Citing "exceptional circumstances," a D.C. judge has ruled that the federal government cannot refile its Reflecting Pool charges against David Hearn, despite pressure from President Trump to do so.
Judge barred further charges against David Hearn, whom Trump blamed for damage caused by flawed installation Federal prosecutors in Washington DC can never again charge the former Olympic canoeist David Hearn over damage to the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool, a judge ruled on Thursday, closing a case the US attorney’s office had already conceded it should not have brought. Judge Todd Edelman, of the DC superior co…
Judge barred further charges against David Hearn, whom Trump blamed for damage caused by flawed installation Federal prosecutors in Washington DC can never again charge the former Olympic canoeist David Hearn over damage to the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool, a judge ruled on Thursday, closing a case the US attorney’s office had already conceded it should not have brought. Judge Todd Edelman, of the DC superior co…
In August, prosecutors asked a judge to dismiss Reflecting Pool vandalism charges against David Hearn because the damage had been caused by a contractor's "botched installation."
NPR – US Christa Pike, 50, survived two doses of lethal injection during a botched execution attempt in Tennessee. She was sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of a classmate and would have been the first woman executed in the state in 200 years. Governor Bill Lee ordered a review of the state's lethal injection process and halted the planned execution; Pike was hospitalized.
NPR – US Bill Lee pauses state’s remaining executions for the rest of the year after inmate Christa Pike survives two lethal injections Tennessee woman on death row taken to hospital after surviving two lethal injections Americans are deeply frustrated with president Donald Trump’s handling of the economy and rising prices, with most panning his performance and blaming his policies as higher costs threaten his party’s chance…
NYTimes – US Death row inmate Christa Pike survived a botched lethal injection execution in Tennessee on Wednesday, renewing debate over problems with execution drugs and methods. The failure echoed a similar botched execution in the state in May, when officials said they could not find a suitable vein for Tony Carruthers. Pike was convicted of murdering classmate Colleen Slemmer.
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