Death Penalty Upheld for OH Killer who Murdered Witness: A Cincinnati man who murdered his girlfriend, former attorney and a witness to one of his crimes has had his conviction and death sentence for killing the witness upheld by the Ohio Supreme Court. Lauren Pack of WHIO reports that Calvin McKelton, 39, was convicted in 2010 of the 2008 murders of his girlfriend, Margaret Allen, and a criminal defense attorney who previously represented him. He was also convicted and sentenced to death for the 2009 murder of Germaine Evans, who McKelton killed to prevent from testifying. Evans was allegedly an eyewitness to Allen's fatal strangulation by McKelton and assisted in disposing of her body. In addition to the death sentence, McKelton received 15 years to life for Allen's murder and 25 years for the remaining convictions. On appeal of the death sentence, McKelton argued that his rights were violated because he was deprived of a fair trial and had ineffective counsel. Justices of the state high court ruled that McKelton was properly convicted of murdering Evans and the aggravating circumstances in support of the death penalty outweigh the mitigating circumstances beyond a reasonable doubt.
Illegal Immigration Surges in August, on Pace to Break Records: Illegal immigration along the nation's southern border surged last month, not typical of the late-summer slowdown observed year after year, and is on pace to surpass records set in the years prior. Stephen Dinan of the Washington Times reports that 10,000 people traveling as families were apprehended in August, while 5,800 unaccompanied minors were caught. In the first 11 months of Fiscal Year 2016, a total of 68,080 people have been caught traveling in family units -- "almost certain" to break the record set in 2014 -- and 54,052 children traveling without parents have been intercepted. In all, almost 370,000 illegal immigrants have been caught this fiscal year along the southwest border, surpassing the total for all of 2015 but still below the 2014 surge. Analysts contest that a combination of ongoing violence in Central American and the Obama administration's lax enforcement on immigration is driving the mass migration.
NC Officer Shot Over Weekend Dies of Injury: A North Carolina police officer shot in the torso over the weekend died in the hospital Monday. Mark Price and Bruce Henderson of the Charlotte Observer report that Officer Tim Brackeen, 38, a 12-year veteran of the Shelby Police Department, was shot in the line of duty Saturday by suspected gunman Irving Lucien Fenner Jr., 23. Brackeen had been searching for a subject who was wanted on an outstanding warrant. Fenner is currently in custody and facing first-degree murder charges.
Illegal Immigration Surges in August, on Pace to Break Records: Illegal immigration along the nation's southern border surged last month, not typical of the late-summer slowdown observed year after year, and is on pace to surpass records set in the years prior. Stephen Dinan of the Washington Times reports that 10,000 people traveling as families were apprehended in August, while 5,800 unaccompanied minors were caught. In the first 11 months of Fiscal Year 2016, a total of 68,080 people have been caught traveling in family units -- "almost certain" to break the record set in 2014 -- and 54,052 children traveling without parents have been intercepted. In all, almost 370,000 illegal immigrants have been caught this fiscal year along the southwest border, surpassing the total for all of 2015 but still below the 2014 surge. Analysts contest that a combination of ongoing violence in Central American and the Obama administration's lax enforcement on immigration is driving the mass migration.
NC Officer Shot Over Weekend Dies of Injury: A North Carolina police officer shot in the torso over the weekend died in the hospital Monday. Mark Price and Bruce Henderson of the Charlotte Observer report that Officer Tim Brackeen, 38, a 12-year veteran of the Shelby Police Department, was shot in the line of duty Saturday by suspected gunman Irving Lucien Fenner Jr., 23. Brackeen had been searching for a subject who was wanted on an outstanding warrant. Fenner is currently in custody and facing first-degree murder charges.
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