Bill aims to open lawsuit window for adult sex abuse suits

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Churches, youth groups and schools were hit by a tsunami of lawsuits in 2019 after New York gave survivors of childhood sexual abuse a one-year window to sue over allegations ordinarily barred by statutes of limitation. Now, some lawmakers want to open the same window for people abused as adults, a... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Abuse

December 23, 2019

Jury sent home when court deputy suggests finding man guilty

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A court deputy in South Florida is accused of telling jurors to find a man on trial guilty, which prompted the judge to halt the proceedings and send the jury home. Defense attorney Richard Rosenbaum told the South Florida SunSentinel that another Broward County Sheriff’s Office deputy reported overhearing Deputy... Read More

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Lateef Garnes

December 23, 2019

Judge upholds firing of police officer who killed Tamir Rice

CLEVELAND (AP) — An arbitrator correctly decided that the white Cleveland police officer who shot and killed Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old black child, should have been fired by the city for omissions on his city job application, a judge in Cleveland ruled. Cuyahoga County Judge Joseph Russo upheld the May 2017 firing of Timothy Loehmann... Read More

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Tamir Rice, Timothy Loehmann

December 23, 2019

Judge blocks student effort to intervene in Confederate deal

HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (AP) — A judge won’t let students intervene in a settlement that gave a Confederate heritage group money to preserve a monument that protesters tore down at North Carolina’s flagship public university. Judge Allen Baddour in Orange County ruled that the University of North Carolina students represented by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil... Read More

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Civil Rights

December 23, 2019

Wisconsin governor rejects ‘Making a Murderer’ pardon bid

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers said Friday he will not consider a pardon request from a man convicted of rape and murder when he was a teenager whose story was documented in the 2015 Netflix series “Making a Murderer.” The request from Brendan Dassey filed in October does not meet the criteria... Read More

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Brendan Dassey, Making A Murderer

December 23, 2019

Nurses defend Ohio doctor charged in deaths at hospital

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ten former colleagues of an Ohio hospital doctor who pleaded not guilty to murder in 25 patients’ deaths are coming to his defense in a new lawsuit. The action was brought Thursday in Franklin County Common Pleas Court by nine nurses and a pharmacist once employed by Mount Carmel Health System... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Doctors, News

William Husel

December 23, 2019

Judge revokes grazing permit for ranchers pardoned by Trump

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A judge on Friday revoked the grazing permit of two ranchers who were pardoned last year by President Donald Trump on an arson conviction for setting fire to federal lands. U.S. District Judge Michael Simon ruled in the long-running case after hearing arguments from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, which... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Environment, News

Hammonds

December 23, 2019

Health system pays $575 million to settle anti-trust lawsuit

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — One of Northern California’s largest health systems will pay $575 million to settle claims that it used anti-competitive practices to bump up costs for patients, the state’s attorney general said Friday, though that falls short of damages sought in a related private lawsuit that could have exceeded $1 billion. California Attorney... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

December 23, 2019

Critics attack Bevin’s pardon of man convicted of child rape

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin defended his controversial pardon of a man who was convicted of raping a child, saying there was no physical evidence of an assault. Bevin’s comments sparked a flurry of harsh criticism from medical and law enforcement officials. Micah Schoettle was in the second year of a... Read More

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Matt Bevin

December 23, 2019

Suspect in student death will stand trial in assault case

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man accused of killing a Utah college student was ordered Friday to stand trial on charges he sexually assaulted another woman he met on a dating site more than a year before the slaying. Ayoola Ajayi, 31, pleaded not guilty to felony kidnapping and three counts of forcible sexual... Read More

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Ayoola Ajayi

December 23, 2019

Netflix series examines ‘perfect storm’ that felled NFL star

BOSTON (AP) — More than two years after he killed himself in his prison cell, former NFL star Aaron Hernandez’s story still fascinates — and now it’s heading back to the small screen. Netflix is releasing “Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez” on Jan. 15. The three-part documentary examines the meteoric but troubled —... Read More

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Aaron Hernandez

December 23, 2019

US heads to court to build Trump border wall in Texas

HOUSTON (AP) — Three years into Donald Trump’s presidency, the U.S. government is ramping up its efforts to seize private land in Texas to build a border wall. Trump’s signature campaign promise has consistently faced political, legal, and environmental obstacles in Texas, which has the largest section of the U.S.-Mexico border, most of it without... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Immigration, News

Border Wall

December 20, 2019

Oklahoma man in ‘The Innocent Man’ case released from prison

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A man who spent 35 years in prison in a murder case featured in the book and television series “The Innocent Man” was released Thursday morning from an Oklahoma prison. Karl Fontenot, 55, was transferred to the custody of the U.S. Marshal’s Office, said Oklahoma Department of Corrections spokesman Matt Elliott.... Read More

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John Grisham

December 20, 2019

Latest Mar-a-Lago intruder appears at first court hearing

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The latest Chinese intruder at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida appeared in court Thursday, with a judge appointing a public defender as her lawyer and ordering that she remain in custody. Jing Lu, 56, is charged with misdemeanor counts of loitering or prowling and resisting arrest without violence.... Read More

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Jing Lu, Mar-a-Lago

Bill aims to open lawsuit window for adult sex abuse suits

Jury sent home when court deputy suggests finding man guilty

Judge upholds firing of police officer who killed Tamir Rice

Judge blocks student effort to intervene in Confederate deal

Wisconsin governor rejects ‘Making a Murderer’ pardon bid

Nurses defend Ohio doctor charged in deaths at hospital

Judge revokes grazing permit for ranchers pardoned by Trump

Health system pays $575 million to settle anti-trust lawsuit

Critics attack Bevin’s pardon of man convicted of child rape

Suspect in student death will stand trial in assault case

Netflix series examines ‘perfect storm’ that felled NFL star

US heads to court to build Trump border wall in Texas

Oklahoma man in ‘The Innocent Man’ case released from prison

Latest Mar-a-Lago intruder appears at first court hearing

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