Daniel Cowart, 20, and Paul Schlesselman, 18, self-described white supremacists, have been charged with plotting a “killing spree” against blacks and an assassination attempt on Sen. Barack Obama.
Both were charged with illegal possession of a sawed-off shotgun, conspiracy to rob a federally licensed gun dealer and making threats against a presidential candidate.
One law enforcement source said, “We take this very, very seriously but we see no evidence these guys have the ability or the wherewithal to pull off what they say they wanted to do.”
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Troy Anthony Davis has been given another week before he is set to be executed for the 1989 slaying of Mark MacPhail, an off-duty Savannah, Georgia, police officer.
The new date of November 3 is Davis’ third execution date in 15 months.
Davis has never denied being at the crime scene but maintains he was not the shooter. The US Supreme Court refused to hear his appeal, although seven of nine key witnesses have recanted their testimony since the trial.
His last chance to escape execution is a pardon from the state of Georgia.
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Keith Slater, 22, bought a pair of shoes from Journeys, but later returned them after finding a cheaper pair at another store. Slater received more than a refund, though. Continue
FBI officials confirmed this afternoon in a press conference that a body found this morning on Chicago’s West Side is that of 7-year old Julian King, actress/singer Jennifer Hudson’s nephew.
Jennifer helped positively identify the body of her young nephew today, hours after he was found with gunshot wounds in a sport-utility vehicle on Chicago’s West Side, authorities said.
An autopsy was scheduled to be done on the body of Julian on Tuesday at the Cook County medical examiner’s office, where Hudson and other relatives went to help identify the remains this afternoon.
A law enforcement source told the Tribune that the boy had been shot multiple times in the back of the white Chevrolet Suburban. The vehicle had been the subject of an intense search and Amber Alert issued on Friday after Hudson’s mother and brother were found shot and killed inside the family’s South Side home.
Chicago police brought Julian’s body to the medical examiner’s office shortly after noon today and Hudson and other family members arrived about three hours later, said office spokesman Sean Howard.
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Julia Hudson eldest sister of Jennifer Hudson gave a press conference with Greg King, the biological father of Julian King at Pleasant Gift Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago on Saturday. The former couple were pleading for the safe return of their son.
Hudson’s mother, Darnell Donerson, and brother, Jason Hudson, were shot to death Friday in their home. The child, Julian King, has been missing since. Rumors circulated the internet on Friday saying that Julia was missing, but that was not the case.
Police issued an Amber Alert for Julian and asked residents to look out for a 1994 white Chevrolet Suburban with Illinois license plate X584859. Julian is described as being 4 feet, 11 inches tall and weighing 130 pounds. He was wearing a striped brown polo shirt and khaki pants when last seen, authorities said in the Amber Alert.
According to reports, suspect, William Balfour was taken into custody Friday for questioning. His mother, Michele Davis-Balfour insists that he is innocent.
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