More than 25 convicts and parolees had their cases reviewed by the Florida Commission on Offender Review before John Connolly's "compassionate release" came up for the ultimate 2-1 vote to allow him to remain at home in Massachusetts. The board, however, will review the matter at the next 90-day medical update.
meaning that the defendant in this case, freddie lee hall who kidnapped an raped and murdered a 21-year-old pregnant newly wed, his i.q. could have been as low as 66 or as high as 76. so the court said that in the few states that had a hard cutoff on the i.q. tests, and if the person falls within that range, they must be allowed to present additional evidence of the intellectual disability, and he concludes by saying that the death penalty is the gravest sentence that the society can impose, and a person imposing that sanction must have a fair opportunity to show that the constitution prohibits the execution, and this is going to affect florida and a few other states, and it is hard to tell how the other states are applying the rule, and some have it, but they have not carried out the death penalty in years and in some states the test has not been processed through the courts yet, so it is probably a handful of states like florida that have this standard. all right. pete williams liv
horrible thing that they are dealing with here on campus. and jennifer, for the investigation, itself, are we expecting more details from the authorities regarding the incident where this young man was questioned, and just some of the events that led up to this shooting and the stabbing. as you well know many of them are calling them the red flags that may have been ignored. yes, and tamron, there is much has been made of the manifesto, and of the video that was posted on youtube, but remember, that none of those things was available to the deputies that made what is called a welfare check on april 30th. what happened is that there were some youtube videos posted that seemed angry. family was concerned, and the therapist was concerned, and they called authorities to do a welfare check. and when those officers showed up, deputies showed up at elliot rodgers door on april 30th, he was able to convince him, and i spoke with the sheriff personally earlier this weekend and he
effort to make a verdict. a full blown cold war like showdown. we dropped 20 degrees since midnight. the cold war chess game in the ukraine continues today. by a look at it, we are a long way from check mate. they have seized the crimea union with 6,000 ground and naval forces in the region. the tensions worsened when ukraine s acting president accused russia of executing the military standoff and blocking ukrainian navy vessels. ukraine s new government claims russia issued an ultimatum for forces to surrender within an hour or face an armed assault. russia denies these assaults. the state department said today if they are true, it represents a dangerous turn of events. as russia flexes its muscle, unease is growing all over the world. the value of russia s currency, the ruble, has fallen to an all of time low against the dollar and euro. prime ministers in europe held an emergency meeting this afternoon to discuss policy options to reign in russia. the u.s. said it is