Sessions takes aim at judges’ handling of immigration cases

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Friday launched a review of a little-known but widely used practice of immigration judges closing cases without decisions, potentially reshaping immigration courts and putting hundreds of thousands of people in greater legal limbo. Sessions posed detailed questions challenging the use of “administrative closures,” an increasingly common... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Immigration, News, Politics

Immigration, Jeff Sessions

January 5, 2018

Past of ‘cocaine cowboys’ pilot may come back to haunt him

MIAMI (AP) — The colorful past of a pilot who flew loads of drugs for Colombian cartels during Miami’s “cocaine cowboys” era may come back to haunt him in an auto fraud case. A judge is to hold a hearing Friday on a request by prosecutors to use as evidence 72-year-old Mickey Munday’s open bragging... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, News

Mickey Munday

January 5, 2018

States’ rights: New pot rule sparks latest clash with US

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The decision by Attorney General Jeff Sessions to rescind an Obama-era policy on federal marijuana enforcement sparked an outcry from Republicans and Democrats. Their criticism: Sessions was trampling on the rights of states that had decided to legalize pot for medical or recreational use, or both. Pot remains illegal under federal... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, News, Politics

Marijuana, Pot

January 5, 2018

Transgender inmate seeks rare transfer to female prison

CHICAGO (AP) — A 26-year-old transgender Chicago woman serving a 10-year sentence for burglary is seeking a transfer from a male to a female prison where she says she’ll be less vulnerable to abuse. A federal judge will hear testimony Friday on Deon “Strawberry” Hampton’s transfer request. She says guards single her out for regular... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Deon Hampton, Transgender

January 5, 2018

Man convicted of kidnap, torture of pot dispensary owner

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A marijuana grower was convicted Thursday of kidnapping, torturing and mutilating a pot dispensary owner he mistakenly thought had buried $1 million in the California desert. Kyle Shirakawa Handley was found guilty of a 2012 assault that included burning the man with a blowtorch, shocking him with a Taser, splashing... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Kyle Shirakawa Handley

January 5, 2018

Bomb charge added against man after San Francisco arrest

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal grand jury indicted a California man Thursday on charges of plotting to use homemade bombs during a Christmas Day attack on San Francisco’s Pier 39. Everitt Aaron Jameson intended to use pipe bombs to funnel people into an area of the popular tourist destination in order to shoot them,... Read More

Criminal Justice News, National Security, News

Bomb, Everitt Aaron Jameson

January 4, 2018

Man Found Naked In Tree After Doing ‘Wasp Spray Dope’

LAWRENCEBURG, Tenn. – A dangerous new drug has turned up in Lawrence County that has officials incredibly concerned following a disturbing incident before Christmas in which a man ended up naked in a tree and had to be tased down by authorities. Officials said Danny Hollis was high on “Wasp Spray Dope” when he walked... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, Lighter Side, News

Danny Hollis

January 4, 2018

Canadian theater founder suspended amid harassment claims

TORONTO (AP) — A prominent figure in the Canadian arts world was suspended Wednesday by the theater company he co-founded amid four lawsuits by actresses who allege he exposed himself, groped them and otherwise sexually humiliated them. The suits naming Toronto-based Soulpepper Theatre Company and its founding artistic director, Albert Schultz, were filed this week... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, International Justice Watch, News, Sexual Abuse

Albert Schultz

January 4, 2018

Verona given suspended sentence for racist chants at Matuidi

MILAN (AP) — Racist chanting has resulted in Hellas Verona being given a suspended one-year sentence for a partial stadium closure. The league judge says that Verona supporters aimed the chants at Juventus midfielder Blaise Matuidi for 10 seconds early in Juve’s 3-1 Serie A win on Saturday — in which Matuidi scored the first... Read More

Criminal Justice News, International Justice Watch, News, Sports

Hellas Verona, Soccer

January 4, 2018

Ex-assistant to fired Arizona coach wants $7.5 million

A claim filed by the former assistant to fired Arizona football coach Rich Rodriguez says he walked around the office in his underwear, fondled himself in front of her and forced her to cover up an extramarital affair he had with another woman. The claim seeking damages against Rodriguez was filed by an attorney for... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sports

Rich Rodriguez

January 4, 2018

4 people charged with kidnapping, assaulting teen girl

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Four Massachusetts residents have been charged with keeping a 16-year-old girl in a basement that a police officer described as a “torture chamber.” Police say the teenager was sexually assaulted, had her hair shaved off and was burned with a cigarette. The suspects are charged with kidnapping and other offenses. They... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Abuse

Krystal Lago

January 4, 2018

Spanish court reviews custody of ex-Catalan vice president

MADRID (AP) — Former Catalan Vice President Oriol Junqueras vowed Thursday to abide by Spanish laws as he sought bail following his jailing during the restive region’s recent drive for independence from Spain. At the conclusion of his hearing into his jailing, Junqueras told a panel of judges in Madrid that he would not act... Read More

Criminal Justice News, International Justice Watch, News

Oriol Junqueras, Spain

January 4, 2018

Revised suit faults Google for asking hires about prior pay

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A revised gender-pay lawsuit seeking class-action status against Google faults the search giant for asking new hires about their prior salary, a practice now banned in California. The suit, filed Wednesday, also adds a fourth complainant, a preschool teacher with a master’s degree. The four women allege they were underpaid by... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Technology

Google

January 4, 2018

Suspect in deadly 911 hoax has history of making phony calls

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles man suspected of making a hoax emergency call that led to the fatal police shooting of a Kansas man told a judge Wednesday he would not fight efforts to send him to Wichita to face charges. Tyler Barriss, 25, was held without bail after waiving his right to... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

911, Tyler Barriss

Sessions takes aim at judges’ handling of immigration cases

Past of ‘cocaine cowboys’ pilot may come back to haunt him

States’ rights: New pot rule sparks latest clash with US

Transgender inmate seeks rare transfer to female prison

Man convicted of kidnap, torture of pot dispensary owner

Bomb charge added against man after San Francisco arrest

Man Found Naked In Tree After Doing ‘Wasp Spray Dope’

Canadian theater founder suspended amid harassment claims

Verona given suspended sentence for racist chants at Matuidi

Ex-assistant to fired Arizona coach wants $7.5 million

4 people charged with kidnapping, assaulting teen girl

Spanish court reviews custody of ex-Catalan vice president

Revised suit faults Google for asking hires about prior pay

Suspect in deadly 911 hoax has history of making phony calls

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