Gallup Poll: Support for Death Penalty Hits 40-Year Low
Gallup poll data results released in recent months showed that support for the death penalty in the U.S. has reached its lowest point since 1972. The poll results were discussed in Reuters article featured in Yahoo News . According to the article, support for death penalty ...
29-Year-Old Ryan Ferguson Released After Wrongful Murder Conviction
Missouri – When 29-year-old Ryan Ferguson was expecting to receive a visit from his parents and his lawyer on the eve of Nov. 12, he didn't know that ...
Louisiana – After spending over 40 years in a Louisiana prison and having his claims of a wrongful murder conviction go unanswered, Herman Wallace is ...
Florida Banned Texting While Driving on October 1st
Beginning October 1, 2013, Florida followed a bunch of other states by banning texting while driving. While the state lacked funding to widely promote ...
We are all aware that we can get pulled over for blowing through a stop sign or driving with a broken tail light and that these can lead to getting ...
Man Who Released Online Confession About Killing a Man Turns Himself In
Ohio – A 22-year-old man who allegedly struck and killed a 61-year-old veteran after a binge of heavy drinking shot a video pleading with viewers to ...
Chemist Accused of Faking Test Results May Have Affected up to 40,000 Cases
Boston – A year after discovering an explosive scandal at a drug lab, Massachusetts is still picking up the pieces. As of September, over 330 prison ...
Florida Teen Kaitlyn Hunt is Denied Bond After Violating Court Order
Vero Beach, Florida – In August, a Florida judge told gay Florida teen Kaitlyn Hunt enough with the texting after learning about the thousands of text ...
Two Innocent Men Receive a $12.475M Settlement from the State
For 14 years Floyd Brown, a mentally disabled man, was kept locked up in a psychiatric hospital after being convicted of a murder he did not commit. ...