Oklahoma appeals judge’s $465 million order in opioid case

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — A judge didn’t order Johnson & Johnson to pay enough when he said the company must pay $465 million to address Oklahoma’s opioid crisis, the state said in an appeal filed Monday. Attorney General Mike Hunter’s office argues the award is only enough to pay for one year of the state’s... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, News

Johnson & Johnson, Opioids

December 17, 2019

Man whose info found on kosher market attacker denied bail

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A man whose number was found in the pocket of one of the perpetrators of last week’s fatal attack on a Jewish market in New Jersey was denied bail on an unrelated weapons charge Monday, as his attorney termed attempts to connect him to the attacks “ridiculous.” Ahmed A-Hady appeared in... Read More

Guns, News

Ahmed A-Hady

December 17, 2019

Mississippi man freed months after court rules racial bias

LOUISVILLE, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man whose murder conviction was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court for racial bias was released from custody Monday for the first time in 22 years. Curtis Flowers walked out of the regional jail in the central town of Louisville hours after a judge set his bond at $250,000.... Read More

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Curtis Flowers

December 17, 2019

Son of suspect in police ambush pleads guilty to raping girl

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The son of a man accused of shooting several law officers in South Carolina has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a child. Seth Hopkins on Monday admitted to raping a young girl in his home multiple times in 2017 and 2018, news outlets reported. He was sentenced to 20 years in... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Orientation

Seth Hopkins

December 17, 2019

Honolulu officer pleads guilty in urinal licking case

HONOLULU (AP) — A Honolulu police officer plead guilty Monday to depriving a homeless man of his civil rights by forcing him to lick a public urinal. John Rabago said in court that he told the man, identified in court by his initials S.I., that he wouldn’t arrest him if he licked the urinal. The... Read More

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John Rabago

December 17, 2019

Owners of OxyContin maker paid more after company’s big fine

The wealthy owners of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma started taking far more money out of the company after it was fined for misleading marketing of the powerful prescription painkiller. A court filing made by the company Monday evening shows Purdue made payments for the benefit of members of the Sackler family who own the company... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, News

Opioids, OxyContin, Purdue Pharma, Sacklers

December 16, 2019

Planned Parenthood shooting suspect insists he’s competent

DENVER (AP) — A man accused of killing three people and injuring nine others at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado in 2015 appeared in court in Denver on Friday on new charges and insisted he is competent to stand trial. Federal prosecutors have asked the judge to order a new mental evaluation for Robert... Read More

Abortion, Criminal Justice News, Guns, News

Robert Lewis Dear

December 16, 2019

March retrial set for 2 in 2001 mob-related Florida slaying

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A March 23 retrial date has been set for two men who were previously convicted in a notorious 2001 mob-related Florida slaying but were given a new trial by a Florida appeals court because of errors in their original trials. Court records show the new date was set Friday for... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, News

Anthony Ferrari, Anthony Moscatiello

December 16, 2019

Suit: Pilot tried to warn before dozer killed pot suspect

The family of a marijuana suspect who wound up dead under the treads of a bulldozer commandeered by Pennsylvania State Police has filed an amended lawsuit that raises new questions about the agency’s tactics. The family is suing state police, the Pennsylvania Game Commission and others. The suit accuses police of extreme recklessness in their... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, News

Gregory Longenecker, Mike Carpenter

December 16, 2019

Competency trial underway for man in 1999 Oklahoma slayings

VINITA, Okla. (AP) — A trial began Friday to determine the mental competency of a Kansas man to stand trial on murder charges in the deaths of a northeast Oklahoma couple and the presumed deaths of their 16-year-old daughter and her 16-year-old friend. Craig County district attorney spokeswoman Michelle Lowry said the six-person jury and... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, News

onnie Dean Busick

December 16, 2019

Repercussions over UNC’s “Silent Sam” statue deal continue

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Critics on Friday pushed back against a deal to protect a Civil War statue that once stood on the University of North Carolina’s flagship campus and give $2.5 million to a neo-Confederate organization, as a civil rights group objected to it in court and a foundation withdrew a grant. The Lawyers’... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Silent Sam

December 16, 2019

Challenge to immigration law is tossed on eve of enactment

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A law that will allow New Yorkers to get driver’s licenses without having to prove they are in the country legally weathered a second court challenge Friday, days before its enactment. A federal district judge ruled against Rensselaer County Clerk Frank Merola, saying he lacked the legal capacity to bring the... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Immigration, News

Immigration

December 16, 2019

Mississippi 15-week abortion ban is blocked by appeals court

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal appeals court declared Friday that Mississippi’s ban on abortion at 15 weeks is unconstitutional, dealing a blow to those seeking to overturn the landmark Supreme Courtruling that legalized abortion nationwide. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves ruled correctly when he blocked the... Read More

Abortion, Criminal Justice News, News

Abortion

December 16, 2019

Man who discussed US attack gets nearly 5 years in prison

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A 21-year-old New York man who pleaded guilty to making false statements to the FBI after authorities said he talked about joining the Islamic State and avenging the New Zealand mosque shootings has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison. Fabjan Alameti was sentenced in federal court in Missoula on... Read More

Criminal Justice News, National Security, News

Fabjan Alameti

Oklahoma appeals judge’s $465 million order in opioid case

Man whose info found on kosher market attacker denied bail

Mississippi man freed months after court rules racial bias

Son of suspect in police ambush pleads guilty to raping girl

Honolulu officer pleads guilty in urinal licking case

Owners of OxyContin maker paid more after company’s big fine

Planned Parenthood shooting suspect insists he’s competent

March retrial set for 2 in 2001 mob-related Florida slaying

Suit: Pilot tried to warn before dozer killed pot suspect

Competency trial underway for man in 1999 Oklahoma slayings

Repercussions over UNC’s “Silent Sam” statue deal continue

Challenge to immigration law is tossed on eve of enactment

Mississippi 15-week abortion ban is blocked by appeals court

Man who discussed US attack gets nearly 5 years in prison

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