Michigan Senate passes legislation backed by Nassar victims

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Senate on Wednesday passed bills inspired by the Larry Nassar sexual abuse case, voting to retroactively give the imprisoned sports doctor’s victims more time to sue, restrict governments’ ability to claim immunity from such lawsuits and require more people to report suspected abuse to authorities. The fast-tracked legislation was... Read More

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Larry Nassar, MSU

March 15, 2018

Emotional testimony in trial of nightclub shooter’s widow

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Jurors at the trial of the widow of a man who shot and killed 49 people at a Florida nightclub heard emotional accounts of what unfolded that evening. On Wednesday, the first day of the trial, jurors listened to a witness who hid under a dead body for three hours as... Read More

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Noor Salman, Pulse Nightclub

March 15, 2018

Lawyer: ‘Stocking strangler’ inmate should not be executed

ATLANTA (AP) — A lawyer for a Georgia inmate known as the “stocking strangler” says newly discovered evidence proves his client’s innocence, and his planned execution this week would be a “stain on the State of Georgia.” Carlton Gary, 67, is scheduled to be put to death Thursday evening at the state prison in Jackson... Read More

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Carlton Gary

March 15, 2018

Sentencing nears for ex-NFL running back’s killer

GRETNA, La. (AP) — The man convicted of manslaughter in the 2016 road-rage shooting death of former NFL running back Joe McKnight faces sentencing in a suburban New Orleans courtroom on Thursday. Ronald Gasser, 56, could get up to 40 years in prison. Gasser was convicted Jan. 26. Defense lawyers argued that Gasser fired in... Read More

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Joe McKnight

March 15, 2018

Timeline of pivotal moments in US gun control history

Gun control is one of the most polarizing issues in U.S. society. For nearly a century, legislation and U.S. Supreme Court cases have shaped federal gun policy. Following are some pivotal moments in that history: 1871 —The National Rifle Association is formed by two Union veterans who were disappointed by the lack of marksmanship by... Read More

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Guns

March 15, 2018

Alleged leader of mosque bombing could be threatening figure

CLARENCE, Ill. (AP) — A former sheriff’s deputy and purported ringleader in the bombing of a Minnesota mosque emerges in court documents as a sometimes-threatening figure with anti-government views who also wrote books and attracted others into his shadowy group. Michael Hari, 47, allegedly intended for the attack to scare Muslims into leaving the U.S.... Read More

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Michael Hari

March 15, 2018

Prison death highlights challenges of assigning cellmates

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Glenn Cox went before the parole board with a plan and a bandage on his forehead. He had already been accepted into a live-in substance abuse treatment center. For the first time in a long time, he was hopeful about the future. And the bandage? He’d slipped on a freshly mopped... Read More

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Prison

March 15, 2018

Massachusetts woman guilty of endangerment in son’s death

LYNN, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts woman has been found guilty in the death of her 4-month-old son who prosecutors say was left “largely unattended” in a homeless shelter. The Essex district attorney’s office says 24-year-old Laci Kirk, of Lynn, was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in jail Wednesday after being found guilty of wanton... Read More

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Laci Kirk

March 15, 2018

Former aide to Gov. Cuomo convicted in bribery case

NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors convicted a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo on federal bribery and fraud charges Tuesday in a trial that further exposed the state capital’s culture of backroom deal-making. Joseph Percoco, who was once likened to a brother by the Democratic governor, faces up to 20 years in prison for... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Fraud, News, Politics

Andrew Cuomo, Joseph Percoco

March 15, 2018

Florida school shooting suspect remains silent in court

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — While students across the nation walked out of school to protest gun violence, the 19-year-old accused of killing 17 people and wounding more in the Florida school shooting sat in court silently, his head bowed. Nikolas Cruz, shackled and wearing a red jail jumpsuit, sat motionless in the jury box... Read More

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Nikolas Cruz

March 15, 2018

Docs link Trump Org lawyer to effort to silence porn star

WASHINGTON (AP) — New documents show a second lawyer with ties to President Donald Trump was involved in legal efforts to keep adult film star Stormy Daniels from talking about her alleged affair with Trump. Attorney Jill A. Martin signed the documents, which were filed Feb. 22 as part of confidential arbitration proceedings. She’s referenced... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, News

Donald Trump, Stormy Daniels

March 14, 2018

Trial begins anew for feces-smearing suspect in cop’s death

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Jury selection begins anew Wednesday for a man who smuggled excrement into a New Orleans courtroom and smeared it on his face and head — short-circuiting his trial in the death of a New Orleans police officer. Travis Boys has since been judged mentally competent to stand trial on a first-degree... Read More

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Daryl Holloway, Travis Boys

March 14, 2018

Louisianan man who abused girl convicted of sexual battery

COVINGTON, La. (AP) — A man who abused a girl for more than a year when she was 4 and 5 years old has been found guilty in Louisiana. District Attorney Warren Montgomery says a jury found 28-year-old Scott A. Barr guilty Friday of two counts of sexual battery. According to a news release, the... Read More

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Scott A. Barr

Michigan Senate passes legislation backed by Nassar victims

Emotional testimony in trial of nightclub shooter’s widow

Lawyer: ‘Stocking strangler’ inmate should not be executed

Sentencing nears for ex-NFL running back’s killer

Timeline of pivotal moments in US gun control history

Alleged leader of mosque bombing could be threatening figure

Prison death highlights challenges of assigning cellmates

Massachusetts woman guilty of endangerment in son’s death

Former aide to Gov. Cuomo convicted in bribery case

Florida school shooting suspect remains silent in court

Docs link Trump Org lawyer to effort to silence porn star

Nikolas Cruz Formal Arraignment Video Archive

Trial begins anew for feces-smearing suspect in cop’s death

Louisianan man who abused girl convicted of sexual battery

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