Attorney General Pamela Bondi has directed federal prosecutors to pursue capital punishment in the alleged politically motivated slaying of Brian Thompson.
The Missouri prisoner argued he should be given a new trial because one of the jurors wrote a crime novel about seeking revenge for a traffic accident.
With parole eligibility on the eve of the 30th anniversary of Selena Quintanilla-Pérez’s death, her killer was denied due to the nature of the offense.
The East Coast leader of MS-13 was arrested on March 27 in Virginia in a joint federal and state operation involving more than a dozen law enforcement agencies.
Gun control proponents said the change will increase crime by arming violent felons, domestic abusers and other violent criminals who had lost their gun rights.