Justice Thomas talks at court arguments, 1st time in 3 years

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court was about to adjourn for the day when the Georgia baritone politely inquired of the lawyer at the lectern. Justice Clarence Thomas, the court’s only African-American member and lone Southerner, was breaking a three-year silence at high court arguments with a couple of questions in a case about racial... Read More

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March 21, 2019

Supreme Court troubled by jury selection bias in Mississippi

WASHINGTON (AP) — Deeply troubled by a Mississippi prosecutor’s pattern of excluding African-American jurors, the Supreme Court seemed in broad agreement Wednesday that a black death row inmate’s conviction and death sentence at his sixth murder trial could not stand. The justices made clear they would not ignore District Attorney Doug Evans’ history as they... Read More

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March 21, 2019

US judge blocks oil, gas drilling over climate change

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A judge blocked oil and gas drilling across almost 500 square miles (1,295 sq. kilometers) in Wyoming and said the U.S. government must consider climate change impacts more broadly as it leases huge swaths of public land for energy exploration. The order marks the latest in a string of court rulings... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Environment, News

March 21, 2019

Mom admits plotting girl’s death: ‘I wanted her to go away’

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The mother of a girl who was raped, murdered and dismembered testified Wednesday that she helped plot the attack and carry it out, telling her daughter before her death that “I can’t help you anymore.” Appearing to smirk at times, Sara Packer calmly recounted how she watched her boyfriend sexually assault... Read More

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Sara Packer

March 21, 2019

Witness says officer questioned teen’s actions in shooting

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A witness in the shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer said Wednesday he saw the officer standing on the sidewalk, panicking, saying, “I don’t know why I shot him. I don’t know why I fired.” The trial of former East Pittsburgh Police Officer Michael Rosfeld ended for... Read More

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Michael Rosfeld

March 21, 2019

5 suspects at New Mexico compound face terror charges

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Five extended family members who lived at a ramshackle New Mexico compound where a 3-year-old boy was found dead last year are due in federal court Thursday to face new charges that they plotted attacks on U.S. law enforcement and members of the military. A federal grand jury last week indicted... Read More

Criminal Justice News, National Security, News

March 21, 2019

Migrants encounter snafus with new US asylum policy

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Scheduling glitches led an immigration judge to deny the Trump administration’s request to order four Central American migrants deported because they failed to show for initial hearings Wednesday in the U.S. while being forced to wait in Mexico. The judge’s refusal was a setback for the administration’s highly touted initiative to... Read More

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Asylum

March 21, 2019

Dubai finds itself entangled in case against R. Kelly

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai found itself entangled in the sex abuse case against American R&B singer R. Kelly on Thursday after the performer asked a U.S. judge to allow him to come to the Arabian Peninsula sheikhdom to perform shows and “meet with the royal family.” Officials in Dubai and the wider... Read More

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R. Kelly

March 21, 2019

Police say immigrant suspect killed for drugs

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A detective says a Salvadoran immigrant charged with four Nevada murders told police he robbed and killed his elderly victims during a 10-day rampage in January because he needed money to buy methamphetamine. The detective told the grand jury, which indicted Wilber Ernesto Martinez-Guzman in Reno last week, the 20-year-old who... Read More

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Wilber Ernesto Martinez-Guzman

March 21, 2019

‘Full House’ to big house in college scheme? Experts differ

BOSTON (AP) — Could Aunt Becky be headed to prison? It could go either way, experts say. Some of the wealthy parents accused of paying bribes to get their kids into top universities may get short stints behind bars, if convicted, to send a message that the privileged are not above the law, some lawyers... Read More

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Admissions Scheme

March 20, 2019

Salvadoran pleads not guilty to 4 northern Nevada murders

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A 20-year-old Salvadoran immigrant in the U.S. illegally has pleaded not guilty to charges that he killed four people in Nevada in January. Wilber Martinez-Guzman entered the pleas to four counts of open murder at his arraignment in Washoe County District Court on Tuesday. He also pleaded not guilty pleas to... Read More

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Wilber Martinez-Guzman

March 20, 2019

Kentucky gov signs abortion bill already facing a lawsuit

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s Republican governor on Tuesday signed into law an anti-abortion measure already entangled in a federal lawsuit, instructing his lawyers to fight the legal challenge against the new restrictions on the procedure. Days before Gov. Matt Bevin put his signature on the legislation, the American Civil Liberties Union filed its challenge... Read More

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Abortion

March 20, 2019

San Francisco pays $13.1 million to man framed for murder

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A man who spent more than six years in prison after police framed him for murder received a $13.1 million settlement from the city of San Francisco on Tuesday. The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to settle a civil rights lawsuit filed by Jamal Trulove. The settlement was part of the... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

March 20, 2019

Video of black teen’s killing shown at white officer’s trial

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Video that showed a white police officer shooting to death an unarmed black teenager was played for jurors as the former cop’s criminal homicide trial got underway. A second day of testimony is scheduled for Wednesday as the trial of former East Pittsburgh Police Officer Michael Rosfeld resumes in a Pittsburgh courtroom.... Read More

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Michael Rosfeld

Justice Thomas talks at court arguments, 1st time in 3 years

Supreme Court troubled by jury selection bias in Mississippi

US judge blocks oil, gas drilling over climate change

Mom admits plotting girl’s death: ‘I wanted her to go away’

Witness says officer questioned teen’s actions in shooting

5 suspects at New Mexico compound face terror charges

Migrants encounter snafus with new US asylum policy

Dubai finds itself entangled in case against R. Kelly

Police say immigrant suspect killed for drugs

‘Full House’ to big house in college scheme? Experts differ

Salvadoran pleads not guilty to 4 northern Nevada murders

Kentucky gov signs abortion bill already facing a lawsuit

San Francisco pays $13.1 million to man framed for murder

Video of black teen’s killing shown at white officer’s trial

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