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Minnesota Shooting Suspect Vance Boelter Indicted on State Charges — Hennepin County Sheriff's Office via Getty Images via Getty Images

US Crime · Minnesota

Minnesota Shooting Suspect Vance Boelter Indicted on State Charges

64% Center coverage: 116 sources

Prosecutors seek death penalty against Zizians member charged with murdering Vermont border agent — Agent David Maland with service dog (cropped) by Wikipedia Photo - https://www.local10.com/news/national/2025/02/22/border-patrol-agent-whose-death-is-tied-to-cultlike-zizians-is-being-buried-with-military-honors/ (AP) (By: Department of Homeland Security) / Creative Commons

US Crime · United States

Prosecutors seek death penalty against Zizians member charged with murdering Vermont border agent

58% Center coverage: 79 sources

The Justice Department said Thursday it will seek the death penalty against a member of the cultlike Zizians group accused of killing a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont in the latest Trump administration push for more federal executions.See the Story

Memphis man who killed 3 in livestreamed shooting rampage pleads guilty — Close-up of a wooden gavel on a desk, symbolizing justice and legal authority. by Sora Shimazaki/Pexels / Pexels

US Crime · Memphis

Memphis man who killed 3 in livestreamed shooting rampage pleads guilty

69% Center coverage: 32 sources

A Tennessee man avoided a trial and possible death sentence by pleading guilty Wednesday to fatally shooting three people and wounding three others in a daylong series of shootings that was livestreamed on social media in 2022.See the Story

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Alabama execution remains on hold to evaluate whether man is competent

Alabama execution remains on hold to evaluate whether man is competent

Alabama execution remains on hold to evaluate whether man is competent

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