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Tennessee governor won’t intervene in scheduled execution

By TRAVIS LOLLER | February 19, 2020

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said Wednesday he will not grant clemency to a death row inmate whose group of supporters includes family members of his victims and past and present prison workers.Nicholas Sutton, 58, was sentenced to...

Trial begins in lawsuit over missing woman’s murdered sons

February 18, 2020

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A final chapter in the horrific saga of a Utah woman who vanished about a decade ago and the killings of her young sons in a fiery attack by their father years later began Tuesday with opening statements in a lawsuit against Washington...

Nebraska denies pardon for notorious killer’s ex-girlfriend

By GRANT SCHULTE | February 18, 2020

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska's pardons board refused Tuesday to pardon the murder conviction of the ex-girlfriend of Charles Starkweather, the infamous killer who went on a rampage in the 1950s that was later immortalized in movies, books and two hit...

Ultimate choice: Tennessee inmates wrestle with how to die

By JONATHAN MATTISE and KIMBERLEE KRUESI | February 18, 2020

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — After more than three decades on death row, Don Johnson weighed the options for his own demise: He could keep a promise to his daughter that he wouldn't die in the electric chair. Or, he could opt for the chair and avoid a method...

Charge: Man strangled girlfriend, 2 girls, burned bodies

February 18, 2020

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Milwaukee man strangled his girlfriend then killed her two young daughters, kissing the girls and telling them their mother wanted them to be in heaven with her, prosecutors said Tuesday.Arzel Ivery, 25, was charged in Milwaukee County...

Mom, daughter plead not guilty to slaying 5 close relatives

By MIKE CATALINI | February 18, 2020

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A mother and her adult daughter pleaded not guilty Tuesday to killing five of their close relatives, including three children, at an apartment outside Philadelphia.Forty-six-year-old Shana Decree and her 20-year-old daughter Dominique...

Killing of 7-year-old stokes anger in Mexico over femicides

February 17, 2020

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The killing of a 7-year-old girl on the southern outskirts of Mexico City has stoked rising anger over the brutal slayings of women, including one found stabbed to death and skinned earlier this month.The city prosecutor's office...

Daughter of man accused of killing 8 describes his abuse

February 17, 2020

MAGNOLIA, Miss. (AP) — The daughter of a Mississippi man on trial in the shooting deaths of eight people testified Monday that he was abusive and beat her frequently.My'Khyiah Godbolt took the stand at a courthouse in Magnolia, the Daily Leader newspaper...

Eccentric millionaire Durst faces trial in friend’s killing

By BRIAN MELLEY | February 17, 2020

LOS ANGELES (AP) — There is almost no physical evidence connecting New York real estate heir Robert Durst to the slaying of his best friend in Los Angeles 20 years ago.What does link him to the killing of Susan Berman, though, is a cryptic note sent...

Popular Rwandan gospel musician found dead in police cell

By IGNATIUS SSUUNA | February 17, 2020

KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — A popular Rwandan gospel musician who in 2015 was found guilty of conspiracy to murder or harm President Paul Kagame was found dead in a police cell Monday in the capital, Kigali, authorities said.Kizito Mihigo, 38, an ethnic Tutsi...

Police: 1 dead, 4 wounded in Connecticut club shooting

February 16, 2020

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Gunfire erupted at a Connecticut nightclub early Sunday morning, killing a man and wounding four other people, police said.A 28-year-old man died in the shooting at the Majestic Lounge in Hartford's South End, police Lt. Paul...

Illinois man, 80, set for release in 1960 triple-killing

February 16, 2020

CHICAGO (AP) — An 80-year-old man is set to be released from an Illinois prison this week, nearly six decades after he was sentenced to life for the killing of one of three suburban Chicago women whose brutalized bodies were found in a state park.Chester...