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3 defendants plead guilty in Minnesota murder case of a young mother

The young mother’s death came in unusual circumstances when Minnesota Governor Tim Walz took the case from Hennepin County prosecutors and handed it over to Attorney General Keith Ellison amid public criticism that the original plea deal was illegal. The final three people charged in the killing have pleaded guilty. Too generous. Eric Haynes on […]

Pence says it’s ‘unacceptable’ for Trump to call Jan. 6 defendants hostages

Former Vice President Mike Pence said Sunday that former President Trump’s reference to people charged with crimes related to the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol as “hostages” as they move through the criminal justice system is ” It is unacceptable.” “I think it’s very unfortunate that when American hostages are being held in […]

Defendants in New Mexico ‘sick end-of-times scheme’ to be sentenced

A U.S. judge is scheduled to sentence five defendants in a federal terrorism and kidnapping case Wednesday. The case began with a search for a missing toddler in Georgia in late 2017 and ended months later with a raid on a squalid compound in northern New Jersey. Mexico. The sentencing hearing comes months after a […]