Adams, the former president of Sinn Féin, is suing the BBC for damages over allegations that he sanctioned the killing of Denis Donaldson, a former Sinn Féin official who was a police and MI5 agent. The high-profile trial, which has entered its fifth week, is centered around a BBC
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A jury of 12 members found former Philadelphia police officer Mark Dial guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the 2023 shooting of Eddie Irizarry. The verdict came after more than eight hours of deliberations, where the jury ultimately agreed that Dial's actions were reckless and constituted a crime. The
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Former police chief Grant Hardin, who was serving decades-long sentences for murder and rape, escaped from a state prison in northern Arkansas on Sunday and is still on the loose. Hardin, 56, escaped from the North Central Unit prison in Calico Rock, donning a makeshift outfit designed to mimic law
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The Upper Shari'a Court in Kano has sentenced Shafiu Abubakar to death for the arson attack on a mosque in Gadan Village, Gezawa, which resulted in the tragic deaths of 12 worshippers. The court, presided over by Judge Halhatu Huza'i Zakariya, found the defendant guilty of
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In a recent ruling, a Delhi court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for murdering his wife in 2014 by setting her ablaze. The court, led by additional sessions judge Virender Kumar Kharta, rejected the defense's argument that the man's poverty should be considered a
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A heartbreaking discovery has been made in a Los Angeles homeless encampment where a 46-year-old woman's body was found, leading to questions about the circumstances surrounding her death. Lucrecia Macias Barajas, a US Army Veteran, was found dead inside a makeshift tent that had been locked from the
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The mother of a teenager brutally murdered by a thug on probation has voiced concerns about plans to ease prison overcrowding by releasing some offenders early. Nadine Marshall, whose son Conner was killed in a case of mistaken identity, fears that problems will be magnified if the scheme is implemented.
