WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday threw out the murder conviction and death sentence of a black man in Mississippi because of a prosecutor's efforts to keep African Americans off the jury. The defendant already has been tried six times and now could face a seventh trial. The removal...
Fresno County Employee Served Time for Murder. Now He's Running for Office.
By David Taub and Bill McEwen When Tony Morgan Amundson, an appraiser in the Fresno County Assessor-Recorder's Office, approached his boss about running for the elected position in Mariposa County, Paul Dictos encouraged him to give it a try. Imagine Dictos' surprise when he found out Monday (March 26) that...