U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has intervened to reject a plea deal that would have allowed three alleged planners of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to avoid the death penalty. The plea agreement, revealed earlier this week, had proposed that Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Walid Bin ‘Attash, and Mustafa al Hawsawi plead guilty to their…
In a move that has sparked widespread controversy, U.S. lawmakers are probing the White House’s involvement in a plea deal struck with three key figures accused of orchestrating the September 11, 2001, terror attacks. The House Oversight Committee, led by Chairman James Comer (R-KY), announced the investigation following revelations that Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Walid Bin…
The man accused of stabbing renowned author Salman Rushdie has turned down a plea deal that included a federal terrorism-related charge, according to his attorney. Salman Rushdie, 75, was attacked on August 12, 2022, at the Chautauqua Institution in western New York. The suspect, Hadi Matar, pleaded not guilty to state charges of second-degree attempted…
The U.S. Justice Department will charge Boeing with fraud over two fatal crashes and demand that the planemaker plead guilty or face a trial, according to people familiar with the matter. Boeing must respond to a plea deal offer from the Justice Department by the end of the week. Accepting the deal would allow the…
Anderson Lee Aldrich, the shooter responsible for killing five people and injuring 19 others at Club Q, a popular LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs, has pleaded guilty to 50 federal hate crime charges. The plea deal allows Aldrich, 24, to avoid the death penalty, instead receiving multiple life sentences plus 190 years on various other…
An Oregon man, Michael Meyden, was sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty to spiking his daughter’s friends’ smoothies with sedatives during a sleepover. The 57-year-old from Lake Oswego admitted to multiple felony counts in Clackamas County Circuit Court on Monday. Meyden pleaded guilty to three counts of causing another person to ingest…
A tragic incident from 2020 resurfaced as 20-year-old Kevin Bui pleaded guilty to second-degree murder charges for setting a house on fire over a stolen iPhone, resulting in the death of a family of five in Colorado. According to Denver 7 News, Bui, who was 16 at the time of the crime, sought revenge for…
Ernesha Atmore, a 29-year-old woman from Florida, has been handed a 30-year prison sentence for shoplifting designer sunglasses valued at $20,000, according to reports by Fox 13. The incident occurred at a Sunglass Hut store in Tampa, where Atmore was caught in the act. Reportedly armed with a taser, she threatened a store worker when…
In a ruling on Thursday, April 4, 2025, U.S. District Judge Mark S. Norris decided that the federal trial of four former Memphis police officers charged with civil rights violations in the beating death of Tyre Nichols will remain in the city. This is despite defense attorneys’ motions to relocate the trial due to intense…
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