Sentencing in Florida Gang Rape Case
The three people convicted in the gang rape attack on a Florida woman and the beating of her son will be sentenced on Tuesday. Jakaris Taylor, age seventeen, Tommy Poindexter, age twenty, and Nathan Walker, age eighteen, could all face sentences of life in prison at their hearing. The three were convicted in August and [...]
Elizabeth Smart Testifies
Elizabeth Smart, who was kidnapped in 2002, has recently testified publicly for the first time about her experience. Her account begins with being abducted from her bedroom at age fourteen, and being taken to a mountainous campsite by Brian David Mitchell, a street-preacher. Mitchell was arrested in 2003, but because he was on two occasions [...]