Attorney General Jeff Sessions called Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis in October to protest exploratory talks about a plea deal in the 9/11 case that would have taken the death penalty off the table, according to an investigation by defense attorneys who want a military judge to order both men to testify at the war […]
San Antonio Trailer Deaths: Driver Charged After 10 Die in Sweltering Truck…
The man accused of allowing 10 people to bake to death inside a sweltering trailer Sunday was charged on Monday with a slew of offenses related to the botched smuggling mission — and if convicted, he could face the death penalty. Federal authorities charged the alleged driver of the tractor-trailer, James Mathew Bradley Jr., 60, […]
As Arkansas Prepares for Seven Back-to-Back Executions, a Victim Requests Clemency…
On a Monday morning in late March, Dina Windle sat quietly inside the Varner Unit of the Arkansas Department of Correction, some 80 miles southeast of Little Rock. A 51-year-old Latina woman, Windle is just under 5 feet tall with a slight frame and cropped black hair. She wore a flowered skirt and a navy […]