After finding Theodore Wafer guilty of killing Renisha McBride on his front porch when she knocked his door seeking help, the sentence for the crime was handed down today and 55-year-old Wafer will be locked away for a long time. After an emotional trial in a city where racial tensions have been escalating during bankruptcy… Continue reading The Killer of Renisha McBride Gets 17 to 32 Years in Prison
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Michael Dunn’s Sentencing Postponed ‘Till Friday
A judge in Jacksonville is postponing until Friday a decision on whether he will sentence a Florida man convicted of attempted murder during a confrontation over loud music ahead of the 47-year-old software developer’s retrial on first-degree murder. Jurors deadlocked last month on a first-degree murder charge for Michael Dunn in the shooting of 17-year-old… Continue reading Michael Dunn’s Sentencing Postponed ‘Till Friday
Man in toddler-slapping plane case gets 8 months
KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge on Monday sentenced a man who pleaded guilty to slapping a crying toddler on an Atlanta-bound flight to serve eight months in federal prison. Joe Rickey Hundley was accused of using a racial slur to refer to the 19-month-old boy, who’s black, and hitting… Continue reading Man in toddler-slapping plane case gets 8 months