Ailing former WorldCom CEO ordered freed from prison

NEW YORK (AP) — A former top executive sentenced to 25 years in prison in one of the largest corporate accounting scandals in U.S. history was ordered freed from prison Wednesday for medical reasons. U.S. District Judge Valerie E. Caproni ordered the release of former WorldCom chief Bernard Ebbers after hearing lawyers discuss his medical... Read More

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Bernard Ebbers, WorldCom

December 19, 2019

Manafort’s NY fraud case tossed over double jeopardy concern

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge threw out state mortgage fraud charges against Paul Manafort, ruling Wednesday that the criminal case was too similar to one that has already landed President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman in federal prison. The ruling was a blow to what had widely been seen as an attempt... Read More

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Paul Manafort

December 19, 2019

Airline mechanic pleads guilty to jetliner sabotage

MIAMI (AP) — A longtime airline mechanic with some possible links to Muslim extremists pleaded guilty Wednesday to sabotaging a jetliner with 150 people aboard, causing the pilot to abort the flight just before takeoff at Miami International Airport. Abdul-Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani entered the plea in Miami federal court. He previously admitted to investigators... Read More

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Abdul-Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani

December 19, 2019

R. Kelly arraigned on bribe charge linked to Aaliyah wedding

NEW YORK (AP) — Singer R. Kelly pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges he schemed with others to pay for a fake ID for an unnamed female a day before he married R&B singer Aaliyah, then 15 years old, in a secret ceremony in 1994. Kelly entered the plea in New York via a video... Read More

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R. Kelly

December 19, 2019

Court grants woman anonymity in suit alleging sexual assault

HOUSTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday stopped a judge from forcing a Texas woman to make her name public in a lawsuit alleging she was sexually assaulted by a co-worker. The woman identified herself only as “Jane Doe” in a lawsuit she filed in Houston federal court over an arbitration dispute she... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Abuse

December 19, 2019

California bar: Avenatti stole from client using ‘deceit’

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Attorney Michael Avenatti should be prevented from practicing law for pocketing a client’s settlement and covering his tracks through “deceit, dishonesty and lies,” a lawyer for the California State Bar said Wednesday. Attorney Eli Morgenstern said Avenatti poses a threat to clients and the public if he continues to perform legal... Read More

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Michael Avenatti

December 19, 2019

Family of man killed by off-duty LAPD officer at Costco sues

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The family of a mentally ill man who was shot and killed by an off-duty Los Angeles police officer inside a Costco store sued the officer and the city on Wednesday. Prosecutors declined to charge Officer Salvador Sanchez for the June 14 shooting that killed Kenneth French. His parents, Russell and... Read More

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Kenneth French, Salvador Sanchez

December 19, 2019

Court: Part of ‘Obamacare’ invalid, more review needed

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday struck down “Obamacare’s” now-toothless requirement that Americans carry health insurance but sidestepped a ruling on the law’s overall constitutionality. The decision means the law remains in effect for now. The 2-1 ruling handed down by a panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals... Read More

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Obamacare

December 19, 2019

Virginia attorneys seek charges in fatal police shooting

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — County prosecutors are seeking charges against two U.S. Park Police officers who killed an unarmed motorist after a chase on a northern Virginia highway two years ago. The move by Fairfax County prosecutors comes about a month after the D.C. U.S. Attorney’s Office announced it wouldn’t file federal criminal charges... Read More

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Bijan Ghaisar

December 18, 2019

Man freed on bond after 22 years still faces legal battle

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man freed on bond after more than 22 years behind bars is spending the holidays with his family and waiting to hear whether a prosecutor will try him a seventh time in a quadruple murder case. The next steps in Curtis Flowers’ legal saga could take months: — Flowers’... Read More

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Curtis Flowers

December 18, 2019

Ex-Trump aide Paul Manafort hospitalized during prison term

NEW YORK (AP) — Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been hospitalized while serving his federal prison sentence. Manafort, who is serving more than seven years in prison after being convicted as part of the special counsel’s Russia investigation, was moved to the hospital last Thursday from a federal prison in Pennsylvania, his attorney... Read More

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Paul Manafort

December 18, 2019

Giuliani associate got $1 million from indicted Ukrainian

NEW YORK (AP) — A business associate of Rudy Giuliani received a $1 million payment in September from an indicted Ukrainian oligarch who is a fugitive from justice in the U.S., federal prosecutors revealed Tuesday. The disclosure came during a court hearing in New York for Lev Parnas, who is awaiting trial on charges that... Read More

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Lev Parnas, Rudy Giuliani

December 18, 2019

Convicted killer pardoned by Bevin declares innocence

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A slew of last-minute pardons by former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin stirred new controversy Tuesday as a clemency recipient whose family raised campaign money for Bevin declared his innocence. Bevin, a Republican, issued hundreds of pardons between his electoral defeat on Nov. 5 and his final day in office last week.... Read More

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Matt Bevin

December 18, 2019

Ex-fugitive gets life in prison for killing look-alike

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A Minnesota woman who led authorities on a cross-country manhunt pleaded guilty Tuesday in a Florida courtroom to fatally shooting a woman who prosecutors said was targeted because the two looked alike. Lois Riess, 57, singled out Pamela Hutchinson because they shared similar features, and Riess wanted to assume Hutchinson’s... Read More

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Lois Riess

Ailing former WorldCom CEO ordered freed from prison

Manafort’s NY fraud case tossed over double jeopardy concern

Airline mechanic pleads guilty to jetliner sabotage

R. Kelly arraigned on bribe charge linked to Aaliyah wedding

Court grants woman anonymity in suit alleging sexual assault

California bar: Avenatti stole from client using ‘deceit’

Family of man killed by off-duty LAPD officer at Costco sues

Court: Part of ‘Obamacare’ invalid, more review needed

Virginia attorneys seek charges in fatal police shooting

Man freed on bond after 22 years still faces legal battle

Ex-Trump aide Paul Manafort hospitalized during prison term

Giuliani associate got $1 million from indicted Ukrainian

Convicted killer pardoned by Bevin declares innocence

Ex-fugitive gets life in prison for killing look-alike

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