Convictions including the South Carolina church bomber in the Boston Marathon bomber. In the Boston Marathon case, massachusetts does not have a Death Penalty as a state. When the case was prosecuted federally in massachusetts the jury imposed the Death Penalty. Reporter Death Penalty sentences should be carried out said a crime victim advocate. Victims have to endure the loss of a loved one but then the entire criminal justice process. Reporter mina is president of the Advocacy Group crime victims united in auburn. She said she applauds the federal decision. To deny victims is completely horrendous. It takes away their voice and their right to seek justice. Reporter the Death Penalty has been controversial. There are a lot of problems with the penalty. People have been wrongfully convicted on death row. Reporter President Trump has spoken in favor of the death multi. Thursdays move as another divisive issue into the National Dialogue ahead of the 2020 president ial election. Many Dem
And no brake lights here yet. If your travels take you through concord and Pleasant Hill on to highway 24 youre looking at an eightminute drive. Checking in on our overall traffic map over the pass from tracy into dublin. Otherwise its green and good. We do have an accident on the peninsula 280 near magdalena, its not blocking lanes. A High School Teacher is accusing male students of sexually harassing her, everything from physical touching to obscene letters and phone calls. That teacher is at mt. Tamalpais high school, the second teacher in the north bay to come forward with these accusations. Reporter Amy Hollyfield is live in mill valley. Amy . Reporter hi, reggie. Eva rita is a math teacher here at mt. Tamalpais high school. She says she has been sexually harassed more than a dozen times by students here at school. She says she finally felt the courage to come forward and speak publicly about this after a teacher from Redwood High School told her story at a Board Meeting last mont
Enforcement facility off 101 in san martin when this crash happened. This was just before 6 00 this morning. Chp says the chevy was driving northbound on monoray road, turned in the driver died on the scene. A 44yearold man from san jose. The driver of the pickup truck was not injured but was very emotional about the crash. I spoke to the gas station clerk about what he saw. After, i saw he was sitting reporter did he look like he was okay . He was crying. He was crying. Reporter the chp investigated for several hours, they have not released his name. Well of course continue to cover the story online and later editions of abc 7 news. Southbound lanes of monterey road will be closed for now. Reporting live in san martin, matt keller, abc 7 news. Thank you. Of course, well have continuing coverage of the chp officers death on abc 7 news and ab7news. Com. Download the abc 7 news app for updates on this and breaking news any time. Happening now, San Francisco firefighters are remembering o
Being released as of yet and department is not being released as of yet until next of kin are notified. Here at nbc we are responsible journalists and wont make assumptions. But cleanup, see the motorcycle, thats the motorcycle that the officer was riding on during this fatality. This all happened before 6 00 a. M. And it was total dark and all he heard was the impact of the crash. According to a witness, traveling north on monterey and in turn lay for chester avenue and turned into the path of that 44yearold motorcycle driver. That 44yearold motorcycle driver a Law Enforcement officer who was on that motorcycle killed in that collision. That was a major shock to those who were just inches away from where this happened. This happened right in front of a convenience store. I dont see but i heard noise, big noise, around 5 40 between 5 45 and 6 00. Reporter what did it sound like . Boom. Big noise. And i thought something happened in bomb. Reporter back here live, where cleanup continues
Was at ocean beach. I was hanging out with friends when i was 14, i got dumped with water. You never think it will happen, and then just like that you can get pulled in. Be careful if you go to that beach or other beaches that face west or northwest. Any scary experiences . Only with the Police Officers that came to break up our bonfires. [ laughter ] i think theres a certain places you can go. Its not the roaring 80s that it used to be. [ laughter ] we begin the newscast with President Trump giving his first address to the United Nations General Assembly. He called on the un to do more to stop north Koreas Nuclear program saying it threatens the entire world. The United States has great strength and patience. But if it is forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea. Rocket man is on a Suicide Mission for himself and for his regime. He also criticized the iranian government calling it an economically depleted rogue state. Its cheap e