Obama commutes 330 drug sentences on last day as president
By JOSH LEDERMAN In a last major act as president, Barack Obama cut short the sentences of 330 federal inmates convicted of drug crimes on Thursday, bringing his bid to…
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Manslaughter verdict caps trial of ex-NFL player’s killer
By KEVIN McGILL The man who fatally shot retired New Orleans Saints defensive leader Will Smith faces a sentence of up to 40 years in prison after being convicted of…
Democrat to try solving Chicago gun violence with sentencing
By IVAN MORENO The refrain is heard almost as often as the fatal gunshots: The way to reduce Chicago’s gun violence is tougher prison sentences for repeat gun offenders, keeping…
South Korea’s presidents make disgraced exits
South Korea (AP) — If there’s one thing that South Korean presidents dread more than the looming threat of rival North Korea, it may be this: becoming an ex-president. Nearly…
Execution drop makes some think death penalty is fading away
By MARK SHERMAN Is the death penalty in America gradually dying? There have been just two executions since May 1 and the total for 2016 probably will hit a 25-year…
Iraq executes 36 men convicted in Islamic State massacre
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Iraq on Sunday executed 36 men convicted of taking part in the Islamic State group’s massacre of hundreds of soldiers in 2014, officials said. The men were…
Former KKK member convicted in deadly bombing up for parole
By JAY REEVES Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr. was a young Ku Klux Klansman with a reputation for hating blacks in 1963, when a bomb ripped a hole in the side…
Egyptian court sentences 2 Al-Jazeera employees to death
By HAMZA HENDAWI An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced six people, including two Al-Jazeera employees, to death for allegedly passing documents related to national security to Qatar and the Doha-based…