The prosecutors in the Colorado theater massacre case rejected an offer from suspect James Holmes to plead guilty in exchange for avoiding the death penalty. The report said the proposal cannot be considered genuine because the defense has repeatedly refused to give them information needed to evaluate it.
Dr. Hector Castro, a New York City physician was charged with running an interstate smuggling ring that trafficked $10 million worth of oxycodone across several states, including in Pennsylvania, where the investigation resulted in the largest prescription drug-related mass arrest in the state's history.
U.S. lawmakers have said that a tax on legal marijuana could put significant dollars into budgets still hurting from the recession.
Paralympian Oscar Pistorius who is charged with the murder his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in February, has just won an appeal over his bail restrictions. The could could potentially enable him to compete in the next World Athletics Championships, as well as events around the world, but reports the athletic commission may be dissuading those countries from allowing him to compete in them.
