WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday backed away from his threat to send the suspect in the New York bike path attack to Guantanamo Bay, acknowledging in an early morning tweet that the military judicial process at the Cuban detention center takes longer than the civilian federal court system. But Trump called again … Continue reading
BEDFORD, Va. (AP) — Lawyers for a man charged in the disappearance of two sisters more than 40 years ago says his client should not get the death penalty. Media outlets report Lloyd Lee “Michael” Welch Jr. is scheduled to stand trial in April on two counts of first-degree felony murder in the deaths of … Continue reading
GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A police officer fatally shot while responding to a domestic dispute was “100 percent” justified in shooting at the slaying suspect, a state police spokesman said Monday. Ray Shetler, 31, of New Florence, was arraigned Monday on one count of criminal homicide in the Saturday night shooting of St. Clair Township … Continue reading
McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — The latest on the confusion over Oklahoma’s supply of lethal injection drugs, which prompted Gov. Mary Fallin to issue a last-minute execution stay for Richard Glossip (all times local): 2:15 p.m. Oklahoma’s attorney general says the state should delay all scheduled executions while it reviews how it received the wrong drug … Continue reading
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