Two experts say a Marion man, who is claiming insanity in fatal strangling of son, couldn’t distinguish right from wrong when he strangled his 5-year-old son in October 2024. He was under a delusion that he would save the child from severe food allergies, which he believed would be a more painful death.
The decision centers on tariffs imposed under an emergency powers law, including the sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs he levied on nearly every other country.
Same technology that led to the arrest of Jerry Burns in 1979 Cedar Rapids murder could shed light on Arizona abduction.
Three brothers told police they tied their 18-year-old brother to a mattress in November 2024 because he was delusional and threatening to kill himself and the family. They untied him but it was too late, he was already dead. The brothers are on trial this week in Linn County, charged with involuntary manslaughter and two other charges.
A Marion father, charged with fatal strangling of his 5-year-old son, said he understood the consequences of the act. He was killing his son and taking away his own freedom.
A Marion father told police his “anxiety” told him to kill his 5-year-old son on Oct. 29, 2024. He had thought about using knives but then strangled him. He thought his son would be “better off not being here” because of his son’s serious food allergies.
The settlement would eliminate some of the risk from an eventual and uncertain Supreme Court ruling — both for Bayer and for patients seeking damages.
Iowa District Court Judge Scott Beattie also rejected defendants’ requests to pause the trial until after a federal court ruling on a similar lawsuit or until after Trump leaves office
Iowa legislators not alone in proposing changes to sentencing, police training and immigration enforcement agreements.
Izabella Denny was 21 months old when she suffered injuries in the 2013 crash that killed her mother. She died in 2024 from complications of permanent injuries suffered in the crash.
Michael Hodges Jr., who knew his assailant, slain in October 2023
A Marion woman and a Marion teen were arrested this week on charges that they broke into an apartment, and the teen stabbed an occupant of the apartment in the chest.
Appeals court overturns first-degree murder conviction of Duval Walker Jr., who fatally shot Cameron Barnes on March 17, 2023 in a Marion bar. The court granted a new trial to Walker based on a juror having “actual bias” because he had knowledge of Walker’s previous conviction, which a judge had excluded from evidence at trial to avoid any prejudiced against Walker.
Continuing the Mercy Iowa City bankruptcy saga now in its third year, a judge this week denied MercyOne’s request he dismiss the liquidated hospital’s complaint against it, in part, for being too long, detailed and wordy.
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