The Latest Breaking News on Gun control

Mississippi attorney general won't seek a new trial for officer in fatal shooting of Black motorist

Mississippi’s attorney general said she will not retry a police officer after jurors failed to reach a verdict on a manslaughter charge stemming from the fatal shooting of a Black motorist

The Independent UK · Sep 29

First pictures of elderly couple accused of taking turns fatally shooting their son-in-law

Shouyong Zhang and Shili Chen, both aged 77, have been charged with the first-degree murder of Jonathan McKinsey. Court documents have revealed claims of abuse leading up to the shooting

The Independent UK · Sep 29

Who is Christa Pike? Woman set for Tennessee's first female execution in 200 years

Christa Pike was 18 when she killed her classmate in a jealous rage and became one of the youngest women sentenced to death in the US.

The Times of India · Sep 29

Victim's 'reputation' at play in machete slaying

A man who hacked his friend to death with a machete told police afterwards his alleged victim had been in a "zombie-state" after taking an illicit drug.

AAP · Sep 29

Florida is set to execute a 77-year-old man convicted of a 1995 murder

A 77-year-old Florida man convicted of the hammer beating death of a woman is set to become the 16th person executed this year in the nation’s busiest death chamber

The Independent UK · Sep 29

New York Times executive killed in California parking lot; in-laws arrested

Jonathan McKinsey was shot and killed by his elderly in-laws at a sports complex in California. Police arrested the suspects, Shouyong Zhang and Shili Chen, near the crime scene shortly after the incident. McKinsey's transgender identity allegedly contributed to a family conflict and legal disputes with his wife, Candice Jang.…

The Times of India · Sep 29

Tennessee to execute a woman for first time in 200 years after governor denies clemency

Lawyers for Christa Pike, 50, convicted of killing classmate in Knoxville in 1995, ask supreme court to grant stay

The Guardian - US · Sep 29

Man, 71, to be released after decades on death row following DNA breakthrough

Witnesses at his original trial said they had been told to lie in court and were given cash and gifts by police

The Independent UK · Sep 28

Parents accused of taking turns fatally shooting their son-in-law months after his child abuse arrest

Jonathan McKinsey, the 40-year-old director of engineering for New York Times Games, was gunned down by a park in broad daylight

The Independent UK · Sep 28

Inside ‘Satanic panic’ teen murder that put Christa Pike on death row for 30 years

Pike was 18 when she was sent to death row following a murder committed in a jealous rage. Decades later she has survived an attempted execution

The Independent UK · Sep 28