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Springfield’s unwritten rule kept lawmakers from banning assault weapons

The will of past Democratic leadership seemed to be to not overtly poke any big, cash-rich bears, like the National Rifle Association. That might be changing.

Chicago Sun-Times

Dramatic moment gang arrested at gunpoint during National Crime Agency weapons raid

Five men have now been jailed for combined 32 years after the raid in Kings Norton, Birmingham

The Independent UK

South Carolina judge grants Alex Murdaugh’s attorney request for blood spatter evidence

WALTERBORO, S.C. — A South Carolina judge on Friday granted a motion from Alex Murdaugh’s attorneys to compel the state to turn over communications and underlying files that led an expert witness to say Murdaugh’s shirt was covered in blood from his son’s gunshot wound.

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American Driver Finally Sentenced In U.K. Rider Harry Dunn's Death

U.K. rider Harry Dunn was killed in August, 2019, by a wrong-way driver outside a Northamptonshire RAF base. In 2022, the driver has finally been sentenced.

RideApart

Ex-US officer who kneeled on George Floyd’s back gets 3.5 years

Former Minneapolis police officer J Alexander Kueng’s sentence ‘another piece of justice’ for Floyd family, lawyer says.

Al Jazeera

Chronically understaffed Texas prisons set stage for prison bus escape and massacre of family

Investigative reviews by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and independent consultants found the severely short-staffed prison routinely bypassed crucial security checks, leading to a convicted murderer’s escape.

The Texas Tribune

Former Minneapolis Officer J. Alexander Kueng sentenced for aiding George Floyd's killing

MINNEAPOLIS — One of the ex-officers already imprisoned for his role in helping to hold down George Floyd as he pleaded for his life in a south Minneapolis street two years ago received a 3 1/2-year state sentence Friday.

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Alex Murdaugh shot dead wife and son to cover up financial crimes, prosecutors say

Prosecutory say disbarred South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh killed his wife and son to gain sympathy, thereby providing a cover from damning financial crimes

The Independent UK

Police officer who knelt on George Floyd's back during his murder is JAILED

Former Minneapolis cop J. Alexander Kueng has been sentenced to three and a half years in jail after pleading guilty to the aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter of George Floyd

Daily Mirror

Prosecutors say Murdaugh killed wife and son to cover crimes

Prosecutory say disbarred South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh killed his wife and son to gain sympathy, thereby providing a cover from damning financial crimes

The Independent UK

Guilty plea possible from Buffalo gunman on federal charges

A lawyer for the white gunman who pleaded guilty to state charges in the killing of 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket says he would be willing plead guilty to federal charges if spared the death penalty

The Independent UK

Neighbour of Idaho murder victims recalls hearing odd noise from crime scene house on night of killings

The neighbour recalls hearing what he first thought was a scream or a “party sound” coming from the victims’ home before going to bed around 4am.

The Independent UK

Man indicted on capital murder charge in Dallas Methodist hospital shooting, records show

DALLAS — The man accused of fatally shooting two health care workers inside Methodist hospital in October was indicted by a Dallas County grand jury Thursday.

Tribune News Service

Former Border Patrol agent found guilty of killing four women

Juan David Ortiz told investigators he ‘wanted to clean up the streets’ of Laredo in a chilling confession played at his capital murder trial

The Independent UK

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Liverpool Echo

Child spotted walking through the streets with a huge knife

A boy, 11, was arrested by police

The Independent UK

Prosecutor: No evidence hiding in wrongful conviction case

St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner is accusing Missouri’s attorney general of seeking sanctions against her “because he has no case” in his effort to keep Lamar Johnson in prison for a murder that Johnson has long contended he didn't commit

Daily Mirror

Man accused of assaulting police officer has bail denied after mooning judge

Earlier the same week Hassan Chokr had allegedly called a judge a 'Jewish b****' after he was charged with racist intimidation against families arriving at a synagogue daycare to drop their children off

The Independent UK

Man denies fatal stabbing of elderly victim on mobility scooter

Lee Byer pleaded not guilty to the murder of 87-year-old Thomas O’Halloran in west London on August 16.

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Daughters plead for public’s help solving fatal Little Village hit-and-run: ‘It’s been so lonely without her’

Juana Tapia Lopez, 56, was struck about 8:20 p.m. on Nov. 20 in the 2500 block of South Drake Avenue, according to police. She died Thursday.

Daily Record

Man claims he bought pepper spray after being assaulted with sword

Craig Simpson said he was pepper sprayed himself once when he and his partner were sleeping.

The Independent UK

Greek police officer in court over shooting of Roma teen

A Greek police officer is appearing in court in northern Greece over the shooting and serious injury of a Roma teenager during a police chase over an allegedly unpaid gas station bill

The Independent UK

‘Unhappy’ Massachusetts man shoots fiancée’s father, mother and sister for living with him, officials say

Man identified as 25-year-old Christopher Jean Baptiste pronounced dead after being rushed to hospital

The Independent UK

Cop who held Floyd's torso to be sentenced for manslaughter

The former Minneapolis police officer who kneeled on George Floyd's back as one of his colleagues pinned the Black man's neck to the pavement is being sentenced on a state count

Dublin Live

Mob boss 'Mr Flashy' and ally are 'targets until they're both dead'

Sources say gardai are now satisfied Monday’s attack in Finglas – in which the victim was shot in the hand and buttocks after he was ambushed in a taxi – was linked to the murder of Whelan earlier this year

WEKU

The Club Q suspect's bomb threat case was dismissed because victims wouldn't testify

A court has unsealed documents in a 2021 bomb threat case involving felony charges for the Club Q shooting suspect. The district attorney said a conviction would've required family testimony.

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