Dylann Roof, the White supremacist who shot and killed nine Black churchgoers in a hate crime at Emanuel AME Church in South Carolina in 2015, has been condemned to death by a federal jury.
Roof attended Tuesday's hearing sitting "impassively" in front of the victims' families, journalists and spectators, the Times reports. He faces 33 counts, including hate crimes.
Out of the 33 federal charges against Roof, the accusation that he violated the prayer group's right to freely practice religion will weigh heavy when considering the death penalty.
President Barack Obama and Russian leader Vladimir Putin haven’t always seen eye-to-eye, but Monday they will come face-to-face to lay lingering issues between their countries on the…
Pope Francis tackled issues of racial and social injustice, and abolishment of the death penalty, among other things.
Suspected Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof has been indicted twice on charges and now could face the death penalty in both cases
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been sentenced to death for his role in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing that killed three (including an 8-year-old boy) and injured over 250 people.…
On Friday, Anthony Ray Hinton walked out of prison a free man after spending 30 years on death row for a crime he did not…
Monday on “NewsOne Now,” guest host TJ Holmes and the panel debated the death penalty on the heels of the botched Oklahoma execution. Be sure…
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland lawmakers approved a measure abolishing the death penalty on Friday, and the bill is expected to be signed by the Democratic…
Via Foxbaltimore.com Governor O’Malley has gun control, transportation funding, and job creation at the top of the list, but that’s not all. The death penalty is a law the governor is trying to repeal. O’Malley believes that the senate is 2 votes closer to getting it repealed. Read More.
Via Foxbaltimore.com The Maryland General Assembly convenes next week in Annapolis, and on the agenda; the death penalty. Past efforts to repeal the death penalty have failed through the senate. Mayor O’Malley is in support of repealing the bill. Read More. Mary Mary Sneak Peek “All Night Wrong” [VIDEO] Recent Baltimore City HS Threat […]
