The state of Alabama executed convicted murderer Andrew Reid Lackey who prisoner rights groups said was mentally ill, Reuters reported. The 29-year-old Lackey was put to death by lethal injection at Holman Prison in the Atmore, marking the state's first execution since 2011.
Ariel Castro, the Cleveland man accused of imprisoning and torturing three women for a decade, agreed Friday to plead guilty and serve a life sentence without parole, plus 1,000 years.
More than 100 people suspected of Mafia involvement in Italy were arrested Friday as police launched two separate operations near Rome and in the country's southern Calabria region.
A commuter train that derailed in Santiage De Compostela Spain smashed into a security wall as it rounded a bend was going faster than was required. 80 people were killed.
