Aug 07 Update: Colorado theater shooter Holmes sentenced to life in prison By News Desk Colorado theater shooter James Holmes was sentenced Friday to a life term with no parole. The jury considered sentencing Holmes to the death penalty, but their decision was not unanimous, meaning he receives an automatic life sentence instead. Continue reading
Jul 16 Colorado movie theater shooter James Holmes convicted of murder By Sadie Gurman, Associated Press Colorado theater shooter James Holmes was convicted Thursday in the chilling 2012 attack on defenseless moviegoers at a midnight Batman premiere after jurors swiftly rejected defense arguments that the former graduate student was insane and driven to murder by delusions. Continue reading
Jul 07 Dylann Roof, suspect in Charleston shooting, formally indicted on murder charges By Joshua Barajas Prosecutors formally indicted Dylann Roof, the 21-year-old man accused of killing nine worshippers at a black church in Charleston, South Carolina, on several counts of murder and attempted murder on Tuesday. Continue reading
Jun 28 Gun control not the way to prevent mass killings, Bush says By Associated Press New gun control measures are not the way to prevent mass killings such as the shooting deaths of nine people in a South Carolina church, Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush said Saturday… Continue reading
Dec 14 Watch 10:36 Two years after Sandy Hook, how have gun laws changed? By PBS News Hour In the two years since the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the state of Connecticut adopted some of the most restrictive gun policies in the country, including a controversial law enacted last year to keep weapons out of the… Continue watching
Oct 10 Washington voters will see competing gun measures on their state ballot this year By Rachel La Corte, Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. — Two competing measures on the Washington state ballot this fall ask voters to take a stance on expanded background checks for gun sales. One is seeking universal checks for all sales and transfers, including private transactions. The… Continue reading
Jan 15 Watch NRA President David Keene Rejects White House Gun Control Approach NRA President David Keene Rejects White House Gun Control Approach… Continue watching
Dec 18 Watch Newtown Community Seeks Meaning, Connection and Change After Mass Shooting Newtown Community Seeks Meaning, Connection and Change After Mass Shooting… Continue watching
Dec 17 Watch Kids Need Sense of Normalcy, Reassurance They Are Not Alone in Time of Crisis Kids Need Sense of Normalcy, Reassurance They Are Not Alone in Time of Crisis… Continue watching
Jul 30 Watch James Holmes Arraigned on 142 Charges; Profiling Young Mass Murderers James Holmes Arraigned on 142 Charges; Profiling Young Mass Murderers… Continue watching