A soaring fundraiser jackpot has transformed recent Tuesday nights in Waterloo into can’t-miss events — complete with big crowds and bigger dreams of netting the massive payout.
The Rev. Darryl Gray held Kevin Johnson’s shoulder as he died. It was the first time that someone on death row in Missouri had a spiritual adviser beside them in the chamber during a modern execution, advocates say.
A protester accuses three St. Louis police officers—one of whom has since retired—of using excessive force in the wake of the verdict in the murder trial of former police officer Jason Stockley, who shot and killed drug suspect Anthony Lamar Smith while on duty in 2011.
The Los Angeles Sheriffs Department (LASD) has been overseen by a succession of terrible elected officials. Sheriff Lee Baca presided over a department that filled its ranks with criminals, ignored the proliferation of deputy gangs, and ran a jailhouse informant program so unlawful it resulted in an FBI investigation and the conviction of Sheriff Baca […]