Mother on Trial for Alleged Hanging of Her Two Young Children

A Pennsylvania woman, Lisa Snyder, 41, is currently on trial for the alleged murder of her two young children, Connor, 8, and Brinley, 4. The children were found hanged by a dog leash in the basement of their Albany Township home in September 2019. Despite being rushed to the hospital, they tragically passed away three days later after being removed from life support. Snyder, who began her trial last week, is facing charges of first- …

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Convicted Murderer Says Only One Final Word Before Being Executed in South Carolina

South Carolina witnessed its first execution in over ten years on Friday, with the death of convicted murderer Freddie Owens. The execution followed a lengthy battle by prison officials to secure the necessary drugs for lethal injections. Owens was found guilty of murdering a convenience store clerk in Greenville during an unsuccessful robbery in 1997. While awaiting trial for this crime, Owens killed a fellow inmate at a county jail, a crime he admitted to, …

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US Couple Faces Death Penalty in Uganda

In Uganda, an American couple faces the death penalty after being charged with child trafficking and torturing a foster child from a Christian ministry. Both Nicholas Spencer and Mackenzie Leigh Mathias Spencer, 32, have been in custody since Dec. 9 after neighbors in the capital, Kampala, reported their alleged torture. In 2017, they moved to the East African nation to do humanitarian work and fostered three children from the Welcome Ministry in Jinja City the …

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