By Kirsten Grieshaber and Geir Moulson Associated Press BERLIN — A masked man was shot dead Thursday after entering a movie theater in southwestern Germany with what appeared to be a rifle and taking several hostages, authorities said. No one else was hurt. The armed man entered the Kinopolis movie theater in the town of […]
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Request to bar death penalty option in Pa. trooper ambush case denied
Associated Press MILFORD, Pa. — A Pennsylvania judge has denied a pair of defense requests that sought to prevent prosecutors from seeking the death penalty against a man charged with fatally ambushing a state police trooper near a rural barracks. Attorneys for Eric Frein had said the death penalty option was unconstitutional. A Pike County […]
State Supreme Court: Detroit cops accused of lying can't be charged
By Ed White Associated Press DETROIT — Three Detroit police officers accused of lying during an internal investigation can't be charged based on those statements, the Michigan Supreme Court said Wednesday, acknowledging that its decision "may be viewed as unpalatable." The court, in a 5-2 decision, said state law protects officers who make a statement […]