Family of toddler swept away at Tennessee park files lawsuit

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The family of a 2-year-old who was washed away by floodwaters at a Tennessee state park has filed a lawsuit against the state. Steven Pierce of Kentucky died after he and his father were swept away in a flash flood as they tried to evacuate from Cummins Falls State Park in... Read More

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October 16, 2019

Jury selection begins in opioid trial despite delay request

CLEVELAND (AP) — Jury selection began Wednesday in the first federal trial over the opioid epidemic despite a last-minute request from lawyers to delay it because of news reports on a settlement offer. Two Ohio counties claim drug companies that made, distributed and sold prescription painkillers engaged in a deadly conspiracy that has inflicted massive... Read More

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Opioid

October 15, 2019

Executed man’s daughter asks court to order DNA testing

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A woman whose father was executed for murder in Tennessee 13 years ago asked a judge on Monday to order the testing of DNA evidence in the case. The hearing in Memphis focused largely on whether April Alley can legally bring a petition for DNA testing on behalf of her father’s... Read More

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Sedley Alley

October 15, 2019

Suit challenges speech rules at Mississippi abortion clinic

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Abortion opponents in Mississippi have filed a lawsuit challenging a local ordinance that will restrict noise levels and require protesters to remain a certain distance from the entrance of health care facilities. The lawsuit says the Jackson ordinance unconstitutionally limits free-speech rights as people try to persuade women not to end... Read More

Abortion, Criminal Justice News, News

October 15, 2019

Police: Chicago man who killed 5 wrote threatening notes

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago man who gunned down five of his neighbors over the weekend had had angry run-ins with his fellow tenants and left threatening notes on the inside of his door suggesting he was planning an act of violence, authorities said Monday. Investigators haven’t determined the exact reason why 66-year-old Krysztof Marek... Read More

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Krysztof Marek

October 15, 2019

Trial to begin of suspect in transgender woman’s beating

DALLAS (AP) — A trial begins this week for a man accused of the savage beating of a Dallas transgender woman who was killed a month later in an unrelated homicide. Jury selection is set for Tuesday and testimony is expected to begin Wednesday in the aggravated assault trial of Edward Dominic Thomas . Police... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Orientation

Edward Dominic Thomas

October 15, 2019

23 years in adult prison for teen, then 13, who killed mom

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina teen who was 13 years old when he stabbed his mother to death has been sentenced to 23 years in an adult prison for the crime. Miguel Cano apologized at the Greenville County courthouse Monday for the “horrible, evil thing” he did to his mother in their Simpsonville... Read More

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Miguel Cano

October 15, 2019

Officer who shot naked man found not guilty of murder

DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — A former Georgia police officer who fatally shot an unarmed, naked man was found not guilty of murder Monday but was convicted of aggravated assault and other charges that could send him to prison for more than 30 years. Robert “Chip” Olsen’s face turned red and he squeezed his eyes shut... Read More

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Robert “Chip” Olsen

October 15, 2019

Woman gets 60 years in boyfriend’s burning death

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A woman who poured gasoline on the couch where her sleeping boyfriend lay and then shut the door after seeing him jump up and yell “hot, hot” will spend 60 years in prison for first-degree murder. Saying it represents as horrific an offense as he’s ever dealt with, Anchorage Superior Court... Read More

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Gina Virgilio

October 15, 2019

Cases in which police officers were charged in shootings

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A white Fort Worth, Texas, police officer who fatally shot a black woman while she was inside her home was arrested Monday and charged with murder. Here’s a look at that and other high-profile cases in recent years in which officers were charged in the fatal shootings of black people:... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, Law Enforcement, News

October 15, 2019

The Latest: $200,000 bond set for ex-cop charged with murder

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the fatal police shooting of a black woman inside her own home in Fort Worth (all times local): 8:25 p.m. A $200,000 bond has been set for a white former police officer jailed in the fatal shooting of a black woman inside the woman’s Fort Worth home.... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, Law Enforcement, News

Aaron Dean

October 15, 2019

Wide gaps in legal protection of LGBT workers

Rumors started circulating around the fire station in Byron, Georgia, within a year after the medical treatments began. The fire chief’s once-crewcut hair was growing longer, and other physical changes were becoming noticeable. Keeping quiet was no longer an option. The chief said that once members of the tiny Fire Department were told, word spread... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Orientation

LGBT

October 15, 2019

Woman in videotaped beach arrest files federal lawsuit

CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — A Philadelphia woman whose violent arrest at a New Jersey beach was captured on video has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit. Emily Weinman is suing Wildwood and three police officers. She alleges police escalated the situation and lied to a grand jury about what happened on the beach over Memorial... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

October 14, 2019

Judges block green card denials for immigrants on public aid

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal judges in three states on Friday temporarily blocked Donald Trump’s policy to deny green cards to many immigrants who use Medicaid, food stamps and other government benefits, dealing a setback to one of the president’s most aggressive moves yet to cut legal immigration and make it more based on employment... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Immigration, News

Family of toddler swept away at Tennessee park files lawsuit

Jury selection begins in opioid trial despite delay request

Executed man’s daughter asks court to order DNA testing

Suit challenges speech rules at Mississippi abortion clinic

Police: Chicago man who killed 5 wrote threatening notes

Trial to begin of suspect in transgender woman’s beating

23 years in adult prison for teen, then 13, who killed mom

Officer who shot naked man found not guilty of murder

Woman gets 60 years in boyfriend’s burning death

Cases in which police officers were charged in shootings

The Latest: $200,000 bond set for ex-cop charged with murder

Wide gaps in legal protection of LGBT workers

Woman in videotaped beach arrest files federal lawsuit

Judges block green card denials for immigrants on public aid

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