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Jacob Erwin Wetterling (February 17, 1978 – October 22, 1989) was an American boy from St. Joseph, Minnesota, who was kidnapped from his hometown and murdered on October 22, 1989, at the age of 11. The identity of his abductor remained a mystery for nearly 27 years.
Since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976 [12] when the Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty did not violate the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment, 22 people have been executed for crimes committed while they were under the age of 18. All of the 22 executed individuals were males, and all were ...
The Ripper Crew or the Chicago Rippers was an organized crime group of serial killers, cannibals, rapists, and necrophiles. The group was composed of Robin Gecht [ 1 ] and three associates: Edward Spreitzer and brothers Andrew and Thomas Kokoraleis. [ 2 ]
A Duluth man who had been missing since fleeing law enforcement in northwestern Wisconsin many days ago has been found dead in a river, officials said. The body of Ryan Mitchell Lahti, 43, was ...
Corey Devon Young, 19, was first charged in juvenile court in the death of Xzavier "Zane" Louis Abuid-St. Clair, then a 17-year-old student at Duluth East High School. During a hearing to certify ...
The United States has executed 23 men this year, with six of those executions coming during one remarkable 11-day period. At least two more executions are scheduled before the end of the year.
On May 11, 2011, six-year-old American boy Timmothy James Pitzen (/ ˈ p ɪ t s ən /) was dropped off at school in Aurora, Illinois, by his father James Pitzen.He was picked up shortly after by his mother, Amy Fry-Pitzen, who took him on a three-day trip to various amusement and water parks.
Death row inmates who have exhausted their appeals by county. An inmate is considered to have exhausted their appeals if their sentence has fully withstood the appellate process; this involves either the individual's conviction and death sentence withstanding each stage of the appellate process or them waiving a part of the appellate process if a court has found them competent to do so.