President Trump is publicly pushing U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro to reverse course on a dropped felony vandalism case tied to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, even as prosecutors say the damage was caused by a contractor, not the defendant. Trump took to Truth Social on Friday to share photos he said came from a freelance […] The post Trump presses Pirro to reopen Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool vandalism case after felony charge dropped appeared first on American Almanac .
President Trump is publicly pushing U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro to reverse course on a dropped felony vandalism case tied to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, even as prosecutors say the damage was caused by a contractor, not the defendant. Trump took to Truth Social on Friday to share photos he said came from a freelance photographer and to urge Pirro to reconsider her decision to dismiss the indictment against former Olympian David Hearn, a 67-year-old canoeist who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Hearn had been charged with one count of felony destruction of property, a charge that carried a potential ten-year sentence, after U.S. Park Police alleged he grabbed and tugged at a loose section of the Reflecting Pool's…Open
Ronald Exantus, who fatally stabbed 6-year-old Logan Tipton during a 2015 home invasion, has been released from Kentucky state custody after sentence credits cut years from his prison term, and the boy's father says the system handed his family a life sentence instead. Exantus walked out of Kentucky Department of Corrections custody on July 29 […] The post Man who killed sleeping Kentucky 6-year-old walks free after sentence credits shaved nearly nine years off his time appeared first on American Almanac .
Ronald Exantus, who fatally stabbed 6-year-old Logan Tipton during a 2015 home invasion, has been released from Kentucky state custody after sentence credits cut years from his prison term, and the boy's father says the system handed his family a life sentence instead. Exantus walked out of Kentucky Department of Corrections custody on July 29 after serving 11 years, nine months, and 18 days. Prosecutors said he received nearly nine years of sentence credit under Kentucky law, accelerating a release that the victim's family, the state attorney general, and two state lawmakers have all called a failure of the justice system. The department confirmed the release in a statement to Fox News Digital : "Ronald Exantus has served the sentence…Open
The family of Mississippi teenager Nolan Wells is urging anyone who may have information about the day he died to come forward. Christine and Elmor Wonsley join NewsNation's Chris Cuomo alongside their attorney, Ben Crump. Chris Cuomo hosts "CUOMO," a no-nonsense show featuring the day's most important news from all perspectives. "CUOMO" airs weeknights at 8p/7C on NewsNation. #CUOMO NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
The court’s decision creates a new avenue for defendants to challenge their plea deal sentences despite those waivers, prompting concerns from critics that the ruling could encourage additional post-conviction litigation.
For two decades, Terry Pitchford has agued his conviction was not valid, pointing to what he says were racially biased selections of the jurors who heard the case.
