Trial in former NFL player McKnight’s death to resume Friday

GRETNA, La. (AP) — After two days of weather-related delays, the trial of the man who fatally shot former NFL football player Joe McKnight in 2016 is about to resume. Ronald Gasser is charged with second-degree murder in McKnight’s death. His trial opened Tuesday in a New Orleans suburb with jury selection. Icy weather caused... Read More

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Joe McKnight, Ronald Gasser

January 19, 2018

Ohio man convicted in fire that killed 9 wants case tossed

CLEVELAND (AP) — An Ohio man convicted of setting a house fire that killed a woman and eight children at a birthday sleepover has asked a judge to throw out his conviction. Juries have twice convicted Antun Lewis on charges he set the 2005 fire in Cleveland. Lewis has contended repeatedly that he didn’t set... Read More

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Antun Lewis

January 19, 2018

Judge set to sentence Ohio man who plotted US attacks

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge on Friday is scheduled to sentence an Ohio man who plotted to kill military members in the U.S. following a delay in the case when a previous judge withdrew. Abdirahman Sheik Mohamud, who was born in Somalia but came to the U.S. as a child, was arrested in... Read More

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Abdirahman Sheik Mohamud

January 19, 2018

‘How dare you’: Gymnasts confront Michigan sports doctor

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — U.S. Olympian McKayla Maroney said being sexually assaulted by a Michigan sports doctor who molested her and other gymnasts scarred her mind in ways that may never heal. Dr. Larry Nassar won’t be sentenced until next week to accommodate the many victims who want to speak. Since Tuesday, Judge Rosemarie Aquilina... Read More

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Larry Nassar

January 19, 2018

California DA says couple’s abuse of 12 kids became torture

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — They were starved and shackled to their beds, sometimes for months. They were beaten and choked. They were given scant medical care, often denied use of a toilet and allowed to shower but once a year. They lived mostly at night, out of sight of neighbors, and knew virtually nothing of... Read More

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David Allen Turpin, Louise Anna Turpin

January 18, 2018

Neo-Nazi publisher won’t reveal whereabouts, citing threats

Andrew Anglin operates a neo-Nazi website notorious for publishing personal information about the targets of its internet trolling campaigns. But The Daily Stormer’s publisher refused this week to publicly reveal where he is living, claiming he gets “credible” death threats. Anglin’s whereabouts are a key issue in a federal lawsuit that accuses him of using... Read More

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Andrew Anglin

January 18, 2018

Lawyer: OJ Simpson is golfing a lot, staying in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson is not planning to move from Nevada to Florida like he told state parole officials before he was released in October from Nevada state prison, his Las Vegas lawyer said Thursday. The 70-year-old former football hero, acquitted murder defendant and armed robbery inmate has not filed paperwork with parole... Read More

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OJ Simpson

January 18, 2018

Parents of killed college student not focused on motive

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The parents of a University of Pennsylvania student found stabbed and buried in a California park said Thursday they’re not focused on potential motives for the killing or any suggestions their son was attacked because he was gay. A former high school classmate was charged Wednesday with murder in the... Read More

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Blaze Bernstein

January 18, 2018

Ex-Ataris bassist indicted, accused of telemarketing fraud

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The former bassist of the rock band The Ataris awaits arraignment after he and a woman were indicted on federal conspiracy and fraud charges. Michael Sean Davenport was arrested last month at a Little Rock, Arkansas, airport on a warrant issued by a southern Illinois federal court accusing him of... Read More

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Fraud, Michael Sean Davenport

January 18, 2018

Terrorist screening lawsuit by CAIR backs 5 Muslim Americans

DALLAS (AP) — A civil rights group has filed a court challenge to the federal government’s Terrorist Screening Database, alleging it stigmatizes its targets without due process. The Council on American-Islamic Relations filed the lawsuit Wednesday in federal court in Dallas on behalf of five Muslim American citizens. In a statement, the group says the... Read More

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CAIR

January 18, 2018

Officials: Inmate serving life sentence jumps to his death

CAMP HILL, Pa. (AP) — Officials say an inmate serving a life sentence for a 1989 murder jumped to his death from the second floor of a housing unit at a Pennsylvania prison. Prison officials said Wednesday that 70-year-old James Bailey died Monday of injuries suffered at the State Correctional Institute at Camp Hill. He... Read More

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James Bailey

January 18, 2018

Officer guilty of threatening to release nude pics of ex

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A jury in Florida took just 20 minutes to find an officer who threatened to send nude photos of his former girlfriend to their colleagues on their police force guilty of extortion. The SunSentinel reports jurors decided Wednesday that James Krey, 40, threatened to release the photos and a sex video unless... Read More

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James Krey

January 18, 2018

‘Cocaine cowboys’ smuggler convicted in auto fraud case

MIAMI (AP) — A pilot who once smuggled tons of drugs for Colombian cartels during Miami’s “cocaine cowboys” era in the 1980s was convicted Wednesday of playing a key role in an auto fraud ring that stole at least 150 cars using a fake paper trail. A federal jury found Mickey Munday, 72, guilty of... Read More

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Mickey Munday

January 17, 2018

Wave of lawsuits filed to block net-neutrality repeal

NEW YORK (AP) — The expected wave of litigation against the Federal Communications Commission’s repeal of net-neutrality rules has begun. A group of attorneys general for 21 states and the District of Columbia sued Tuesday to block the rules. So did Mozilla, the maker of the Firefox browser, public-interest group Free Press and New America’s... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Technology

Net Neutrality

Trial in former NFL player McKnight’s death to resume Friday

Ohio man convicted in fire that killed 9 wants case tossed

Judge set to sentence Ohio man who plotted US attacks

‘How dare you’: Gymnasts confront Michigan sports doctor

California DA says couple’s abuse of 12 kids became torture

Neo-Nazi publisher won’t reveal whereabouts, citing threats

Lawyer: OJ Simpson is golfing a lot, staying in Las Vegas

Parents of killed college student not focused on motive

Ex-Ataris bassist indicted, accused of telemarketing fraud

Terrorist screening lawsuit by CAIR backs 5 Muslim Americans

Officials: Inmate serving life sentence jumps to his death

Officer guilty of threatening to release nude pics of ex

‘Cocaine cowboys’ smuggler convicted in auto fraud case

Wave of lawsuits filed to block net-neutrality repeal

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