The Death Penalty Information Center out of Washington D.C. sends along a feel-good statistic from 2008: The number of cops killed nationally by gunfire in the recently completed year dropped to its lowest level in about half a century.
Of course, that's no consolation for the loved ones of 33-year-old Phoenix police officer Nick Erfle (pictured), shot and killed on September 18, 2007, after he and his partner approached two women and a man who were jaywalking and obstructi
The first-degree murder case of accused cop killer Donald Delahanty is in the hands of a Maricopa County jury.
Superior Court Judge Warren Granville sent the 12-person panel home yesterday afternoon after opposing attorneys completed closing arguments in the death penalty trial.
The jurors were scheduled to begin deliberations this morning.
The prosecution has a strong case against Delahanty, a front-seat passenger in the late-model Monte Carlo tha