Killing Fields
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| First episode date | January 5, 2016 |
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| Networks | Discovery Channel |
| Budget | 3 Million |
| Original language | English Language |
| Executive producers | Barry Levinson |
| Tom Fontana | |
| Denise Contis | |
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| ID | 1605249 |
About Killing Fields
The unsolved 1997 murder of Louisiana State University graduate student Eugenie Boisfontaine motivates Detective Rodie Sanchez to come out of retirement and re-open the case. Shot in real time, `Killing Fields' - Discovery Channel's first-ever true-crime series - follows Sanchez as he hopes to make good on a broken promise to Eugenie's mother: to find the person (or persons) responsible for killing her daughter. Will advancements in forensic science and DNA analysis since 1997 be enough to crack the case for good? And will Rodie be able to finally rest and move beyond the case that has forever haunted him? Joining the investigation is Aubrey St Angelo, a hot-shot detective who asks tough questions, and law-enforcement personnel in Iberville Parish, Louisiana. …
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Biden urges ban on assault-style weapons and gun age limits
President Joe Biden has said the US should ban assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines to tackle the " carnage" of gun violence.
In a primetime speech to The Nation from the White House, Mr Biden said too many everyday places In America had become Killing Fields .
He Said if Congress cannot outlaw such weapons, it should seek to raise the age to purchase them from 18 to 21.
Mr Biden spoke after a string of mass shootings in the country.
In remarks from the White House, he also called for expansions of federal background checks and nationwide Red Flag laws, which allow courts to order weapons to be removed from anyone deemed to be a danger to others or themselves.
" This is not about taking away anyone's guns, " said the Democratic president.
" This isn't about taking away anyone's rights, " he added. " It's about protecting children. "
He continued: " Why in God's name should an ordinary citizen be able to purchase an assault weapon that holds 30-round magazines, that let mass shooters fire hundreds of bullets in a matter of minutes? "
Mr Biden's remarks come in The Wake of mass shootings in Buffalo, New York , Uvalde, Texas, and Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Even as he prepared to speak on Thursday, multiple people were shot in an attack at a cemetery in Racine, Wisconsin .
Source of news: bbc.com
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