Domenico Montanaro | NPR|Lee Boyd Malvo was convicted in the 2002 killings and is serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole. But he was a minor, and the Supreme Court says that's not allowed in most cases now.
In a killing that echoes mob murders of the 1980s, a man who was believed to be running a Mafia family was gunned down outside his home in Staten Island.
A federal judge rejects the government's argument that identifying and reuniting families separated before the zero tolerance policy was announced is too burdensome.
The ruling is the latest in a protracted legal drama surrounding a 20-year-old murder case. Attorneys for the man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend say they haven't exhausted their legal options.
The charges expand the initial single count of filing a false police report. Now Smollett is charged with multiple counts tied to different aspects of his alleged false report about being attacked.
