Outside the Beltway

Up to 13 people are dead and as many 20 injured after another mass shooting on a college campus.

Prosecutors in South Carolina announced that they will seek the death penalty for Charleston shooter Dylann Roof.

Four months in jail, no opportunity for bail, no trial, no access to mental health care. And, now Jamycheal Mitchell is dead.

A front page cover on yesterday’s murders in Virginia crosses the line from reporting to exploitation.

A reporter and cameraman for a local television station were killed, and a third person wounded, live on the air this morning.

Somewhat surprisingly, a jury in Colorado was unable to agree on a unanimous death sentence for Aurora movie theater shooter James Holmes.

A police officer in Cincinnati has been indicted for murder in a case that seems to be a pretty clear cut example of improper use of force.

Chris Christie says he would ignore states that have legalized marijuana if he became President. Fortunately, he will most likely never be President.

After 30 years in prison, Jonathan Pollard will be released later this year.

Reports are circulating that the Obama Administration is considering releasing Jonathan Pollard, and many are seeing it as an effort to placate Israel in the wake of the Iran deal.

A big win in Court for the former Texas Governor, but it’s unclear what this means politically.

Removing the responsibility to investigate police misconduct from the prosecutors who have to work with those police on a daily basis is a good idea.

Dylann Roof has been indicted in Federal Court for completely unnecessary reasons.

A few days late, but a story worth noting if it has escaped notice.

Almost exactly three years after the attack on a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, James Holmes was found guilty late yesterday.

Tragedy in Tennessee.

Contrary to what Donald Trump claims, immigrants are less likely to commit crime than others.

A good first step, but there’s a lot more than needs to be done to reform the criminal justice system.

Former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell is likely going to Federal Prison very soon.

The Supreme Court rejected a challenge to the way the death penalty is administered, dealing a serious blow to opponents of the death penalty.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev appeared in public for what is likely the last time in his life, apologized for the crimes he committed, and was unsurprisingly sentenced to death by a Federal Judge.

The debate is ultimately academic.

A 19 year old from Indiana faces a quarter century as a registered sex offender because he met a girl who lied about her age.

Nine people died overnight in a shooting at an historic African-American Church in Charleston, South Carolina.

The head of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has resigned in the wake of criminal charges for covering up sexual abuse of children.

A Judge in Cleveland has found that there is probable cause to charge a Cleveland Police Officer with murder in the death of Tamir Rice, but that is hardly the end of the matter.

So much for freedom of speech.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has been charged criminally for its role in covering up sexual abuse of children by Priests.

The Supreme Court has narrowed the means by which Federal prosecutors can prosecute someone for making statements online that could be perceived as threats.

The next shoe drops in the Dennis Hastert case.

Despite a veto from the state’s Governor, today Nebraska became the latest state to repeal the death penalty. Hopefully, others will follow.

Several of the top representatives of soccer’s governing body have been indicted by a Federal Grand Jury in New York.

The Cleveland Police Department has agreed to submit to significant monitoring in the wake of a damning Justice Department investigation.

The six Baltimore cops charged in the April death of Freddie Gray have been indicted by a Grand Jury.

The largely conservative state of Nebraska seems to be on the verge of repealing its law authorizing capital punishment.

The gang at The Week are surprised that “Only jurors who were open to the death penalty were chosen for the Tsarnaev trial.”

Final justice, but far from the end of the road.

Two of Chris Christie’s closest aides were indicted in connection with the Birdgegate scandal today, a third plead guilty, and Christie’s Presidential ambitions are pretty much dead.

Big news out of Baltimore and, perhaps, the beginning of justice for Freddie Gray.

Ta-Nehisi Coates is insightful and eloquent. He’s wrong in this instance.

Just over a week after a death at the hands of police that remains incredibly suspicious, Baltimore is the sight of violent riots.