Texas dragging death killer loses federal court appeal

HOUSTON (AP) — A prisoner on Texas death row for the dragging death of a man nearly two decades ago in East Texas has lost a federal court appeal, moving him a step close to execution for the hate crime. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last week turned down an appeal from 43-year-old... Read More

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John William King

February 26, 2018

Man linked to art heist faces sentencing in weapons case

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A reputed mobster who authorities believe is the last surviving person of interest in the largest art heist in history is facing sentencing in an unrelated weapons case. Eighty-one-year-old Robert Gentile is set to be sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Hartford, Connecticut. Federal prosecutors have said they believe the Manchester... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Robert Gentile

February 26, 2018

Arizona could face fines in lawsuit over prison health care

PHOENIX (AP) — A judge overseeing a class-action lawsuit over the quality of health care in Arizona’s prisons will hold hearings this week to determine whether to fine the state for falling short in improving care for inmates. U.S. Magistrate David Duncan also will examine an allegation that the inmate-care provider skirted a promise Arizona... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Arizona, Charles Ryan, Prison

February 26, 2018

White nationalist’s college tour mired in litigation

CINCINNATI (AP) — White nationalist Richard Spencer plans to speak next week at Michigan State University, but the rest of his campus tour has bogged down for now in lawsuits or lack of agreement on timing because of safety concerns. His March 5 visit will come while MSU students are on spring break. He had... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Race

Richard Spencer

February 26, 2018

County to pay $4.5M to settle murder conviction lawsuit

CLEVELAND (AP) — Three Ohio men who spent two decades behind bars because police and prosecutors allegedly hid statements and evidence that could have cleared them in a 1995 slaying are expected to receive $1.5 million each to settle the county’s liability in federal lawsuits naming two former assistant prosecutors as defendants. A Cuyahoga County... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, News

Derrick Wheatt, Eugene Johnson, Laurese Glover

February 26, 2018

A fertility doctor’s secret, a special kinship decades later

ZIONSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Matt White remembers that day in September 2016 when a mystery began to unravel that would change his life. It started when White read a news report that Dr. Donald Cline, a retired Indianapolis fertility specialist, faced charges for lying when he denied he’d inseminated unwitting patients with his sperm decades... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Doctors, News

Donald Cline

February 26, 2018

Congress releases redacted, declassified Democratic memo

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two weeks after President Donald Trump blocked the full release of a classified Democratic memo, the House intelligence committee published a redacted version of the document that aims to counter a narrative that Republicans on the committee have promoted for months — that the FBI and Justice Department conspired against Trump as... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Politics

Donald Trump, Russia

February 26, 2018

Microsoft fights US in high court to protect global business

WASHINGTON (AP) — Microsoft has an eye on its international customers as it confronts the Trump administration in a Supreme Court fight about turning over emails to investigators. The justices will hear arguments Tuesday over whether the company, as part of an international drug trafficking investigation, must comply with an American warrant for emails stored... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Technology

Microsoft

February 23, 2018

Online dating couple jailed in UK for IS-inspired bomb plot

LONDON (AP) — A man and woman who met on a Muslim dating website were handed prison sentences Thursday for plotting an Islamic State-inspired bomb attack in Britain. Prosecutors say Munir Mohammed, an asylum-seeker from Sudan, and London pharmacist Rowaida El-Hassan met on SingleMuslim.com and bonded over their shared extremist views, exchanging videos of beheadings... Read More

Criminal Justice News, International Justice Watch, National Security, News

Munir Mohammed, Rowaida El-Hassan, Terorrism

February 23, 2018

Not guilty verdict in death of indigenous teen in Canada

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — A man accused of killing a 15-year-old girl and dumping her body in Winnipeg’s Red River was found not guilty of second-degree murder on Thursday in a case that prompted outrage from Canadian indigenous leaders. Tina Fontaine’s remains were discovered eight days after she was reported missing in August 2014. Raymond... Read More

Criminal Justice News, International Justice Watch, News

Raymond Cormier

February 23, 2018

Man who admitted Hawaii concert scam wants plea change

HONOLULU (AP) — A North Carolina man who admitted defrauding the University of Hawaii of $200,000 by lying about being able to produce a Stevie Wonder fundraiser concert wants to take back his guilty plea, but a prosecutor said Thursday he could risk more jail time if he succeeds and is eventually convicted. Marc Hubbard... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, News

Marc Hubbard

February 23, 2018

Villarreal defender Semedo charged with attempted murder

MADRID (AP) — A Spanish judge has charged Villarreal defender Ruben Semedo with attempted murder and ordered him to be temporarily detained without bail. Court officials in Lliria say on Thursday the Portuguese player is also charged with assault, robbery, illegal detention, and illegal possession of firearms. Semedo testified before a judge on Thursday, and... Read More

Criminal Justice News, International Justice Watch, News, Sports

Ruben Semedo

Texas dragging death killer loses federal court appeal

Man linked to art heist faces sentencing in weapons case

Arizona could face fines in lawsuit over prison health care

White nationalist’s college tour mired in litigation

County to pay $4.5M to settle murder conviction lawsuit

A fertility doctor’s secret, a special kinship decades later

Congress releases redacted, declassified Democratic memo

Microsoft fights US in high court to protect global business

Brian Golsby Trial Live Stream

Christopher Whitaker Sentencing Verdict Replay

Online dating couple jailed in UK for IS-inspired bomb plot

Not guilty verdict in death of indigenous teen in Canada

Man who admitted Hawaii concert scam wants plea change

Villarreal defender Semedo charged with attempted murder

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