San Quentin State Prison is home to California's death row. And the condition of the residents of that death row is such that the state is about to open a mental hospital just for them.
What sort of criminal is the target of most federal prosecutions? Mobsters? Bank robbers? No: illegal immigrants. And where do they go? To private prisons, for whom America's immigration system is a giant profit center.
NBC News 4 reports that a Los Angeles teacher allegedly drunkenly pulled a knife on students in their car Saturday night and demanded they take him to the fast food chain Jack in the Box. The teacher, 34-year-old Edward Maust, was charged with kidnapping, false imprisonment, and criminal threats after surrendering to the police Sunday afternoon.
Witnesses to the mass shooting that killed two Las Vegas police officers and a Walmart shopper Sunday say the murderers shouted: "This is the start of a revolution." We now know what kind of revolution they had in mind, Gadsden flag and all.
Los Angeles law enforcement agencies have had more than their share of scandals. Still, testimony coming about about the behavior of the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department is shocking.
Prosecutors are saying that two twelve-year-old girls from Waukesha, Wisconsin stabbed their friend nearly to death as a way to "please a mythological creature they learned about online." Both girls have been charged with first-degree attempted homicide and will stand trial as adults.
Two young children—described as best friends—were repeatedly stabbed by a stranger in a Brooklyn elevator yesterday evening as they were on their way to get Icees. One child, Prince Joshua Avitto, 6, was pronounced dead at a local hospital while the other, Mikayla Capers, 7, remains in critical condition.
