Judge rejects public defender for Avenatti in fraud case

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge Tuesday rejected attorney Michael Avenatti’s request for a public defender to represent him in a case alleging he stole millions of dollars from clients, cheated on his taxes and committed bank fraud. Judge James Selna denied the request without providing a reason on the eve of Avenatti’s appearance... Read More

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Michael Avenatti

May 15, 2019

Pamela Smart seeks reduced sentence in husband’s death

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Pamela Smart is again asking for a chance at freedom nearly three decades after she was sentenced to life in prison without parole for recruiting her teenage lover to kill her husband in New Hampshire, a scandal that inspired a movie starring Nicole Kidman. Smart, 51, has exhausted her appeal opportunities... Read More

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Pamela Smart

May 15, 2019

Purported members of Milwaukee Kings gang charged

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s U.S. attorney’s office says four members of the city’s Milwaukee Kings street gang have been charged with committing murder in aid of racketeering. Prosecutors say 26-year-old Hector Rojas, 25-year-old Jose Martinez, 21-year-old Santo Lozoya and 22-year-old Pedro Navarro face mandatory life sentences if convicted. The four Chicagoans have pleaded not guilty.... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Jose Martinez, Milwaukee Kings, Santo Lozoya

May 15, 2019

Judge: Florida newlywed lost at sea declared dead

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A judge has declared a missing Florida newlywed dead, almost two years to the day she disappeared while honeymooning in the Bahamas with her husband. Palm Beach County Circuit Court Judge Scott Suskauer’s May 9th order declares that 41-year-old Isabella Hellman is presumed dead at sea. Her 42-year-old husband... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

May 15, 2019

Judge weighs request to dismiss lawsuits over church attack

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A federal judge says he’ll rule soon on whether to dismiss claims filed in several lawsuits against the U.S. Air Force in connection with a 2017 massacre at a Texas church that killed more than two dozen people. Relatives of those killed or injured at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, News

Devin Kelley

May 14, 2019

Gymnasts testify; lawmakers won’t name abuse bill lobbyists

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Former U.S. national team gymnasts backing a Texas bill that would allow victims of sexual abuse more time to sue in civil court on Monday urged the state’s lawmakers to restore a key provision allowing those individuals to sue institutions. A push to expand the statute of limitations laws for child... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Orientation, Sports

May 14, 2019

California governor pardons 2 ex-refugees facing deportation

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Two former Cambodian refugees facing deportation for crimes committed as young adults were among seven people granted clemency Monday by California Gov. Gavin Newsom in his first pardons since taking office in January. Newsom pardoned Kang Hen, of San Jose, who pleaded guilty to being the getaway driver during an attempted... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

May 14, 2019

Jury: Monsanto to pay $2 billion in weed killer cancer case

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A jury on Monday ordered agribusiness giant Monsanto Co. to pay a combined $2.055 billion to a couple claiming that the company’s popular weed killer Roundup Ready caused their cancers. The jury’s verdict is the third such courtroom loss for Monsanto in California since August, but a San Francisco law professor... Read More

Business, Criminal Justice News, News

Monsanto

May 14, 2019

Planned Parenthood funding in Texas at stake in hearing

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court is about to again take up the issue of whether and how states can cut off federal Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood. A federal district judge blocked Texas’ effort to stop Planned Parenthood funding in 2017. But a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Abortion, Planned Parenthood

May 14, 2019

Man accused of throwing boy over mall balcony due in court

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man accused of throwing a 5-year-old boy from a third-floor balcony at the Mall of America is expected to appear in court for a hearing. Twenty-four-year-old Emmanuel Aranda of Minneapolis is charged with attempted premeditated first-degree murder. Authorities say Aranda told them he went to the mall on April 12 “looking... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Emmanuel Aranda

May 14, 2019

Alabama Senate heads toward vote on abortion ban measure

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers are expected to vote Tuesday evening on a proposal to outlaw almost all abortions in the state, a hardline measure that has splintered Republicans over its lack of an exception for pregnancies resulting from rape or incest. The bill before the GOP-dominated Alabama Senate would make performing an abortion... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Abortion

May 14, 2019

Man to stand trial on claims he flushed grandparents’ ashes

MCKEESPORT, Pa. (AP) — A judge has ruled that a western Pennsylvania man must stand trial on charges he flushed his grandparents’ ashes down a toilet after his mother kicked him out of her home. Thomas Wells faces two counts of abuse of a corpse and a criminal mischief charge. McKeesport police say the 33-year-old... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

May 14, 2019

California synagogue shooting suspect to appear in court

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The 19-year-old suspect in a fatal shooting at a Southern California synagogue is scheduled to make his first court appearance Tuesday on federal hate crime charges. John T. Earnest will be escorted a few blocks to the federal courthouse in downtown San Diego from a county jail, where he is being... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, News

John T. Earnest

May 14, 2019

Jury selection begins in trial of suspect in officer’s death

CHICAGO (AP) — Jury selection is underway in the trial of a man charged in the 2010 killing of an off-duty Chicago police officer during an attempted robbery. Officer Michael Bailey was washing his car in front of his home when prosecutors say Anton Carter attempted to steal the vehicle from the 62-year-old man, sparking... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Law Enforcement, News

Anton Carter

Judge rejects public defender for Avenatti in fraud case

Pamela Smart seeks reduced sentence in husband’s death

Purported members of Milwaukee Kings gang charged

Judge: Florida newlywed lost at sea declared dead

Judge weighs request to dismiss lawsuits over church attack

Gymnasts testify; lawmakers won’t name abuse bill lobbyists

California governor pardons 2 ex-refugees facing deportation

Jury: Monsanto to pay $2 billion in weed killer cancer case

Planned Parenthood funding in Texas at stake in hearing

Man accused of throwing boy over mall balcony due in court

Alabama Senate heads toward vote on abortion ban measure

Man to stand trial on claims he flushed grandparents’ ashes

California synagogue shooting suspect to appear in court

Jury selection begins in trial of suspect in officer’s death

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