Hortman family pushing back against Todd Blanche's AG nomination
The day his son's killer was sentenced to life in prison, J. Carroll Hortman blasted Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche in the courtroom for, in his view, failing their family.
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The day his son's killer was sentenced to life in prison, J. Carroll Hortman blasted Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche in the courtroom for, in his view, failing their family.
Vance Boelter pleaded guilty to the shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses on Thursday as part of an agreement with federal prosecutors.
Vance Boelter, the man accused of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses nearly a year ago, will not face the death penalty.
A U.S. attorney has submitted his recommendation regarding the death penalty against Vance Boelter, the man accused of fatally shooting former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, to the Justice Department, according to court documents.
The family of former House Speaker Melissa Hortman took their fight for justice to the courthouse. For the first time since the attack, they saw the accused killer in-person. As John Lauritsen reports, the judge has some concerns about the case.
Luigi Mangione faces state and federal murder charges for allegedly killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last year in Manhattan.
Teresa Youngblut is charged with murder in the fatal shooting of David Maland during a traffic stop in northern Vermont.
Vance Boelter, the man charged in the deadly Minnesota lawmaker shootings, pleaded not guilty in federal court last week. Nicole Kettwick, an adjunct professor at the University of St. Thomas School of Law and managing partner at Brandt Kettwick Defense, discusses the complexity of his case with Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield.
The federal government assigned a public defender, Kimberly Sharkey, who is an experienced death penalty attorney based in Nevada, to help defend Boelter.
The high-profile assassination of a top Minnesota lawmaker and her husband could bring about a form of punishment long banned in the state.
President Biden is granting clemency to 37 of the 40 federal inmates facing death sentences. Their sentences will be commuted to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Alabama went through with its planned execution on Thursday of Kenneth Eugene Smith, who was the first condemned inmate in the U.S. put to death using nitrogen gas.
The gunman is already serving a sentence of life in prison with no chance of parole after he pleaded guilty to state charges in the 2022 attack.
More than 60 global healthcare companies have taken action to prevent their drugs from being used in lethal injection executions.
The bill approved by lawmakers would even make family members vulnerable to imprisonment for failing to report loved ones.
The Catholic leader spoke about laws discriminating against LGBTQ people, his health and his predecessor in a wide-ranging interview with the AP.
