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May 7, 2015

Memo to gun-control advocates: Even Elliot Rodger believed guns would have deterred him

How can we prevent mass murderers? Elliot Rodger, the 22-year-old who killed six innocent people this past Friday in California, is causing everyone to ask that question, yet again.

May 6, 2015

Why Boston Marathon bomber jury may not agree to death penalty verdict

Now that a Boston jury has found Dzhokhar Tsarnaev guilty of all 30 charges against him in the Boston Marathon bombing, these same jurors must render another determination -- life or death.

January 13, 2015

Judge, media barred from sanity hearing in Colorado theater shooting

The public and the news media will be barred from a pretrial hearing in the Colorado theater shooting case that will include testimony from a psychiatrist who evaluated whether defendant James Holmes was insane, the judge ruled Friday.

January 13, 2015

Suspect in attempted bombing at Wichita airport detained until trial

A U.S. judge in Kansas ordered a man charged with attempting to bomb the Wichita Mid-Continent Airport detained until trial, according to a Reuters report. 

January 13, 2015

Navy Yard shooting victim's family files lawsuit

The Florida family of a woman slain during the mass shooting at the Washington Navy Yard is the first to file a lawsuit against the government and defense contractors, alleging that officials ignored red flags about the killer's deteriorating mental health.

January 13, 2015

Police say Phoenix man shot neighbors, dogs, then himself

Police in Phoenix say a man fatally shot four of his neighbors and their two dogs at an apartment complex on Saturday before turning the gun on himself. 

January 13, 2015

4 shot, 3 dead in shooting at Kentucky condo

Three people were shot to death and a fourth was seriously injured Wednesday at a condominium building in Louisville, Ky.

January 13, 2015

Conn. state employee fired for allegedly showing Newtown gunman's body

The employee at Connecticut's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner accused of letting her husband see the body of the Newtown school shooter has been fired.

January 8, 2015

Judge declares mistrial in case of man accused of killing 9 at Ariz. temple

An Arizona judge has declared a mistrial in the case of a man charged with killing nine people at a suburban Phoenix Buddhist temple in 1991.

January 8, 2015

Callous answer dashes killer's plea for leniancy

A Connecticut man convicted of wiping out an entire family has proven that it pays to – at the least – remember the name of your victims at the sentencing – and especially if the victim is, as in this case, an eight-year-old boy.