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Driver on third DUI who killed Afghanistan vet gets 6-month jail term

By Bradford Betz A man who received his third drunken-driving conviction in 2014 after killing an active-duty U.S. service member in Colorado two years earlier was sentenced Thursday to 180 days in jail -- roughly six months. Daniel Barrett Swecker, 47, was driving about 80...

After Decades in Prison, Edward Garry Is Finally Cleared of a Murder He Didn’t Commit

By Stephanie Clifford - NewYorker.com - February 6, 2018 n Monday, after deliberating for less than half an hour, a Bronx jury vindicated Edward Garry’s twenty-three-year quest to clear his name, finding him not guilty of the 1995 murder of a retired police detective named...

An Atlanta jail intercepted a letter from an inmate who was using a secret code to orchestrate a murder

Inmates at Fulton County Jail in Atlanta go to extreme lengths to coordinate crimes with people on the outside. Last year, jail staff intercepted a letter written in secret code orchestrating the murder of a staff member. The jail provided Business Insider with a copy of the...

Florida’s lifetime ban on voting by felons is unconstitutional, federal judge rules

February 2, 2018 TALLAHASSEE - The state of Florida routinely violates the constitutional rights of its citizens by permanently revoking the “fundamental right” to vote for anyone convicted of a felony, a federal judge ruled Thursday. U.S. District Judge Mark Walker said the...