Ex-pharmaceutical exec to be sentenced for pushing opioid

BOSTON (AP) — The founder of an Arizona pharmaceutical company is expected to be sentenced in Boston’s federal court Thursday for his role in a bribery and kickback scheme that prosecutors said helped fuel the opioid crisis. John Kapoor, the 76-year-old former chairman of Insys Therapeutics, was found guilty of racketeering conspiracy last May after... Read More

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John Kapoor, Opioids

January 22, 2020

Indicted former Mexico security chief not interested in plea

NEW YORK (AP) — Mexico’s former top security official is “very much looking forward” to fighting charges he took tens of millions of dollars in drug-money bribes to protect Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s notorious Sinaloa cartel, a defense attorney said Tuesday. Genaro Garcia Luna “adamantly denies that he accepted any bribes” and is not interested... Read More

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Genaro Garcia Luna, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman

January 22, 2020

Court ruling ends long legal fight in Chinese torture case

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A federal appeals court ruling Tuesday ended a 15-year-old legal fight in the U.S. over whether a Chinese television official incited torture in his country against members of the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement. A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York rejected a request... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Falun Gong, Zhao Zhizhen

January 22, 2020

Lawyer: Video doesn’t show whole story in Vegas bus attack

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Transit bus video appearing to show a 26-year-old man punching and seriously injuring a former U.S. Marine in his 60’s doesn’t tell the whole story about the incident, a defense lawyer said Tuesday. Nathaniel Graves Jr.’s attorney, Garrett Ogata, didn’t immediately say what parts were missing. He lost a bid to... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Nathaniel Graves Jr.

January 22, 2020

Weinstein defense points to ‘loving emails’ as openings near

NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers want to use intimate emails from his accusers to try to convince jurors in his rape trial that any contact was consensual, the defense said Tuesday as an appeals court rejected an 11th-hour request to move the trial out of town. Opening statements are set for Wednesday in... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, News, Sexual Abuse

Harvey Weinstein

January 22, 2020

Ex-drug execs get over 2 years in prison for bribery scheme

BOSTON (AP) — Two former drug company executives were sentenced Tuesday to more than two years in federal prison in a bribery and kickbacks scheme that prosecutors say helped fuel the opioid crisis. Richard Simon, a Seal Beach, California, resident and the former national sales director at Insys Therapeutics, was sentenced in federal court in... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Joseph Rowan, Richard Simon

January 22, 2020

Lawsuit filed to protect turtles in Mississippi, Louisiana

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Two environmental groups have sued the Trump administration, saying it has failed to protect map turtles found in Mississippi and Louisiana under the Endangered Species Act. The lawsuit calls for endangered or threatened status for the Pearl River map turtle, which is found in the Pearl River watershed in Louisiana and... Read More

Animals, Criminal Justice News, News

turtles

January 22, 2020

LA repeals requirements for contractors to reveal NRA ties

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles City Council is repealing a law requiring companies that want city contracts to disclose whether they have ties to the National Rifle Association, weeks after a federal judge blocked the city from enforcing the ordinance. Council members voted 12-0 without discussion Tuesday to roll back the law, which... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, News

NRA

January 22, 2020

California man sentenced to death for killing family of 4

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California man was sentenced to death Tuesday for the 10-year-old killings of a family of four whose bodies were found buried in shallow graves in the California desert. Charles “Chase” Merritt was convicted in June of killing his former business associate Joseph McStay, McStay’s wife, Summer, and their 4-... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Execution, News

Joseph McStay

January 22, 2020

Iranian attending college in Boston is denied entry to US

BOSTON (AP) — An Iranian student attending college in Boston was denied entry to the U.S. and ordered to immediately fly back to his native country, despite a court order temporarily staying his removal, immigration lawyers and civil rights groups said Tuesday. Shahab Dehghani, a 24-year-old economics student at Northeastern University, arrived in Boston with... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Immigration, National Security, News

Immigration, Shahab Dehghani

January 22, 2020

Neighbor wanted Hawaii cop killing suspect evicted years ago

HONOLULU (AP) — A next-door neighbor of a man accused of stabbing a woman and fatally shooting two Hawaii police officers said he was assaulted by the suspect years ago and wanted him evicted from their upscale neighborhood near Waikiki Beach. Warren Daniel, who lived next to Jaroslav “Jerry” Hanel and had a restraining order... Read More

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Jaroslav “Jerry” Hanel

January 22, 2020

Judge set to rule on city’s effort to end teen death lawsuit

CINCINNATI (AP) — An Ohio judge is ready to rule on whether to move forward with a lawsuit filed by the family of a 16-year-old student who died after being trapped by a fold-up vehicle seat despite making two 911 calls. Hamilton County Judge Robert Ruehlman plans to decide Wednesday on a motion to dismiss... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Kyle Plush

January 22, 2020

A #MeToo moment: Harvey Weinstein trial set to open

NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein spawned the #MeToo movement. Now, the former film titan is starring in the biggest trial of its era — a landmark moment in a global reckoning that has empowered women while shining a light on power dynamics in workplaces from Hollywood Boulevard to Main Street. Opening statements and the... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, News, Sexual Abuse

Harvey Weinstein

January 22, 2020

Mother charged in college bribery case to plead guilty

BOSTON (AP) — A California woman accused of paying a company $9,000 to take online classes for her son at Georgetown University is expected to plead guilty Wednesday in federal court in Boston. Karen Littlefair, 57, is scheduled to appear in court after reaching a deal with prosecutors in December. The resident of Newport Beach,... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Fraud, News

Admissions Scheme

Ex-pharmaceutical exec to be sentenced for pushing opioid

Indicted former Mexico security chief not interested in plea

Court ruling ends long legal fight in Chinese torture case

Lawyer: Video doesn’t show whole story in Vegas bus attack

Weinstein defense points to ‘loving emails’ as openings near

Ex-drug execs get over 2 years in prison for bribery scheme

Lawsuit filed to protect turtles in Mississippi, Louisiana

LA repeals requirements for contractors to reveal NRA ties

California man sentenced to death for killing family of 4

Iranian attending college in Boston is denied entry to US

Neighbor wanted Hawaii cop killing suspect evicted years ago

Judge set to rule on city’s effort to end teen death lawsuit

A #MeToo moment: Harvey Weinstein trial set to open

Mother charged in college bribery case to plead guilty

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