US court: Media should be able to hear Arizona executions

PHOENIX (AP) — Journalists are entitled to hear and not just see the entire process of executing condemned inmates in Arizona, a U.S. appeals court said Tuesday in a ruling that criticized Arizona’s “checkered past with executions.” In the case stemming from what a lawyer called a botched execution, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Execution, News

September 18, 2019

Tekashi 6ix9ine testifies for prosecution at gang trial

NEW YORK (AP) — Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine testified on Tuesday against two alleged members of a Brooklyn street gang, describing how he discovered a formula for success with the crew before betraying it by becoming a prosecution witness. 6ix9ine – his rainbow-colored hair gone but trademark “69” tattoo on his forehead visible to anyone in... Read More

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Tekashi 6ix9ine

September 18, 2019

Judge won’t return R. Kelly bond money to woman who paid it

CHICAGO (AP) — A judge in R. Kelly’s Illinois sexual assault case has refused to give $100,000 in bail money back to a Kelly friend who paid it in February to secure the singer’s release from county jail. The judge says papers that restauranteur Valencia Love signed clearly indicated she could lose the money. Love’s... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, News, Sexual Abuse

R. Kelly

September 18, 2019

Lawyer: Chicago archdiocese paid $80M to clients of law firm

CHICAGO (AP) — The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago has paid $80 million to 160 victims of sexual abuse by clergy represented by a single law firm since 2001, the lawyer who heads the Minnesota-based firm told reporters Tuesday. According to a statement issued later by the archdiocese, it has paid around $200 million in... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Religion, Sexual Abuse

Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Church

September 18, 2019

Purdue Pharma to stay in business as bankruptcy unfolds

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — A judge cleared the way Tuesday for OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to stay in business while it pursues bankruptcy protection and settlement of more than 2,600 lawsuits filed against it in a reckoning over the opioid crisis. At the first court hearing since the Chapter 11 filing late Sunday, Purdue... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Drugs, Opioids, Purdue Pharma

September 18, 2019

Trial of 2 underway in 2015 murder of 9-year-old Chicago boy

CHICAGO (AP) — The trial of two men charged with first-degree murder in the 2015 slaying of a 9-year-old Chicago boy got underway Tuesday with a prosecutor noting the victim brought a basketball to a park while his alleged killers “brought guns.” Dwright Boone-Doty and Corey Morgan are charged with first-degree murder in the slaying... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Corey Morgan, Dwright Boone-Doty, Tyshawn Lee

September 18, 2019

Bail hearing set for man charged in plane sabotage case

MIAMI (AP) — A bail hearing is scheduled for a mechanic charged with sabotaging an American Airlines jetliner as part of a labor dispute. Prosecutors are seeking pretrial detention for 60-year-old Abdul-Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani at Wednesday’s hearing. Defense attorneys are expected to argue that he should be released from jail on bail. Alani was... Read More

Criminal Justice News, National Security, News

Abdul-Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani

September 18, 2019

Number of abortions in US falls to lowest since 1973

NEW YORK (AP) — The number and rate of abortions across the United States have plunged to their lowest levels since the procedure became legal nationwide in 1973, according to new figures released Wednesday. The report from the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that supports abortion rights, counted 862,000 abortions in the U.S. in 2017.... Read More

Abortion, Criminal Justice News, News

Abortion

September 17, 2019

Trial of cop who killed black man in home to stay in Dallas

DALLAS (AP) — The murder trial of a white Dallas police officer who fatally shot her unarmed black neighbor inside his apartment will be held in the city. State District Judge Tammy Kemp on Monday rejected a motion from Amber Guyger’s lawyers seeking to move her trial for the killing of Botham Jean to another... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Law Enforcement, News

Amber Guyger

September 17, 2019

Psychiatrist: Man accused of killing 6 controlled by voices

HOUSTON (AP) — A forensic psychiatrist told jurors Monday that a man accused of fatally shooting six members of his ex-wife’s family near Houston in 2014 wasn’t responsible for his actions because of severe mental illness that made him believe voices in his head telling him to carry out the killings. Prosecutors allege Ronald Lee... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, News

September 17, 2019

Police: DNA links Florida man to ‘serial’ slayings of women

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Three women shot in the head, each dumped a month a part — the 2006 killings scared Daytona Beach’s street people so badly that they memorized suspicious men’s license plate numbers and gave them to police. And then suddenly the slayings stopped. Ten years later, a prostitute’s body was... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, News

Robert Hayes

September 17, 2019

Arizona artists win suit over same-sex wedding invitations

PHOENIX (AP) — The free speech rights of two Christian artists who make wedding invitations were violated by an anti-discrimination ordinance in Phoenix that makes it illegal to refuse service to same-sex couples for religious reasons, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled Monday. The 4-3 decision reversed lower-court rulings favoring the city. The state Supreme Court... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Orientation

Breanna Koski, Joanna Duka

September 17, 2019

Man pleads guilty in fatal crash that killed NYC couple

BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. (AP) — An upstate New York man accused of driving recklessly in a fatal crash that killed a couple on Memorial Day weekend has pleaded guilty. Dickie Winn, of Cohoes, pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide in Saratoga County Court on Monday. Winn says he “engaged in reckless driving” behind the wheel... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Dickie Winn

September 17, 2019

CBS credit union manager gets 14 years for $40M embezzlement

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The former manager of a credit union that served employees of the CBS television network has been sentenced to more than 14 years in prison for a two-decade embezzlement scheme that drained $40 million from the institution and forced it into insolvency. Edward Rostohar pleaded guilty to bank fraud in May.... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, Fraud, News

CBS

US court: Media should be able to hear Arizona executions

Tekashi 6ix9ine testifies for prosecution at gang trial

Judge won’t return R. Kelly bond money to woman who paid it

Lawyer: Chicago archdiocese paid $80M to clients of law firm

Purdue Pharma to stay in business as bankruptcy unfolds

Trial of 2 underway in 2015 murder of 9-year-old Chicago boy

Bail hearing set for man charged in plane sabotage case

Number of abortions in US falls to lowest since 1973

Trial of cop who killed black man in home to stay in Dallas

Psychiatrist: Man accused of killing 6 controlled by voices

Police: DNA links Florida man to ‘serial’ slayings of women

Arizona artists win suit over same-sex wedding invitations

Man pleads guilty in fatal crash that killed NYC couple

CBS credit union manager gets 14 years for $40M embezzlement

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