A 17-year-old sentenced to life in prison for attacking two sleeping students and a teacher at a private school with hammers may have his name named after a judge lifted restrictions on the publication of his identity. Thomas Wei Huang was armed with three hammers and waited until the two children were asleep before attacking … Read more
Genaro García Luna, the official who for several years led Mexico's fight against the country's violent drug trafficking, was sentenced to more than 38 years in prison in the United States for accepting bribes from the cartels he was supposed to fight. U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan announced the sentence at a hearing in federal … Read more
Texas this week plans to execute Robert Roberson, whose attorneys say was wrongfully convicted of murdering his 2-year-old daughter more than 20 years ago. His advocates contend Roberson’s sickly toddler, Nikki Curtis, died of double pneumonia that had progressed to sepsis, her illness further exacerbated by a combination of medicines now seen as unsuitable for … Read more
A U.S. soldier was sentenced Friday to 14 years in prison for trying to help the Islamic State kill troops. The sentencing of Cole Bridges, 24, came after he pleaded guilty on June 14, 2023, to terrorism charges. Bridges joined the Army about five years ago and was assigned as a cavalry scout in the … Read more