South Carolina inmate dies by lethal injection in state’s first execution in 13 years
South Carolina executed death row inmate Freddie Owens on Friday, unintentionally resuming a 13-year hiatus after prison officials were unable to obtain the drugs needed to administer the lethal injection. Owens was convicted in 1997 of killing a Greenville convenience store clerk during a robbery. During the trial, Owens murdered a county jail inmate. His […]
South Carolina executes first man in 13 years despite new evidence of innocence | South Carolina
South Carolina executed a death row inmate on Friday, just days after a key prosecution witness argued that the defendant lied at trial and that the state was executing an innocent man. Khalil Devine Black Sun Allah, 46, was killed by lethal injection at approximately 7 p.m. His lawyers filed an emergency motion for a […]
Satoshi-Era Bitcoin Miner Moves Coins for First Time in 15 Years – Decrypt
On-chain data shows that some of the first Bitcoin ever mined is still showing signs of life, more than 15 years after it first entered circulation. Starting early Friday morning, at least five separate Bitcoin block rewards have been moved to new addresses for the first time since they were mined as part of a […]
House passes bill blocking Biden admin attempt to require two-thirds of new cars to be electric within years
An attempt by the Biden administration to set new emissions standards for electric vehicles was blocked by a bipartisan group of lawmakers on Friday. In March, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a final rule setting new emissions standards under the Clean Air Act that will require up to two-thirds of new cars sold by […]
NYC gunman who shot up Jacobi ER sentenced 12 years in prison
A crazed gunman who opened fire in the emergency room of Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx two years ago, nearly shooting a mother holding her baby, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. Kevel Martinez, 25, was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty to first-degree assault in the Jan. 25, 2022, shooting that wounded […]
Federal Agent Sentenced To Over 11 Years In Prison For Planning Sex With Minor
A federal agent has been sentenced to 11 years and three months in prison for traveling to eastern Washington with plans to have sex with a 13-year-old girl. Former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Coby Don Williams was sentenced Wednesday by U.S. Judge Thomas Rice. Tri-City Herald. He was convicted in May of “attempted […]
Historic Churchill Portrait Recovered in Italy Two Years After Theft
ROME (AP) — Canadian and Italian officials celebrated Thursday the safe recovery of a photographic portrait of Winston Churchill known as the “Roaring Lion” that was stolen in Canada and recovered in Italy after a two-year police search. At a ceremony at the Canadian Embassy in Rome, Italian police officials presented the portrait to Canadian […]
NJ man who chewed elderly man’s ear off in attack sentenced to 3 years in prison
A former college football player from New Jersey who brutally bit off an elderly man's ear and face on a train platform in Oregon was sentenced Wednesday to more than three years in prison. Collin Kramer, now 27, attacked the 78-year-old victim, whom he believed to be a killer “robot,” at approximately 2 a.m. on […]
Cuba Sentences Man to 2.5 Years in Prison for Sharing Memes
Cuba's communist regime has sentenced dissident José Manuel Barreiro Luco to two and a half years in prison for privately sharing anti-regime memes with his family, Martí Noticias reports. Reported on wednesday. Barreiro Luco is a 52-year-old barber who lives in the city of Cienfuegos and has been a member of a local opposition group, […]
NYC subway shove victim recalls terrifying experience as attacker gets 12 years in prison: ‘Like a horror movie’
A mentally disabled woman who randomly shoved a helpless commuter into a moving subway car in Times Square was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison on Thursday, with the victim recalling feeling like she was in “a scene from a horror movie.” Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Brendan Lantry sentenced Antonia Egevara, 32, to […]