Death row inmate asks high court to intervene in execution

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee death row inmate is asking the state’s highest court to pause his upcoming execution to allow more time to consider questions surrounding the possible bias of a juror who helped hand down the original death sentence decades ago. Attorneys for 53-year-old Lee Hall made the request to the Tennessee... Read More

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Lee Hall

December 2, 2019

Man body-slammed by Chicago officer charged with battery

CHICAGO (AP) — Bail was set at $5,000 Sunday for a 29-year-old man facing battery and other charges after a Chicago police officer body-slammed him onto a street during his arrest. The charges against Bernard Kersh, including aggravated battery of an officer, stem from him spitting at and threatening the officer on Thanksgiving afternoon after... Read More

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Bernard Kersh

December 2, 2019

Legal reckoning: New abuse suits could cost church over $4B

NEW YORK (AP) — At the end of another long day trying to sign up new clients accusing the Roman Catholic Church of sexual abuse, lawyer Adam Slater gazes out the window of his high-rise Manhattan office at one of the great symbols of the church, St. Patrick’s Cathedral. “I wonder how much that’s worth?”... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Religion, Sexual Abuse

Catholic Church

November 27, 2019

Indiana woman pleads guilty to aiding Islamic State group

HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana woman has pleaded guilty to providing financial support to the Islamic State group. Thirty-three-year-old Samantha Elhassani entered her plea Monday in a deal in which federal prosecutors agreed to drop more serious conspiracy charges against her and to request a more lenient sentence. The (Northwest Indiana) Times reports that... Read More

Criminal Justice News, National Security, News

November 27, 2019

Milwaukee acid attack defendant refuses psych evaluation

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A 61-year-old Milwaukee man accused of throwing acid on a Latino man’s face during a racist attack is refusing a psychiatric evaluation to determine whether he can assist in his own defense. The revelation came during a hearing Tuesday in which prosecutors said the $34,800 that was seized from Clifton Blackwell’s house... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Clifton A. Blackwell

November 27, 2019

Suspect in killing of Chicago college student denied bail

CHICAGO (AP) — A man charged with first-degree murder in the strangulation death of a 19-year-old University of Illinois at Chicago student has been ordered held without bail during a hearing in which prosecutors told the judge that he had confessed to the attack. Donald Thurman is also charged with criminal sexual assault in the... Read More

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Donald Thurman

November 27, 2019

Religious freedom law plays key role in migrant-aid case

Religious liberty is often a high priority for conservatives, but last week’s acquittal of an Arizona man prosecuted for aiding migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border is spotlighting the ability of religious freedom law to shield people of faith regardless of political ideology. The case of Scott Warren, a college instructor and volunteer with a humanitarian... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Religion

Scott Warren

November 27, 2019

‘Frogman against frogman’: Case against SEAL sparks debate

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The war crimes case against a Navy SEAL not only cost the Navy secretary his job. It dragged an elite military force known for quiet professionalism into a political firestorm and drove a wedge through the special operations community. Regardless of their position on the allegations against Chief Petty Officer Edward... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Edward Gallagher

November 27, 2019

South Dakota man linked to Butina pleads guilty to fraud

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota man linked to a Russian agent said little Tuesday as he pleaded guilty to fraud charges unrelated to the agent’s case. Conservative political operative Paul Erickson admitted to a federal judge that he operated fraudulent investment schemes. Prosecutors say Erickson, who pleaded guilty to wire fraud and... Read More

Criminal Justice News, National Security, News

Maria Butina, Paul Erickson

November 27, 2019

New York City lawmakers vote to ban flavored vaping products

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City lawmakers voted Tuesday to ban flavored electronic cigarettes after a lawsuit halted a statewide ban. “We are acting to protect our kids by banning the e-cigarette flavors that have been hooking them for years,” Democratic City Council member Mark Levine said before the Council voted 42-2 to adopt... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, News

vaping

November 27, 2019

Pennsylvania overhauls child sexual abuse laws

READING, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania overhauled its child sexual abuse laws Tuesday, more than a year after a landmark grand jury report showed the cover-up of hundreds of cases of abuse in most of Pennsylvania’s Roman Catholic dioceses over seven decades. The central bill signed by Gov. Tom Wolf gives future victims of child sex... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Abuse

child sex abuse

November 27, 2019

Judge denies jury pool request in fatal shooting case

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee judge has denied a defense request to move the murder trial of a white police officer out of Nashville, saying a jury in that city will be “fair and impartial” in considering charges in the fatal shooting of an armed black man. Earlier this month, the defense for Officer... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, Law Enforcement, News

Andrew Delke

November 27, 2019

Texas inmate freed while innocence claims investigated

HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston man serving a life sentence for a 2010 fatal stabbing was freed on bond Tuesday while authorities reinvestigate his case, including new DNA evidence that his lawyers say exonerates him. Lydell Grant has been in prison for seven years for the killing of 28-year-old Aaron Scheerhoorn outside of a Houston... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Aaron Scheerhoorn, Lydell Grant

November 27, 2019

In published letter, Epstein’s judge urges prison reform

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge who denied bail for financier Jeffrey Epstein before he died is urging the U.S. Bureau of Prisons and the Justice Department to study prison conditions nationwide and make necessary reforms. U.S. District Judge Richard Berman told The New York Times in an opinion letter published Sunday that it is... Read More

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Death row inmate asks high court to intervene in execution

Man body-slammed by Chicago officer charged with battery

Legal reckoning: New abuse suits could cost church over $4B

Indiana woman pleads guilty to aiding Islamic State group

Milwaukee acid attack defendant refuses psych evaluation

Suspect in killing of Chicago college student denied bail

Religious freedom law plays key role in migrant-aid case

‘Frogman against frogman’: Case against SEAL sparks debate

South Dakota man linked to Butina pleads guilty to fraud

New York City lawmakers vote to ban flavored vaping products

Pennsylvania overhauls child sexual abuse laws

Judge denies jury pool request in fatal shooting case

Texas inmate freed while innocence claims investigated

In published letter, Epstein’s judge urges prison reform

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