Texas executes killer first of 2017 in Huntsville
Texas carried out the first U S execution of 2017 in Huntsville, putting Christopher Wilkins to death for a 2005 Fort Worth drug scam murder. He mouthed apologies to relatives before the lethal injection and offered no final statement.
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U.S
Christopher Wilkins
Wilkins
Fort Worth
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Mike Silva
Freeman
Silva
Gilbert Vallejo
Families confront Dylann Roof at sentencing in Charleston
Relatives of nine black parishioners confront Dylann Roof as he faces federal death penalty for the June 2015 Charleston church massacre. Roof declines to plead for mercy. Judge Gergel confirms the death sentence while survivors forgive but remember the trauma.
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S.C
Dylann
Janet Scott
Roof
U.S
Richard Gergel
Sheila Capers
Cynthia Hurd
Felicia Sanders
Sanders
Post and Courier
Eric Manning
Emanuel Ame Church
Dylann Roof
Florida manhunt widens as Loyd case grows
Police expand the manhunt for Markeith Loyd after the December slaying of his pregnant ex girlfriend. Two people tied to Loyd were arrested on accessory charges Lakensha Smith Loyd 27 and Zarghee Mayan 41. Mayan allegedly aided Loyd by driving him and supplying food while knowing he was wanted. Over 500 tips have poured in as authorities promise rewards and penalties for aiding Loyd.
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Santa Ana Pueblo
Vanessa
Leticia George
Frank Fisher
Fisher
Albuquerque
Orlando
Fla
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Lakensha Smith-Loyd
Zarghee Mayan
Mayan
Smith-Loyd
Markeith Demangzlo Loyd
Loyd
Debra Clayton
Wal-Mart
Lloyd
Magan
Police In Poll Say Case Upon Marijuana
A Pew Research Center survey of nearly 8,000 police officers shows more than two thirds support marijuana legalization for personal or medical use. 32 percent back medical and recreational use, 37 percent medical only, 30 percent oppose. Officers are more conservative than the general public on the issue. Younger officers favor recreational use more than older ones. Law enforcement groups have historically opposed legalization, citing concerns about underage use and impaired driving.
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Pew Research Center
Pew
California
Arizona
George Hofstetter
Association For Los Angeles
Moon rocks push back moon’s birth to 4.51 billion years
A UCLA-led team dated zircon grains from Apollo 14 samples to place the moon’s formation within 60 million years of the solar system’s birth. The find sets the moon’s age at 4.51 billion years, earlier than prior estimates and supported by multiple zircon analyses.
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Fla
Melanie Barboni
The
Uni
Versity of
California
Los Angeles
Earth
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Barboni
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