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Charleston, S.C., shooting suspect Dylann Storm Roof is escorted from the Cleveland County Courthouse in Shelby, N.C., Thursday, June 18, 2015.

Prosecutor: Church shooting suspect to face death penalty
Business Insider CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The state prosecutor in charge of trying Dylann Roof in what authorities have said was the racially motivated killing of nine black people inside of a Charleston church spoke... (photo: AP / Chuck Burton)

File - In this June 4, 2013 file photo, Aurora theater mass shooter James Holmes, who was convicted on July 16, 2015, appears in court, in Centennial, Colo. Even if Holmes is sentenced to death, he could spend much of the rest of his life in prison awaiting execution. Colorado has executed only one person in the last forty years, Gary Davis, in 1997. Just three people sit on death row in Colorado.

No death penalty: Jury verdict means James Holmes will spend life behind bars
The Malta Independent Twelve jurors failed to agree on a death sentence forColorado theater shooter James Holmes, prompting shocked sobs from victims, police officers and his own mother. Holmes will instead spend the... (photo: AP / The Denver Post, Andy Cross, Pool)

Argentina's Nicolas Sanchez, left, celebrates scoring a try with Argentina's Martin Landajo during the Rugby World Cup Pool C match between Argentina and Tonga

Argentina edge closer to World Cup quarter final
The Irish Times Argentina 45 Tonga 16 Argentina took a huge step to the World Cup quarter-finals with a comprehensive win over Tonga in front of football great Diego Maradona. The Pumas lived dangerously early on... (photo: AP / Rui Vieira)

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Car smoking ban comes into force
BBC News A law banning smoking in vehicles carrying children has come into force in England and Wales. Drivers and passengers who break the law could face a penalty fine of £50 - but police say they will take... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)

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Defendant Dexter Lewis, left, sits with his defense attorney Christopher Baumann, right, during his sentencing hearing, in Denver District Court on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015.

Man who killed 5 in Denver bar sentenced to life in prison
The Associated Press DENVER (AP) -- A man convicted of stabbing five people to death during a Denver bar robbery that netted $170 was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison. The judge said he... (photo: AP / RJ Sangosti)

A woman prays with a rosary outside of the Vatican ambassador's residence as she waits for the arrival of Pope Francis in Quito, Ecuador, Sunday, July 5, 2015.

Georgia weighs executing woman; Pope asks she be spared

CNN (CNN)As the Georgia Board of Pardons and Parole met Tuesday to decide whether to a 47-year-old woman on death row will be executed, the board received a letter on behalf... (photo: AP / Ana Buitron)

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomes Pope Francis upon the Pontiff’s arrival at UN headquarters, 25 September, 2015.

Pope brings ecology, anti-poverty message to UN
Dayton Daily News In a day packed with encounters with both the powerful and the poor, Pope Francis arrived at the United Nations on Friday for an address expected to emphasize themes that... (photo: UN / Mark Garten)

Soldiers take a break during a mission at Camp Stanley, South Korea on Nov. 9, 2011: Operation Saber Strike II was focused on Soldiers being able to detect, identify and defend against; Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear threats.

U.S. Biowarfare Acts Are In 'Criminal Violation' of The Treaty, Its Author Says
WorldNews.com Article By WN.com Guest Writer Sherwood Ross Q. AND A. With Francis A. Boyle On Biowarfare Francis A. Boyle is a leading American professor, practitioner and advocate of... (photo: US Army / Staff Sgt. Antwaun J. Parrish)

Pope Francis addresses a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015, making history as the first pontiff to do so.

All politicians said nice things about the Pope's speech. Well, almost all
Mashable Pope Francis's Thursday speech to Congress was full of topics that are controversial to many on the right — combatting climate change, abolishing the death penalty,... (photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster)

File - The CEO of Volkswagen Martin Winterkorn stands to the side as photographers shoot the new Audi A1 during the launch of production of the first Audi A1 in Brussels, Tuesday, May 11, 2010.

Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn quits over biggest scandal in its 78-year history
The Times of India BERLIN: Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn resigned on Wednesday, taking responsibility for the German carmaker's rigging of US emissions tests in the biggest scandal in... (photo: AP / Virginia Mayo)

In this March 12, 2009, file photo, Peanut Corporation of America's president Stewart Parnell arrives at a federal court in Lynchburg, Va.

Former peanut exec gets 28 years in prison for outbreak
Philadelphia Daily News ALBANY, Ga. (AP) - Before federal marshals led him from the courtroom en route to prison, possibly for the rest of his life, Stewart Parnell apologized years after his... (photo: AP / Don Petersen)

File - An internally displaced person receives medical treatment at a health clinic in the Manik Farm Camp, Sri Lanka, 23 May, 2009.

Lankan war crimes issue to come up at UNHRC tomorrow
The Times of India GENEVA: The alleged war crimes during Sri Lanka's final assault on the LTTE will come up once again here on Monday at the UNHRC, with the US set to bring a resolution... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe)

In this July 23, 2012, file photo, James Holmes, who is charged with killing 12 moviegoers and wounding 70 more in a shooting spree in a crowded theatre in 2012, sits in Arapahoe County District Court in Centennial, Colo.

James Holmes told psychiatrist of wish to 'kill as many people as possible'

Sun Sentinel More than a month before James Holmes' rampage on a Colorado movie theater, the head of his neuroscience graduate program called a campus police officer with alarming... (photo: AP / RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post via AP, Pool, File)