Lawsuit calls for full public view of executions in Virginia

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Prison officials are unconstitutionally limiting public access to executions in Virginia by blocking witnesses from seeing certain steps in the process, four news organizations allege in a federal lawsuit filed Monday. The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Richmond alleges that the department is violating the First Amendment by using... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Execution, News

September 20, 2019

Officer who guarded El Chapo’s wife arrested in drug sting

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police officer who moonlighted as a bodyguard for the wife of convicted Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was arrested in a drug sting Wednesday after prosecutors say he transported cocaine for an undercover officer posing as a drug dealer. Ishmael Bailey, 36, cried as he... Read More

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El Chapo, Ishmael Bailey

September 20, 2019

Woman who reported rape testifies that she didn’t protest

GEORGETOWN, Del. (AP) — A woman who says she was raped by an ex-University of Delaware baseball player accused of multiple sexual assaults testified under cross-examination Thursday that she did not protest when he removed all her clothes as they lay in his bed. The woman also acknowledged that she told friends in the days... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Abuse

Clay Conaway

September 20, 2019

Recording details synagogue shooting suspect’s 911 call

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Prosecutors on Thursday played a 12-minute recording of a gunman calmly telling a 911 dispatcher that he had just fired an assault rifle inside a synagogue to save white people from Jews, describing terms for a peaceful surrender and scolding law enforcement for taking too much time to find him in... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, News

John T. Earnest

September 20, 2019

Former fugitive couple plead not guilty to Arizona killing

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A couple arrested after a 16-day escape from extradition to southern Arizona to face charges in a Tucson murder pleaded not guilty in the case Thursday. Blane Barksdale, 56, and his 59-year-old wife, Susan Barksdale, had a video arraignment in Pima County Superior Court. The couple is facing multiple charges including... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Blane Barksdale, Susan Barksdale

September 20, 2019

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A crewman injured while escaping the fire that killed 34 people aboard a dive boat off Southern California sued the vessel’s owner and the company that chartered it. Ryan Sims filed the lawsuit last week in Ventura County Superior Court saying the boat was unseaworthy and operated in an unsafe manner.... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

the Conception

September 20, 2019

Who are the Sacklers, the family behind maker of OxyContin?

For a family with its name on a wing of one of the world’s most famous museums and a school at a prestigious university, members of the Sackler clan have done a remarkable job of vanishing from public life. The family owns OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, which filed for bankruptcy this week as part of... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, News

Opioids, Sackler

September 20, 2019

Officials detail drug overdose case against political donor

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gemmel Moore had moved back home with his mother in Texas two years ago and was missing Los Angeles when he texted a photo of syringe in an arm to a wealthy gay man he knew in California. Ed Buck, an influential political activist more than twice Moore’s age, later replied:... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, News

Ed Buck

September 20, 2019

California’s dive boat, Ghost Ship fires share legal lessons

LOS ANGELES (AP) — One was a ship in name only, an artist commune set up in an Oakland warehouse. The other was a bona fide boat afloat on the ocean off Santa Barbara. Both became fiery death traps for a combined 70 souls, two of the worst disasters in modern California history. Each has... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Ghost Ship, the Conception

September 20, 2019

Judge set to rule on trial for suspect in synagogue shooting

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A judge was expected to rule Friday whether a 20-year-old former college student should stand trial on charges of firing an assault rifle inside a synagogue, killing one woman and injuring three, including a rabbi and an 8-year-old girl. Prosecutors on Thursday played a 12-minute recording of the gunman calmly telling... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, News

John Earnest

September 20, 2019

Mechanic due to enter plea in airliner sabotage case

MIAMI (AP) — A former American Airlines mechanic who prosecutors say may have some links to terrorists is due to enter a plea to charges that he sabotaged an aircraft with 150 people aboard. An arraignment hearing is scheduled Friday for 60-year-old Abdul-Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani in Miami federal court. He’s charged with deliberately disabling... Read More

Criminal Justice News, National Security, News

September 20, 2019

Tiger Woods’ girlfriend dropped from wrongful death lawsuit

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Golfer Tiger Woods’ girlfriend has been dropped from a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the parents of a drunken driver who died in a car crash. The lawsuit initially named Woods, his girlfriend Erica Herman and The Woods restaurant. His name was dropped from the litigation in June. The... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sports

Erica Herman, Tiger Woods

September 20, 2019

3M halting some work in Alabama for environmental reasons

DECATUR, Ala. (AP) — A company that’s facing lawsuits and public scrutiny over pollution from a north Alabama plant says it’s suspending some manufacturing work because of environmental reasons. A statement issued by 3M Co. says it is temporarily halting some operations at its factory in Decatur, but no layoffs are expected. The company says... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Environment, News

September 19, 2019

Tekashi 6ix9ine recounts abduction for jury at NYC trial

NEW YORK (AP) — Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine described for a Manhattan jury Wednesday details from his life of crime with a violent street gang, including getting abducted at gunpoint amid a dispute between warring factions of the crew. Testifying as a prosecution witness at the federal trial of two alleged members of the Nine Trey... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, News

Tekashi 6ix9ine

Lawsuit calls for full public view of executions in Virginia

Officer who guarded El Chapo’s wife arrested in drug sting

Woman who reported rape testifies that she didn’t protest

Recording details synagogue shooting suspect’s 911 call

Former fugitive couple plead not guilty to Arizona killing

Who are the Sacklers, the family behind maker of OxyContin?

Officials detail drug overdose case against political donor

California’s dive boat, Ghost Ship fires share legal lessons

Judge set to rule on trial for suspect in synagogue shooting

Mechanic due to enter plea in airliner sabotage case

Tiger Woods’ girlfriend dropped from wrongful death lawsuit

3M halting some work in Alabama for environmental reasons

Tekashi 6ix9ine recounts abduction for jury at NYC trial

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