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Bernard Madoff says he is dying and is asking a judge for compassionate release from prison, where he is serving 150 years for orchestrating the largest Ponzi scheme in history, according to a Wednesday federal court filing.

Madoff, 81, has terminal kidney failure and a life expectancy of less than 18 months. When the court sentenced him, “it was clear that Madoff’s 150-year prison sentence was symbolic for three reasons: retribution, deterrence, and for the victims,” the court filing states. “This Court must now consider whether keeping Madoff incarcerated … is truly in furtherance of statutory sentencing goals and our society’s value and understanding of compassion.”

Madoff said in the request for compassionate release that he “does not dispute the severity of his crimes.”

Bernie Madoff says he's dying and wants out of prison - KRDO

Bernard Madoff says he is dying and is asking a judge for compassionate release from prison, where he is serving 150 years for orchestrating the largest Ponzi scheme in history, according to a Wednesday federal court filing. Madoff, 81, has terminal kidney failure and a life expectancy of less...

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IMO- stay in jail

 

[Summer_Breeze]

Anthony Avalos murder trial: Mom, boyfriend found guilty in 'monstrous' killing

A Los Angeles judge found a California mother and her boyfriend guilty of in the murder and torture of 10-year-old Anthony Avalos Tuesday.

www.foxnews.com

Published March 7, 2023 5:21pm EST
By Michael Ruiz | Fox News

A Los Angeles judge found the mother and boyfriend guilty of first-degree murder in the gruesome death of Anthony Avalos Tuesday, which prosecutors have called "nothing short of monstrous."

Heather Maxine Barron, 33, and her boyfriend Kareem Ernesto Leiva, 37, were both charged with murder and torture in the death of her 10-year-old son, as well as child abuse against two other children in the home and special circumstance enhancements, court records show.

"For the crime charged in court 1, murder…the court finds defendant Kareem Ernesto Leiva guilty of first-degree murder," Judge Sam Ohta read Tuesday afternoon, before a collective gasp in the gallery interrupted him.

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Prosecutors allege the boy had been beaten, starved and tortured to the point of "extreme physical pain and suffering." He was covered in bruises and abrasions and had cigarette burns on his stomach.

At the hospital, doctors noted he appeared "severely malnourished and dehydrated," and he died the following morning.

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Leiva is a reputed MS-13 gang member and illegal immigrant who allegedly shanked another inmate while awaiting trial, according to court documents, and was accused of domestic violence against females in both 2010 and 2013.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Aranza Lopez of Vancouver, Washington.

FBI: 8-year-old girl missing since 2018 found in Mexico

The FBI says a missing child from 2018 has been found in Mexico.

www.wafb.com

 

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Mistrial declared in murder trial of man who beat woman, left her in road

A murder trial in Franklin County Common Pleas Court ended Wednesday in a mistrial after prosecutors played a video in court without redacting it.

www.dispatch.com

Jordan Laird
The Columbus Dispatch
March 9, 2023

A murder trial in Franklin County Common Pleas Court ended abruptly Wednesday in a mistrial after Franklin County prosecutors played a video in court without redacting discussion of another crime the defendant is accused of.

Antoine P. Phillips is accused of causing 35-year-old Jamie Fulton's death on May 18, 2021. A video in the case against Phillips shows him beating his girlfriend and leaving her body lying on Westerville Road in Blendon Township and at least six vehicles running her over, killing her.

A different video of Phillips in which he talks to police after Fulton's death was played in court Wednesday, according to Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Michael Holbrook. In that video, an officer mentions that Phillips is accused of raping someone in 2018 in a different pending case.

 

[Mel70]

ANOTHER ONE! FFS!!! WTH IS GOING ON?! They find every single loophole. I would think the prosecutor would know that to avoid a mistrial.

 

[Cousin Dupree]

Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis censured over 2020 election fraud 'misrepresentations'

 

[Cousin Dupree]

Married former ‘Teacher of the Year’ charged with sexually abusing 13-year-old boy after mom sensed something was very wrong

 

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Sayfullo Saipov to be sentenced to life in prison in West Side bike path terror attack after jury unable to reach unanimous death penalty decision

Saipov was convicted last month of murder in aid of racketeering for providing material support to ISIS.

www.cbsnews.com

BY CBS NEW YORK TEAM
UPDATED ON: MARCH 13, 2023 / 4:55 PM / CBS NEW YORK

NEW YORK -- Jurors were unable to reach a unanimous decision in the death penalty phase of Sayfullo Saipov's trial for the 2017 deadly terror attack on the West Side Highway bike path.

That means Saipov will be sentenced to life in prison without parole.

Saipov was convicted last month of murder in aid of racketeering for providing material support to ISIS, the Islamic State group. Nine of the 28 counts were capital crimes, qualifying him for the death penalty.

If the death sentence had been imposed, it would have been the first in New York in 60 years.

 

[Mel70]

My mistake. For some reason I thought New York didn't have the death penalty. 60 years. Might as well not have it. So if he received it as his sentence. It would probably be 80 years since the last time or he would die of natural causes.

 

[Cousin Dupree]

Can we make a thread about this? I'm sure it's going to be a trial eventually:

MSN

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[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Can we make a thread about this? I'm sure it's going to be a trial eventually:

MSN

www.msn.com

13-year-old Texas girl found locked in shed in North Carolina after meeting man online

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/missing-girl-dallas-texas-north-carolina-b2300447.html Missing Dallas teen is found locked in shed 1,000 miles from home after ‘meeting abductor online’ A missing 13-year-old girl from Dallas, Texas was found locked in a shed more than...

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[GrandmaBear]

@Mel70 Did you hear this one? Can't find the first thing I heard on it which made the father sound in the right as to he tried to stop the stalking and couldn't get the law to do it and was protecting his daughter. This one doesn't come across as that he was in the right necessarily and they say he was intoxicated. Still sex offenders of children shouldn't BE released. Anyhow, just wondering if you heard it or anyone here has? Been to Grand Marais myself. Been some years but beautiful area in the middle of nowhere in MN not far from Canadian border.

Charge: Grand Marais father fatally beat man he believed had stalked his daughter

In 2018, Levi Axtell accused his victim of stalking his 22-month-old daughter outside her day care.

www.startribune.com

 

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Our view: The cold-blooded killer Alfonso Rodriguez evades his rightful sentence

That Rodriguez is able to claim any sort of victory or feel joy after this ruling – as he most certainly is – is a stomach-churning example of misjustice.

www.grandforksherald.com

Opinion by Herald editorial board
March 18, 2023 at 8:00 AM

Alfonso Rodriguez, the cold-blooded murderer who has spent two decades fighting for his life, earned a big win this week, thanks to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland.

Justice will not be served after all.

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In 2006, he was found guilty of kidnapping resulting in death and in 2007, he was sentenced to death. Although neither North Dakota nor Minnesota have state death penalties, Rodriguez triggered federal statutes when his crime stretched across state lines.

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And now, earlier this week, Garland told the U.S. Attorney’s Office in North Dakota to withdraw the government’s pursuit of the death penalty.

“The directive to withdraw the death notice has changed how the United States Attorney’s Office will proceed with this case,” said Mac Schneider, North Dakota’s U.S. attorney.

Let’s not blame Schneider. He told Forum News Service that he was “very straightforwardly directed to withdraw the notice.”

So now Rodriguez gets to live out his life – exactly what young Dru Sjodin didn’t get on that November day back in 2003. She most certainly pleaded for her life, but the brutal killer did not show the same mercy that Garland is showing him.

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North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley – who was the state U.S. attorney in 2006 and led the prosecution of Rodriguez – isn’t happy.

“Rodriguez will remain in prison for life, but the gates of death row will be opened, returning him to (the) general prison population where he will be allowed to construct a social existence and life for himself within the confines he found so comfortable across the decades he was previously imprisoned,” Wrigley said in a statement this week. “This result is a grave affront to justice and to the hearts and souls of all who loved and cared for Dru Sjodin. They have our prayers for God’s peace as do all who held out the hope there would be justice for that brave woman.”

 

[GrandmaBear]

Our view: The cold-blooded killer Alfonso Rodriguez evades his rightful sentence

That Rodriguez is able to claim any sort of victory or feel joy after this ruling – as he most certainly is – is a stomach-churning example of misjustice.

www.grandforksherald.com

Opinion by Herald editorial board
March 18, 2023 at 8:00 AM

Alfonso Rodriguez, the cold-blooded murderer who has spent two decades fighting for his life, earned a big win this week, thanks to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland.

Justice will not be served after all.

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In 2006, he was found guilty of kidnapping resulting in death and in 2007, he was sentenced to death. Although neither North Dakota nor Minnesota have state death penalties, Rodriguez triggered federal statutes when his crime stretched across state lines.

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And now, earlier this week, Garland told the U.S. Attorney’s Office in North Dakota to withdraw the government’s pursuit of the death penalty.

“The directive to withdraw the death notice has changed how the United States Attorney’s Office will proceed with this case,” said Mac Schneider, North Dakota’s U.S. attorney.

Let’s not blame Schneider. He told Forum News Service that he was “very straightforwardly directed to withdraw the notice.”

So now Rodriguez gets to live out his life – exactly what young Dru Sjodin didn’t get on that November day back in 2003. She most certainly pleaded for her life, but the brutal killer did not show the same mercy that Garland is showing him.

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North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley – who was the state U.S. attorney in 2006 and led the prosecution of Rodriguez – isn’t happy.

“Rodriguez will remain in prison for life, but the gates of death row will be opened, returning him to (the) general prison population where he will be allowed to construct a social existence and life for himself within the confines he found so comfortable across the decades he was previously imprisoned,” Wrigley said in a statement this week. “This result is a grave affront to justice and to the hearts and souls of all who loved and cared for Dru Sjodin. They have our prayers for God’s peace as do all who held out the hope there would be justice for that brave woman.”

Well certain politicians are letting people out of prison, going soft on sentences and criminals, and are ruining a lot of things. No surprise but still outstandingly and shockingly outrageous every time it happens. Expect more of it. I'll leave it at that.

 

[Summer_Breeze]

Could we make a thread for this? It's eventually going to trial for the kid who had their car. They might charge someone with the murders too. It would be good to have a thread to follow the case.

Thread created. Link below,

2 Detroit rappers and friend killed in gang related violence - Armani Kelly, Montoya Givens and Dante Wicker

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/ny-missing-detroit-rappers-killed-gang-violence-20230318-ypcsz5v4iba4plexyav25pasja-story.html By Jessica Schladebeck New York Daily News Mar 18, 2023 at 4:26 pm The murders of two Detroit rappers and a friend — all of them found fatally shot in an...

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Jury convicts 3 men of murder in rapper XXXTentacion’s death

XXXTentacion, whose real name is Jahseh Onfroy, was shot to death in June 2018 as he was leaving a motorcycle store near Miami. The controversial rapper was 20.

www.nbcnews.com

March 20, 2023, 11:54 AM EDT / Updated March 20, 2023, 12:29 PM EDT / Source: Associated Press
By Marlene Lenthang and Associated Press

A jury on Monday convicted the three men accused of murdering rapper XXXTentacion in Florida in 2018, following more than a week of deliberations.
The 20-year-old artist, whose real name was Jahseh Onfroy, was shot to death on June 18, 2018, outside of a motorcycle shop in Deerfield Beach, north of Miami.

In the attack, the rapper was in a car leaving Riva Motorsports when an SUV blocked his vehicle and two masked gunmen came out of it, the Broward County Sheriff's Office said at the time. One repeatedly shot at the rapper, and the assailants grabbed a Louis Vuitton bag from the car with $50,000 inside and escaped in the SUV, authorities said.

Dedrick Williams, 26; Trayvon Newsome, 24; and Michael Boatwright, 28, were each found guilty of first-degree murder and armed robbery in Broward County court.

The trio had pleaded not guilty. A fourth person, Robert Allen, 25, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder last year and testified for the prosecution against the other three.

The first-degree murder charges come with life sentences

 

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15 charged in PA after man sentenced for murdering witnesses

EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — Officials announced Monday a man was sentenced for his role in the murders of three individuals, one of whom was cooperating with a drug investigation, leading police …

www.pahomepage.com

by: Vivian Muniz
Posted: Mar 20, 2023 / 04:33 PM EDT
Updated: Mar 20, 2023 / 04:34 PM EDT

EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — Officials announced Monday a man was sentenced for his role in the murders of three individuals, one of whom was cooperating with a drug investigation, leading police to 15 other co-conspirators.

According to U.S. Attorney Gerard M. Karam, Kevin Coles, age 37, of New York and Maryland, was convicted as a result of a six-year investigation into the murders of three people on June 25, 2016.

Police say three people were killed on a property on Welsh Run Road in Mercersburg, Franklin County. Troopers say they found the bodies of Wendy Ann Chaney, 39, Hagerstown, MD, Brandon Cole, 47, Fayetteville, PA, and Phillip Matthew Jackson, 36, Mercersburg, PA, in a barn on victim Jackson’s property.

All of the victims were shot, three had their hands zipped tied behind their backs, and were set on fire, investigators stated. Evidence showed that Wendy Chaney was in a relationship with Kevin Coles, and she was a co-conspirator, assisting in their drug distribution operation.

Cole learned Chaney was cooperating with federal authorities and ordered for her to be murdered, police said. Cole then had his co-conspirators hire a Baltimore-based gang, known as the Black Guerilla Family, to travel and kill Chaney, according to court documents.

Investigators believe the gang killed Chaney to protect the drug trafficking activities of Coles and his co-conspirators, while Jackson and Cole were murdered to prevent them from being witnesses to the crimes of violence that were done at the Jackson property.

 

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Katelyn Markham death case: Father reacts to fiancé's arrest

HAMILTON — It took 12 years of investigating by multiple police agencies, but the Butler County Prosecutor’s Office made an arrest Wednesday in the 2011 death of Katelyn Markham in Fairfield.

www.journal-news.com

By Lauren Pack
Updated 9 hours ago

HAMILTON — It took 12 years of investigating by multiple police agencies, but the Butler County Prosecutor’s Office made an arrest Wednesday in the 2011 death of Katelyn Markham in Fairfield.

Prosecutor Michael Gmoser said Markham’s fiancé was the person arrested.

John Carter, 34, Markham’s fiancé when she went missing from her Fairfield townhouse, was arrested for murder, according to Gmoser. He was booked into the Butler County Jail.

The arrest comes nearly a month after a man described as a friend of Carter’s and a member of a tight circle of friends including Markham, Jonathan Palmerton, was indicted for perjury.

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“Hallelujah. Praise God,” Dave Markham, Katelyn’s father said. “Mike Gmoser called me. I still am just trying to process this. My mind is still just going crazy.”


After Palmerton’s arrest, Markham said he met with investigators who had picked up the cold case.

“They had me feeling that they were on it and serious. It has happened a lot faster than I thought,” he said.

 

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Austin Lyle found dead in wooded area in Park County, coroner confirms

BREAKING: The student accused of the shooting at East High School in Denver yesterday was found dead in Park County last night.

www.cbsnews.com

BY CBSCOLORADO.COM STAFF
MARCH 23, 2023 / 5:41 AM / CBS COLORADO

Austin Lyle was found dead near in a wooded area off County Road 68 in Bailey late on Wednesday, the Park County Coroner's Office confirmed in a Facebook post early on Thursday.



Park County Sheriff Tom McGraw first confirmed that earlier the red Volvo associated with Lyle in connection with the East High School shooting had been found, and confirmed a body was found nearby.

Lyle, who was already on probation for "ghost gun," is accused of shooting two deans at East High School on Wednesday morning.

A cause or manner of death for Lyle was not shared in the coroner's Facebook post.

Suspected Denver high school gunman Austin Lyle found dead of apparent suicide: report

The 17-year-old boy suspected of shooting two Denver high school administrators during a routine weapon check Wednesday was found dead of an apparent suicide, according to local reports. Police fou…

nypost.com

Story by Katherine Donlevy • Yesterday 11:42 PM

The 17-year-old boy suspected of shooting two Denver high school administrators during a routine weapon check Wednesday was found dead of an apparent suicide, according to local reports.

Police found Austin Lyle’s body near his car around 9 p.m., law enforcement sources told 9NEWS Denver.

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Lyle allegedly shot two school administrators just before 10 a.m. when they searched him for weapons, a daily requirement because of the boy’s behavioral issues.

The teenager was transferred to the high school last year after he was removed from a nearby Aurora school for unspecified violations of school policies.

One of the victims was released from the hospital several hours after the shooting, but the second administrator remains in serious condition.

 

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Covenant School shooting in Nashville, TN

School shooting. I dont think there was ever a briefing on my link. Covenant School in Nashville. 3 children perished. 1 shooter taken out.

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New Hampshire Supreme Court to hear arguments in Pamela Smart case later this month

The state's highest court will hear oral arguments Feb. 14 over Smart's right to get a hearing on a petition for commutation.

www.wmur.com

KC Downey
Digital Media Manager
Updated: 1:01 PM EST Feb 2, 2023

MANCHESTER, N.H. —
In less than two weeks, the New Hampshire Supreme Court will look at a case involving Pamela Smart.

She has served more than 30 years in prison for her role in the 1990 shooting death of her husband Gregg Smart.

The state's highest court will hear oral arguments on Feb. 14 over Smart's right to get a hearing on a petition for commutation.

Her previous requests have been denied by Gov. Chris Sununu and the New Hampshire Executive Council.

NH Supreme Court issues ruling regarding Pamela Smart petition over commutation hearing request

The New Hampshire State Supreme Court on Wednesday denied Pamela Smart's petition to compel the governor and the New Hampshire Executive Council to reconsider her request for a commutation hearing.

www.wmur.com

Updated: 9:35 AM EDT Mar 29, 2023
KC Downey

CONCORD, N.H. —
The New Hampshire State Supreme Court on Wednesday denied Pamela Smart's petition to compel the governor and the New Hampshire Executive Council to reconsider her request for a commutation hearing.

Justices ruled that they could not compel the executive branch to comply with the request and dismissed Pamela Smart's petition for "lack of jurisdiction."