ST. PAUL, Minn. — The final three people accused in the killing of a young mother have pleaded guilty in a rare situation where Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz took the case away from Hennepin County prosecutors and handed it to Attorney General Keith Ellison amid public criticism that the original plea deal was too lenient. In a plea agreement, Erick …
On Sept. 28, 2016, in Townville, S.C., 14-year-old Jesse Osborne shot his father to death with a.40-caliber pistol while he slept. The prosecutor in the case, explaining why he’d sought life without parole for a teenager, was blunt: “He did a horrible thing and he’s a horrible person.” But the fact remains that Osborne was still a child when his …
