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1 “Life or death for Colorado movie theater shooter?”

2 Since the death penalty was reinstated in Colorado more than 35 years ago, the state has executed just one person. Now comes the case of James Holmes, who faces 166 counts of murder and attempted murder for a shooting at an Aurora movie theater that left 12 people dead and 58 wounded. If there ever was a poster boy for capital punishment, legal analysts say, the 25-year-old Holmes would fit the bill. On Monday, prosecutors will decide whether they will accept a defense request to take the death penalty off the table if Holmes pleads guilty. More and more states are abolishing the death penalty. Currently, 33 states have the legal option of imposing the death penalty, while 17 plus the District of Columbia do not.

3 He'd said his daddy always told him that a fool never changes his mind. And Elwin Wilson didn't want to be a fool. Wilson, a former Ku Klux Klan member who apologized for his racist past and specifically for beating a black man who went on to become a U.S. congressman, has died. He was 76. Wilson came to national attention when he publicly apologized to Georgia Rep. John Lewis. He and his friends attacked Lewis at a bus station in South Carolina some 50 years ago. He'd said his daddy always told him that a fool never changes his mind. And Elwin Wilson didn't want to be a fool. Wilson, a former Ku Klux Klan member who apologized for his racist past and specifically for beating a black man who went on to become a U.S. congressman, has died. He was 76. Wilson came to national attention when he publicly apologized to Georgia Rep. John Lewis. He and his friends attacked Lewis at a bus station in South Carolina some 50 years ago. Three people were killed and dozens were injured in a massive pileup on a highway in Virginia on Sunday, police said. A total of 95 vehicles were involved in 17 "chain- reaction" crashes in the southbound lanes of Interstate 77, Virginia State Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller said. Twenty-five people were transported to hospitals for treatment, she said. The first calls to 911 came in at around 1:15 p.m. as fog engulfed the highway. Three people were killed and dozens were injured in a massive pileup on a highway in Virginia on Sunday, police said. A total of 95 vehicles were involved in 17 "chain- reaction" crashes in the southbound lanes of Interstate 77, Virginia State Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller said. Twenty-five people were transported to hospitals for treatment, she said. The first calls to 911 came in at around 1:15 p.m. as fog engulfed the highway. In Other News


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