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View More NewsFrom Payne v. State, decided last week, in an opinion by Justice Benjamin Land: Hannah Payne was sentenced to life in prison plus 13 years for the murder and false imprisonment of Kenneth Herring and the possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. In response to Payne’s motion for new trial, the assistant district attorney assigned to the case, Deborah Leslie, filed a brief that contained non-existent cases and cases that do not stand for the proposition asserted in the brief. In an order largely prepared by ADA Leslie, the trial court denied Payne’s motion for new…
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On April 25, a man armed with a shotgun, a handgun, and knives charged through a security gate and was apprehended by Secret Service agents before he could descend the stairs that would have led him into the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner. He has since been charged with attempting to assassinate President Trump. Writings by the suspect indicated his desire to target members of Trump’s administration, as well. Naturally, observers discuss the possible causes, including mental illness, radicalisation in online echo chambers, and the conduct of the Trump Administration. Some speculate that the self-described “Friendly Federal Assassin” was motivated in part by a feeling of personal failings: that his graduate degree from a less prestigious school was not commensurate with his undergraduate degree from Caltech, and nor was his subsequent employment (he worked as a part-time teacher to supplement his game development business). We have little evidence so far that any career frustrations or financial woes played a role in this…
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from the the-neverending-corruption-story dept The saga of Trump suing his own IRS for $10 billion just got weirder. What started as a brazenly corrupt…
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HYPE, the native token of decentralized exchange Hyperliquid, jumped more than 23% in the past 24 hours, climbing toward $47 on Friday to hit…
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Major South Korean financial conglomerate Hana Financial is buying a stake in Dunamu, the operator of the crypto exchange Upbit, in its latest venture…
In brief THORChain suspended all trading after security researchers flagged a suspected multi-chain exploit allegedly affecting Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB Smart Chain, and Base networks.…
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For all of President Donald Trump’s unpredictability, he does have some consistencies, one being his love of a reviled ruler. He’s praised Vladimir Putin…