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ALAN SCHER ZAGIER, Associated Press
ST. LOUIS (AP) —
A federal autopsy in the Ferguson police shooting reached similar conclusions to those performed by local officials and a private examiner hired by 18-year-old Michael Brown's family, documents released Monday evening show.
The Armed Forces Medical Examiner System's autopsy on Brown, conducted at the request of the Department of Justice, was among grand jury documents that St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Bob McCulloch released Monday with little explanation. Other documents include transcripts of eight federal interviews of possible witnesses to Brown's shooting in early August; police radio traffic; and an alleged audio recording of the shots fired by Wilson.
Many of documents contained information that was similar or identical to the materials that McCulloch released on Nov. 24 after a grand jury decided not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in Brown's shooting death. A transcript of testimony from an Air Force pathologist who performed the Justice Department autopsy was included in the November documents, but the autopsy report itself was not released until Monday.
LYNSEY CHUTEL, Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG (AP) —
The family of a Swedish citizen who was killed on her honeymoon in Cape Town said they will have sleepless nights for the rest of their lives, after her husband was acquitted of the murder on Monday.
Shrien Dewani was found not guilty by Judge Jeanette Traverso who said the prosecution did not present sufficient evidence.
Dewani had been accused of arranging the murder of his wife Anni in 2010. He said she was killed during a botched carjacking.
The not guilty verdict is so controversial that the South African justice ministry has demanded a report on why this and other high profile cases have been lost by state prosecutors.
"The justice system has failed us, and we're deeply disappointed," said Ami Denborg, Anni Dewani's sister, in a televised appearance.
Justice Minister Michael Masutha has requested a full report from South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority, detailing the investigation and prosecution of the Dewani case and the lack of guilty verdicts in two other prominent murders: the case against Oscar Pistorius and the investigation into the murder of South African soccer team captain, Senzo Meyiwa.
"He wants to reflect on how the system has fared in all these high profile cases that have been negatively reported," said Mthunzi Mhaga, spokesman for justice ministry. "Negative reporting to him means criticism of the system."
The Associated Press
Luke Somers, an American who was killed during a rescue attempt against his al-Qaida captors in Yemen, had been working as a freelance photographer and editor in that country, and those who knew him say he had "wanderlust" and was drawn to new experiences.
Lucy Somers told The Associated Press on Saturday that that she learned of her 33-year-old brother's death from FBI agents. He had been kidnapped in September 2013 in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa.
President Barack Obama said Saturday that he authorized the rescue attempt because the U.S. had information that Somers' life was in "imminent danger."
U.S. special forces had tried to rescue Somers last month.
"My life is in danger," Somers said in video footage, which appeared to mimic hostage videos released by the Islamic State group.
Lucy Somers said her brother had worked tirelessly to raise awareness of people's plight in Yemen, and improve things with his work.