20 h. ago Man found guilty of attempted murder in Salman Rushdie stabbing trial

Jury convicts Hadi Matar, 27, charged with trying to kill author at literary gathering in New York state in 2022A jury on Friday afternoon convicted the man who was charged with stabbing and trying to kill the author Salman Rushdie as he delivered a lecture at a literary gathering in western New York state in 2022.Jurors in Chautauqua county quickly declared the defendant, Hadi Matar, 27, from New Jersey, guilty. They had received the case after lawyers delivered their closing arguments, wrapping up seven days of testimony that included a vivid account from Rushdie of how he was certain he was going to die after being rushed on stage by a man with a knife. Continue reading...

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25 h. ago Christian Glass: Sheriff’s deputy convicted of killing man in shooting that shocked America

Prosecutors said Andrew Buen needlessly escalated a standoff with Glass, who showed signs of a mental health crisis

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29 h. ago Teenage leader of feral gang who killed vulnerable homeless man, 53, as he slept could soon be freed from jail

Connor Doran (pictured), 17, was convicted alongside his younger brother Brandon, 14, in 2013 of killing Kevin Bennett, 53, as he slept rough outside a supermarket in Liverpool.

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42 h. ago Former Colorado sheriff’s deputy convicted of homicide in shooting death of man in crisis

A former Colorado sheriff’s deputy has been convicted of criminally negligent homicide in the shooting death of a 22-year-old man in distress who called 911 for help after his car got stuck in a small mountain community

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2 d. ago Florida man set to be executed for murder of woman, granddaughter in 1993

A Florida man convicted of murdering a woman and raping and killing her 8-year-old-granddaughter in Seminole County in 1993 is set to be executed next month

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3 d. ago Jewish man shoots father and son in Miami Beach thinking they are Palestinian... but he made a mistake

Mordechai Brafman, 27, was arrested and charged with two counts of attempted murder after opening fire on Ari Rabi and his father in Miami Beach on Saturday.

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3 d. ago Convicted killer Leonard Peltier who murdered FBI agents is freed from jail after Biden commutes sentence

Leonard Peltier, 80, left the Florida jailhouse this week after the former president commuted his sentence in January, sparking outrage.

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3 d. ago Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier released from prison: ‘finally free’

Native American activist moves to home imprisonment after Joe Biden commuted sentence at end of presidencyThe Native American activist Leonard Peltier – convicted in 1975 for the killings of two FBI agents – was released from federal prison on Tuesday after Joe Biden commuted his sentence at the end of his presidency in January.In a statement, Peltier said that he was “finally free!” Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Takeaways from AP's investigation into dozens of deaths of police recruits

When a sheriff’s deputy died at a police academy in Evansville, Indiana, two years ago, law enforcement leaders said he'd collapsed in routine training

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4 d. ago Wes Streeting says campaign to prove baby killer Lucy Letby's innocence is 'not the right thing to do'

Wes Streeting has said he will believe the neonatal nurse's conviction for killing and attempting to kill babies is fair unless a court decides otherwise.

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4 d. ago Nurse dubbed the 'Angel of Death' who was convicted of killing pensioners could be freed due to faulty evidence, claims scientist

A Scots nurse dubbed the Angel of Death after being found guilty of six-month killing spree could be victim of a miscarriage of justice, a forensic scientist has claimed.

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5 d. ago Lucy Letby conviction for killing seven babies is ‘fair’ says Wes Streeting criticising campaign for a retrial

The Cabinet minister said he stood by this view unless this conclusion is successfully challenged in the courts

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