20-year-old Michael Brandon Hill was accused of opening fire at an Atlanta-area elementary school on Tuesday. Armed with an AK-47 and after barricading himself in the front office of the Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy, Hill was charged with firing about six shots toward the school officers before surrendering to police thanks to the heroism of bookkeeper Antoinette Tuff,
On July 30, Bradley Manning was convicted of stealing and disseminating 750,000 pages of classified documents and videos to WikiLeaks, and the counts against him included violations of the Espionage Act. He was found guilty of 20 of the 22 charges. On Wednesday, Manning was sentenced to serve 35 years in prison for leaking classified material, but that includes the 1,294 days (nearly three and a half years) he already served.
Christopher Lane, a 22-year-old Australian baseball player, was murdered while jogging in Oklahoma City by three "bored" teenagers who reportedly decidedly wanted to kill someone for fun.
Drawing the ire of many Americans who believe that the anniversary of September 11 should be a solemn day of reflection, the American Muslim Political Action Committee is planning a "Million Muslim March" in Washington DC, in what they hope will have them seeking to demand justice by the U.S. government.
