This just in from the Associated Press:
BOISE, Idaho — The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has thrown out the death penalty of Joseph Edward Duncan III, saying he should have been given a competency hearing before he was allowed to waive his appeal.
The appellate court handed down the ruling [...]
“That’s why I’m going to wreck my car. Because I am a terrible person. I thought I could fix it but I couldn’t … It shows me I’d rather kill myself. Goodbye, Ryan.”
One of the texts Justine Winter allegedly sent Ryan Langford shortly before her car crashed into another, killing a pregnant [...]
The Associated Press has the story:
GREAT FALLS – Authorities say the case of a 16-year-old boy who was shot while hunting near Malta is being treated as a homicide.
Phillips County Sheriff Tom Miller says Logan Wilson’s death does not make sense as a suicide or as an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound. [...]
“He put my mom in a turmoil. He didn’t only kill my brother and my cousin, but he also killed my mother (of a broken heart) … and he didn’t have no remorse.”
Kevin Mad Man, brother of Harvey Mad Man and cousin of Thomas Running Rabbit, killed in 1982 by Ronald Allen [...]