No charges for officer in Garner chokehold death

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors won’t bring civil rights charges against a New York City police officer in the 2014 chokehold death of Eric Garner, a person familiar with the matter said Tuesday. The decision not to bring charges against Officer Daniel Pantaleo comes a day before the statute of limitations was set to... Read More

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Daniel Pantaleo, Eric Garner

July 16, 2019

Trial opens for Israeli woman charged in $145M fraud scheme

GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A federal trial begins this week for an Israeli woman charged in the U.S. with directing a scheme to defraud tens of thousands of investors across the globe out of tens of millions of dollars. Jury selection for Lee Elbaz’s trial began Tuesday morning in Maryland. She’s one of 15 defendants... Read More

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Lee Elbaz

July 16, 2019

Argentine Rocker sentenced to 22 years for abusing minors

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — An Argentine court has sentenced a rock musician to 22 years in prison for sexually abusing minors. The court ruled Friday that Cristian Aldana was guilty of abuse in four out of seven cases where he was accused. Authorities say the abuses took place from 2001-2008. At the time the... Read More

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Cristian Aldana

July 15, 2019

Hearing scheduled in Mario Batali indecent assault case

BOSTON (AP) — A hearing has been scheduled for next month in the indecent assault and battery case against celebrity chef Mario Batali. Batali did not appear at a brief pre-trial hearing in a Boston courtroom on Friday. He had waived his right to appear. A spokeswoman for the Suffolk District Attorney says the next... Read More

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Mario Batali

July 15, 2019

Sports court sets date for African Champions League ruling

GENEVA (AP) — Sport’s highest court will rule this month on how to resolve the chaotic African Champions League final which was abandoned in May when one team stopped playing in protest. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said Monday it set a July 31 deadline for a final decision after both clubs appealed to... Read More

Criminal Justice News, International Justice Watch, News, Sports

July 15, 2019

Man faces second sentence in Charlottesville car attack

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A man sentenced to life in prison on federal hate crime charges for deliberately driving his car into anti-racism protesters during a white nationalist rally in Virginia is set to face a state judge who could add another life sentence, plus 419 years. James Alex Fields Jr., 22, will be sentenced... Read More

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James Alex Fields Jr.

July 15, 2019

9 more women file lawsuits against UCLA gynecologist

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nine more women have alleged in two lawsuits they were sexually assaulted by a former gynecologist who worked for the University of California, Los Angeles. The lawsuits state the women were assaulted by Dr. James Heaps during examinations between 1989 and 2017. The women allege the inappropriate touching sometimes without gloves... Read More

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James Heaps

July 15, 2019

Appeals court gives Trump a win in sanctuary city case

SEATTLE (AP) — A federal appeals court gave President Donald Trump a rare legal win in his efforts to crack down on “sanctuary cities” Friday, upholding the Justice Department’s decision to give preferential treatment in awarding community policing grants to cities that cooperate with immigration authorities. The 2-1 opinion overturned a nationwide injunction issued by... Read More

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Sanctuary City

July 15, 2019

Barr: Justice Dept. is ‘all in’ on criminal justice overhaul

EDGEFIELD, S.C. (AP) — Leroy Nolan has spent the last 26 years behind bars at a federal prison for a drug conviction. In the prison factory, he works making T-shirts, backpacks and other products that are later sold to government agencies, nonprofits and others. But what has become a decades-long routine for Nolan behind the... Read More

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William Barr

July 15, 2019

Police: 69-year-old man dies after attacking migrant jail

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A 69-year-old man armed with a rifle threw incendiary devices at an immigration jail in Washington state early Saturday morning, then was found dead after four police officers arrived and opened fire, authorities said. The Tacoma Police Department said the officers responded about 4 a.m. to the privately run Tacoma Northwest... Read More

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Willem Van Spronsen

July 15, 2019

Inside Epstein network, layer upon layer to protect the boss

NEW YORK (AP) — A few cells away from drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman at a New York City jail, jet-setting financier Jeffrey Epstein sits accused of running a different kind of criminal network. There was the team of recruiters and enablers bringing Epstein dozens of underage girls to sexually abuse, federal prosecutors allege.... Read More

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Jeffrey Epstein

July 15, 2019

Closing arguments set in Oklahoma’s case against drugmakers

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Closing arguments are scheduled to begin in Oklahoma’s case against Johnson & Johnson alleging the consumer products giant and its subsidiaries helped fuel the state’s opioid crisis. Each side will have about two hours Monday to make their cases to Cleveland County District Judge Thad Balkman, who is expected to issue... Read More

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Johnson & Johnson, Opioids

July 15, 2019

Judges to decide on bond hearings for R. Kelly indictments

CHICAGO (AP) — Federal judges will decide how to proceed with bond hearings in two separate federal indictments against R. Kelly. The 52-year-old singer was arrested Thursday night while walking his dog on a 13-count indictment that includes sex crimes and obstruction of justice. A federal indictment was also unsealed in New York Friday that... Read More

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R. Kelly

July 15, 2019

Jeffrey Epstein will remain jailed as judge mulls bail

NEW YORK (AP) — Financier Jeffrey Epstein will remain behind bars for now as a federal judge mulls whether to grant bail on charges he sexually abused underage girls. The judge said Monday he needed more time to make a decision during a hearing Monday in New York. Federal prosecutors maintained the well-connected Epstein, 66,... Read More

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Jeffrey Epstein

No charges for officer in Garner chokehold death

Trial opens for Israeli woman charged in $145M fraud scheme

Argentine Rocker sentenced to 22 years for abusing minors

Hearing scheduled in Mario Batali indecent assault case

Sports court sets date for African Champions League ruling

Man faces second sentence in Charlottesville car attack

9 more women file lawsuits against UCLA gynecologist

Appeals court gives Trump a win in sanctuary city case

Barr: Justice Dept. is ‘all in’ on criminal justice overhaul

Police: 69-year-old man dies after attacking migrant jail

Inside Epstein network, layer upon layer to protect the boss

Closing arguments set in Oklahoma’s case against drugmakers

Judges to decide on bond hearings for R. Kelly indictments

Jeffrey Epstein will remain jailed as judge mulls bail

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