A man was wrongfully arrested and detained at a Hawaii state psychiatric hospital for two years in a case of mistaken identity. Joshua Spriestersbach, 55, had been living on the street in 2017 when police arrested him for offences perpetrated by another man named Thomas Castleberry. At the time, Castleberry had already been incarcerated in Alaska since 2016, accordingContinue reading “An Innocent Man Wins An Enormous Payout”
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How A Firing Squad Botched An Execution
According to his attorneys, state marksmen botched the execution of a South Carolina police killer who decided to die by firing squad last month, forcing him to endure a torturous, drawn-out death. Mikal Mahdi, 42, was put to death on April 11 for killing an off-duty police officer in 2004. Mahdi chose the firing squadContinue reading “How A Firing Squad Botched An Execution”