Last week’s Consensus crypto conference in Austin was billed to be a triumphant celebration of the budding bull market, but it really felt like an extended campaign rally gloating over the blockchain industry’s recent wins in D.C. At the annual CoinCenter dinner, the libertarian-minded think tank invited House Majority Whip and crypto crusader Tom Emmer […]
An Edinboro man attempting to catch a flight out of the Erie International Airport on Monday morning is facing a civil penalty after Transportation Security Administration officials said they found a loaded handgun in his backpack. The man, whose name and age were not released by authorities, was carrying a .38-caliber handgun that was loaded […]
A jury in Boise has decided Chad Daybell deserves the death penalty for murdering his former wife and his new wife’s two children. After deliberating for almost six hours on Friday and two on Saturday, the same 12 jurors who found Chad Daybell guilty of all crimes against him on Thursday determined that his crimes […]
The 6th District Court of Appeal in Lakeland denied an appeal Friday in a Polk County death penalty case asking the court to rule that only a unanimous jury can recommend a death sentence for a crime that occurred before Florida’s law changed.. Currently under Florida law, a jury recommendation for the death penalty requires only […]
Texas Republicans are open to applying the death penalty to abortion providers, a new proposal from the state party indicates. Over the weekend, during the Texas GOP convention, Republican delegates voted on a party platform for 2024 that proclaims “abortion is not healthcare, it is homicide” and suggests striking a state law that protects abortion […]
The Republican Party of Texas is considering a platform that appears to endorse the death penalty for abortion providers and patients. Texas delegates voted on a 2024 platform at the state’s GOP Convention on Saturday and aim to tally the votes by Wednesday to finalize their platform for the coming year. The proposal called for […]
Erica Lawson’s toddler daughter Elena died on July 30, 2023 at a hospital in Tennessee Bell County Detention Center Erica Lawson A Kentucky mother is behind bars after prosecutors claim she abused her daughter so severely that it resulted in the toddler’s death. However, her defense attorneys claim rumors that have circulated on social media […]
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — On This Week in Louisiana Politics, the Louisiana Legislature makes national waves for a bill that will change the schedule of two abortion-inducing drugs as controlled dangerous substances. The President of the United States chimes in. Also, some lawmakers changed their minds about allowing gas executions, but others want it […]
A 50-year-old man used an obscure IRS rule to withdraw $20K a year from his retirement savings — without any penalty. Here’s how When Eric Cooper, a 50-year-old early retiree, needed to tap his retirement savings before the age of 59 and a half, he faced the possibility of steep penalties. But he found a […]
Even as support for the death penalty wanes across the country, Republican governors, led by Florida’s Ron DeSantis, are signing into law legislation expanding the death penalty. Earlier this month, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed a bill authorizing the death penalty for aggravated rape of a child. The law goes into effect on July 1. […]
A prosecutor told a judge Wednesday that they intend to seek the death penalty for Larry Acree, the man accused of fatally shooting an Independence police officer and a Jackson County court employee during an eviction. In a brief hearing Wednesday afternoon, Jeremy Baldwin, assistant prosecuting attorney, told the presiding judge that the prosecutor’s officer […]
Julian Assange’s lawyers have accepted an assurance that the United States will not seek the death penalty if the WikiLeaks founder is extradited and convicted, the High Court in London has heard. Assange faces prosecution in the US over an alleged conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defence information following the publication of hundreds of […]