Teenagers execution prompts UN call for halt to death penalty in Iran

United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Skye Lee Valdez, age 20, of Mission, South Dakota, appeared before United States Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno on September 20, 2011, and pled guilty to third-degree burglary and aiding and abetting. The maximum penalty upon conviction is 10 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, or both. On May 30, 2011, Valdez aided and abetted the burglary of a Subway restaurant by responding to communications from his co-defendant and going to the .... [More]