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NY Man Gets Life Sentence for Murder of Lost Woman in Driveway

TL/DR - Kevin Monahan, 66, was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for fatally shooting Kaylin Gillis, who mistakenly drove into his driveway in New York. Monahan was convicted of second-degree murder and received an additional four years for tampering with the murder weapon. Monahan maintained the shooting was an accident due to a defective…

Lawmaker Deems Sandra Day O’Connor Unfit for Statue

TL/DR - The Arizona House rejected a proposal to honor the late Sandra Day O’Connor with a statue inside the U.S. Capitol three months after her death. The decision was influenced by the existence of a federal plan to honor O’Connor with a statue, with two of her sons feeling that another statue would be redundant. The decision was also marked by…

Jan. 6 Rioter Confronts Judge at Sentencing Hearing

TL/DR - Brandon Fellows, a 29-year-old tree cutter from New York, was sentenced to 3½ years in prison for his involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Fellows, who had chosen to represent himself and was found in contempt for his disrespectful and confrontational behavior in court, was convicted of obstructing an official…

Raleigh Homicide: Man Charged on Quail Hollow Drive

TL/DR - Elder Nahun Banegas-Mencia, 18, has been arrested and charged with murder in connection to a homicide investigation in Raleigh, North Carolina. The incident in question occurred on Quail Hollow Drive on February 24, where police found 23-year-old Jose Ignacio Marquez-Diaz with multiple gunshot wounds; he later died at the hospital. The…