Appeals Court Upholds Murder Convictions in Death of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry
Two men convicted in the 2010 murder of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry lost their appeal in which they claimed they were illegally extradited.
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FBI So Busy with Spike in Gun Background Checks That it Halted Appeals
The news comes after the FBI conducted more background checks for guns in 2015 than any previous year.
Fort Hood Shooter Gets Death Sentence But Years of Appeals Will Stall Execution
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan, who killed 13 people and wounded more than 30, was sentenced to death Wednesday but likely will stay alive for years, if not decades, the Associated Press reports. And it doesn’t matter if Nidal Hasan wants to be executed. The military justice system requires years – even decades…
Terrorists Convictions Upheld in Plot to Bomb 110-Story Building and FBI Offices
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The appeals of Narseal Batiste and followers were rejected in Atlanta on Tuesday, reports the Associated Press. Batiste and four others were convicted of plotting, in conjunction with al-Qaida, to destroy the 110-story Willis Tower in Chicago and to bomb FBI offices in several cities in May of 2009. Batiste, cited…