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Sanders heads to Nevada and South Carolina where he faces more diverse voters

Sen. Bernie Sanders heads into the next two February contests - the Nevada caucuses and the South Carolina primary - with the shine of frontrunner status.




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Sanders takes seven point lead over Biden in Nevada

Sen. Bernie Sanders has a 7-point lead in Nevada over former Vice President Joe Biden with that state's caucuses just eight days away.




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Hillary Clinton is ordered to be DEPOSED over her secret server for the first time

A federal district court judge wants to know whether Hillary Clinton used a private email server to 'evade' FOIA laws and ordered that she be deposed on the matter.




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100,000 call for pardon for Marine Sgt Alexander Blackman who shot Afghan fighter

More than 100,000 people have signed an e-petition asking for Sergeant Alexander Blackman to be freed and to have his murder conviction rescinded as he 'defended his country from a terrorist'.




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US Marine accused of drowning Filipina transgender date has 'not guilty' plea entered for him

A U.S. Marine charged with murdering a transgender woman that he met in a red-light district bar in the Philippines refused to enter a plea as he sought to have the case dismissed.




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Daily Mail fights to overturn Alexander Blackman's life conviction

Sergeant Alexander Blackman – believed to be the only British serviceman ever convicted of murder on the battlefield – was locked up as a ‘political scapegoat’ for failings by top brass, say supporters.




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Marine Alexander Blackman's comrades were blown to pieces in 'hell'

Alexander Blackman, an Acting Colour Sergeant in the Royal Marines was judged to be of 'impeccable moral courage' until he was 'dismissed with disgrace'.




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Colonel resigned in protest at the betrayal of Sergeant Alexander Blackman

Only a few days before the Alexander Blackman shot a Taliban casualty, Oliver Lee (pictured) had been made the Marine's de facto Commanding Officer, although they had never met.




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Plot to cover up evidence that could vindicate Alexander Blackman revealed

Military chiefs are plotting to cover up a damning report that could help free Sgt Alexander Blackman jailed for murder with top brass planning to 'sweep under the carpet' evidence that could clear the Marine.




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Evidence that backs Alexander Blackman to be cynically suppressed 

Covered in the censor’s black ink, this is the official report the Navy plans to publish into the shooting incident – with only Blackman’s name visible. The report draws ‘challenging’ conclusions about failures through the chain of command.




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Court martial panel for Alexander Blackman 'was split 5-2 over guilty verdict' 

Alexander Blackman was found guilty by only five of the seven jurors trying him, it was claimed yesterday. The other two officers on the court martial panel are said to have come under ‘very considerable pressure’ to change their not guilty verdicts.




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Read what Alexander Blackman endured and ask would you have SNAPPED? 

Commissioned by the Royal Navy’s Fleet Commander, Vice Admiral Sir Philip Jones, and conducted by a respected Royal Marine brigadier, the investigation into the court martial of Sergeant Alexander Blackman took almost a year longer than expected.




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From the migrant crisis to Alexander Blackman, will Western leaders ever learn?

Interventions in small Muslim states over the last twenty years, far from saving the West from the threats from dictators, have left Britain and America more at risk than ever.




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Only a retrial can fix Marine Alexander Blackman's injustice, DAILY MAIL COMMENT

Day Two of our campaign to secure a retrial for Marine Sergeant Alexander Blackman, pictured, and the disturbing questions mount over his conviction.




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Sgt Alexander Blackman's wife reveals how his imprisonment for 'murder' has devastated her

Being married to a convicted criminal can never be easy. How much harder, though, to be Mrs Alexander Blackman — certain that her husband has been the victim of a miscarriage of justice.




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MPs join fight to clear Taliban murder Marine Sgt Alexander Blackman

A number of senior politicians, including three MPs on the defence select committee, have demanded the troubling case of Sergeant Alexander Blackman be reopened.




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Mail readers boost legal fund for Sergeant Blackman to £73,000 in just two days 

Messages of support and financial contributions have poured in after the Mail revealed shocking evidence casting doubt on the jailed Royal Marine Alexander Blackman’s conviction.




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Frederick Forsyth drops dark hints about Sgt Blackman's court martial

Author Frederick Forsyth, 77, raises the possibility that the Taliban fighter shot by Sergeant Alexander Blackman may well have been dead at the moment that the Marine fired at him.




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Daily Mail readers have given us a glimmer of hope, says wife of Alexander Blackman

After speaking to her husband in Erlestoke Prison, Wiltshire, yesterday, Claire Blackman said he was overwhelmed to learn of the flood of support from thousands of people.




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Alexander Blackman being in prison breaks Sarah Vine's heart

My grandfather has been very much in my mind this week as I’ve read about Royal Marine Alexander Blackman, who is serving life for killing a mortally wounded Taliban fighter, writes SARAH VINE.




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Jailed Sergeant Alexander Blackman's wife's fury as military chiefs fob her off

Sergeant Blackman, who is thought to be the only British serviceman jailed for murder on the battlefield, is serving life for shooting a fatally wounded Taliban insurgent in Afghanistan.




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Bristol woman donates £1k to Sergeant Alexander Blackman appeal

Margaret Leathers, 90, from Bristol, delivered a stark dressing down to military chiefs for their ‘disgusting’ treatment of the ‘heroic’ marine Sergeant Alexander Blackman.




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Lord Burnett believes Sergeant Alexander Blackman court martial was 'flawed'

Lord Burnett, who was a Royal Marine commando for seven years, said the court martial which found Alexander Blackman guilty of murder for shooting a wounded Taliban gunman, was flawed.




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I'd follow Sergeant Alexander Blackman through the gates of hell, says marine

Cassidy Little said Sergeant Blackman’s life term for shooting a dying insurgent in Afghanistan – with eight years before parole – was disproportionate and ‘must be corrected’.




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Evidence that could win justice for Alexander Blackman

The leaked report will now form a major plank of Sergeant Alexander Blackman’s battle for justice, which was debated in Parliament yesterday.




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Alexander Blackman's wife watches as MPs demand justice

Four former marines – including his colleague Cassidy Little, who lost a leg while on patrol in Afghanistan – joined the family of Sergeant Alexander Blackman at Westminster Hall.




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Mum of war hero who died serving with Alexander Blackman defends Marine

Retired headmistress Serena Alexander said everyone in the unit was ‘dreadfully traumatised’ by the tour, which claimed the life of her son Sam, 28, (pictured) and six of his comrades.




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Alexander Blackman's legal campaign gets £50k boost from Lord Ashcroft

Amid an extraordinary outpouring of public generosity, the donation from the former Tory party deputy chairman is the largest single contribution to Sergeant Alexander Blackman's campaign yet.




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Marine Sgt Alexander Blackman given longer sentence than killers and pedophiles

Research by the Daily Mail shows that dozens of killers, rapists and violent attackers are escaping with much lower sentences than that of Royal Marine Alexander Blackman (pictured).




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Alexander Blackman's jailing is a 'scandal' as conviction review campaign grows

Lance Corporal Martin Gill, 22, was one of seven Royal Marines killed on the 2011 tour of Helmand Province which ended in Sgt Blackman ‘snapping’ under extreme psychological pressure.




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Alexander Blackman's commander Ewen Murchison posing with Cheryl Cole on nightmare day

On the same day that Miss Cole was entertaining troops, 90 miles away Sgt Blackman, pictured, shot a dying Taliban fighter and sparked one of the most controversial episodes of the Afghan war.




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Fund for Sergeant Alexander Blackman tops £750k as readers help his battle for justice

Sergeant Alexander Blackman, the Royal Marine jailed for murder declared a 'huge thank you' yesterday to Mail readers who have raised £750,000 in less than a month.




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FREDERICK FORSYTH asks what happened in the treatment of Marine Alex Blackman

Sergeant Alex Blackman went into hell many times for the corps and this country - and he gave the senior officer corps of the Royal Marines his total loyalty, writes FREDERICK FORSYTH.




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Troops vow to defy MoD chiefs' ban on joining Alexander Blackman rally

Defiant servicemen said they would join hundreds of veterans gathering outside Parliament today to demand justice for Sergeant Alexander Blackman, who was jailed for life for murder in 2013.




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ROBERT HARDMAN watches peaceful protest in support of Alexander Blackman

Of all the demonstrations Parliament Square in London has seen over the years, this was surely one of the most remarkable, writes ROBERT HARDMAN.




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Troops who marched for Alexander Blackman could have their pay docked

More than 1,000 veterans marched to Parliament in support of comrade Alexander Blackman, who is serving eight years for killing a Taliban captive in the heat of battle in Afghanistan in 2011.




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Prince Harry's fury at Marine Alexander Blackman's jail term

The Prince has told friends he is appalled by the treatment of Sergeant Alexander Blackman, 41, who must spend at least eight years behind bars for shooting a fatally wounded enemy combatant in 2011.




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Prince Harry says Alexander Blackman's treatment is ludicrous

Sergeant Alexander Blackman, 41, is serving eight years for killing a wounded Taliban fighter in the heat of battle in Afghanistan in 2011.




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David Cameron hints Alexander Blackman's conviction for murder should be reviewed  

Lawyers for Sergeant Alexander Blackman – who was jailed for life for killing a wounded Taliban fighter – are drawing up an application to petition the Criminal Cases Review Commission.




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Comrade who may have helped clear jailed Alexander Blackman is silenced

Claire Blackman will hand a dossier to the Criminal Cases Review Commission in Birmingham as part of a push to have her husband's case sent back to the Court of Appeal.




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Sergeant Alexander Blackman's photograph shows J Company of 42 Commando Marines

The poignant never-before-published image was taken by Sergeant Alexander Blackman, who was jailed for life when he shot dead a wounded Taliban soldier in Afghanistan in 2011.




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Veterans back Marine Alex Blackman who was jailed for Taliban fighter's murder

Claire Blackman, wife of Sgt Alex Blackman - otherwise known as Marine A - said new key evidence is being handed to the Criminal Cases Review Commission in Birmingham today.




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Jailed Marine Sergeant Alexander Blackman's appeal is launched in Birmingham

The battle for justice for Sergeant Alexander Blackman of the Royal Marines continues to stand out as one of the most striking legal campaigns of recent times. Pictured, supporters in Birmingham.




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Jailed Royal Marine A Sergeant Alexander Blackman wins right to a fresh appeal

An official review has cast doubt on Sergeant Alexander Blackman's conviction for killing a Taliban insurgent and concluded it could be overturned as a miscarriage of justice.




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Colonel who quit the Marines in protest for Alexander Blackman to be given a fair hearing

Colonel Oliver Lee said the court martial that condemned Alexander Blackman to life in prison for murdering a dying Taliban insurgent in Afghanistan was 'not balanced'.




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Ex-SAS chief John Holmes leads pleas to bail Sgt Alexander Blackman

Lawyers will argue Sgt Alexander Blackman, imprisoned for murder for shooting a wounded insurgent in Afghanistan, deserves to be granted bail and reunited with his family.




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KATIE HOPKINS joins the campaign to free Marine A Sgt Alexander Blackman

KATIE HOPKINS joins Marines, Chelsea Pensioners and the ordinary men and women campaigning to free 'Marine A', Sgt Alexander Blackman.




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'Marine A' Alexander Blackman's wife arrives at court to hear whether he will be freed

His wife Claire was in court as the Lord Chief Justice denied his immediate release from prison where he is serving a life sentence for shooting a Taliban fighter.




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Sgt Blackman's conviction for murdering an injured Taliban fighter could be quashed

Judge Jeff Blackett has been criticised by the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) for failing to offer a jury the chance to convict Alexander Blackman of manslaughter.




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Sgt Alexander Blackman receives major boost

Former Royal Marine Commando Neal Ascherson has joined the campaign to secure the release of Sgt Alexander Blackman who is serving eight years for killing a wounded Taliban terrorist.