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Killer Mom Denied Parole After 30 Years Behind Bars

Susan Smith, a South Carolina mother who murdered her two sons, has been denied parole after 30 years behind bars.

Shoppers walk in the parking lot of a Walmart on August 1, 2020 in El Paso, Texas. The parking lot of the Walmart was the location where a 21-year-old white male shooter allegedly killed 23 people in a racist attack targeting Latinos. August 3rd marks the one-year anniversary of the deadliest attack against Hispanics in modern U.S. history. A number of memorial events are planned amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the Texas city which sits along the U.S.-Mexico border. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Walmart shooter receives 90 consecutive life sentences for 2019 attack

90 consecutive life sentences were handed down to the Texas man who killed 23 people at an El Paso Walmart in a targeted shooting against individuals of Mexican origin.

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz looks up as Assistant Public Defender Melisa McNeill gives the defenses opening statement during the penalty phase of his trial at the Broward County Courthouse August 22, 2022 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Cruz previously plead guilty to all 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the 2018 shootings. (Photo by Amy Beth Bennett -Pool/Getty Images)

Florida legalizes the death sentence without requiring a unanimous jury vote

In response to the life sentence given to the shooter who murdered 17 people at a Parkland high school, the Florida Legislature approved a bill on Thursday that would soon remove the requirement for unanimous jury recommendations before judges can impose death sentences.