Texas Executes Ramiro Gonzales Despite Claims of Intellectual Disability

Texas Executes Ramiro Gonzales Despite Claims of Intellectual Disability

The Execution of Ramiro Gonzales Ramiro Gonzales, a 41-year-old Texas death row inmate, was executed by lethal injection on Wednesday evening at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas. The execution proceeded after the U.S. Supreme Court declined a final appeal centered on Gonzales’s mental capacity, concluding a legal battle regarding the 2001 kidnapping, sexual assault,…

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Federal Judge Reprimands Prosecutors Over Detention Hearing for Accused Correspondents' Dinner Gunman

Federal Judge Reprimands Prosecutors Over Detention Hearing for Accused Correspondents’ Dinner Gunman

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., issued a sharp rebuke to government prosecutors on Tuesday for insisting on a formal detention hearing for Cole Allen, the man accused of plotting an armed attack on the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Despite Allen’s legal team explicitly agreeing to remain in custody pending trial, the prosecution pushed to…

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