Death Penalty News

(YAHOO/KAKE) - The Independent’s Andrew Buncombe covered the execution of Timothy McVeigh* in Terre Haute, Indiana, in April 2001 in a report headlined ‘US executes its Public Enemy No1.' Here is what he wrote, according to Yahoo . Timothy McVeigh died with his eyes open. Strapped on to a plastic gurney, his body covered by a sheet, he turned his head to look at each of the witnesses sitting behind tinted glass, waiting to watch him die. He appeared to nod towards the room where his lawyers sat, apparently at ease. Then, without speaking, he lay back his shaven head, settled himself and stared straight towards the ceiling where a CCTV camera was beaming this most public of private executions 620 miles away to Oklahoma City. With all America seemingly paused, McVeigh, corralled behind razor wire and redbrick walls blinked slowly as lethal chemicals were injected into his body. Timothy McVeigh, icon of hate and anger, Public Enemy Number One, was executed in Terr...

Justin Olsen created a Discord server for his iFunny subscribers where he allegedly threatened to kill federal officers. An 18-year-old Ohio man charged Monday with threatening a federal officer allegedly posted extensively online about mass shootings, specifically targeting Planned Parenthood. According to an affidavit, the bulk of Justin Olsen’s radicalized content was posted under the name ArmyOfChrist on meme-hosting app iFunny. Federal agents seized 15 rifles, 10 semiautomatic pistols, and 10,000 rounds of ammunition during the arrest earlier this month. Investigators said Olsen admitted that he was posting on iFunny under the name ArmyOfChrist and told the FBI during his arrest that his posts were supposed to be a joke. He described his posts about shooting federal agents as “a hyperbolic conclusion based on the results of the Waco siege.” The FBI began investigating the iFunny account in February. As it gained more subscribers, Olsen created a Discord server t...