Ex-teacher sentenced to 3 years in ‘celebgate’ hacking case

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A former Virginia high school teacher was sentenced Friday to nearly three years in prison for hacking into private digital accounts of celebrities and others. Christopher Brannan was the fifth person charged in the 2014 “celebgate” scandal in which hackers obtained nude photographs and other private information from more than 200... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Technology

March 1, 2019

Judge: Can’t use cop’s silence at trial in Damond shooting

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A judge on Friday rejected requests to use a former Minneapolis police officer’s silence and a pre-hiring psychological exam against him at his trial in the 2017 shooting of an unarmed Australian woman. Mohamed Noor, 33, goes on trial April 1 on murder and manslaughter charges in the death of Justine Ruszczyk... Read More

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Justine Ruszczyk Damond

March 1, 2019

Migrant mom sues over toddler’s death after detention

HOUSTON (AP) — The mother of a migrant toddler who died shortly after being released from the nation’s largest family detention center sued the tiny Arizona city on Thursday that for years was paid by the U.S. government to run the facility in name only. The lawsuit from Yazmin Juarez of Guatemala alleges that her... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Immigration, News

March 1, 2019

When music producers are accused of being predators

NEW YORK (AP) — Jessie Woo just wanted to sing. So when the budding vocalist met a successful music producer who told her he wanted to help her with her music, she believed him. Then, one night seven years ago, the producer raped her, she said. It was not the only time she was preyed... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, News

March 1, 2019

Chaos erupts, 2 arrested during Texas execution

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Chaos erupted outside Texas’ death chamber Thursday night when the son of the condemned inmate pounded on the chamber windows, shouted obscenities and threw fists after his father spoke his final words. Billie Wayne Coble, a Vietnam War veteran who killed his estranged wife’s parents and brother and threated to do... Read More

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Billie Wayne Coble

March 1, 2019

Israel’s Netanyahu jolted by corruption recommendations

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s attorney general on Thursday recommended criminal charges against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a series of corruption cases, shaking up an already tumultuous election campaign and threatening to end the Israeli leader’s decades-long political career. The potential charges stretch across an array of embarrassing scandals that have painted Netanyahu as a... Read More

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Benjamin Netanyahu

March 1, 2019

Dozens of journalists accused of breaching gag order on Pell

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian state prosecutor has sent letters threatening to charge media organizations and dozens of journalists with breaching a gag order that banned reporting of Cardinal George Pell’s convictions on charges of sexually molesting two choirboys, lawyers said Thursday. Reporting in any format accessible from Australia of details of the former... Read More

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George Pell

March 1, 2019

Jury finds ex-Baylor football player not guilty of rape

WACO, Texas (AP) — A Central Texas jury on Thursday found a former Baylor University football player not guilty of raping another student in 2016, the latest case linked to a scandal that rocked the nation’s largest Baptist university and led to the departure of several top leaders. The McLennan County jury deliberated about two... Read More

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Shawn Oakman

March 1, 2019

Cohen signals closer cooperation in bid to stem prison term

NEW YORK (AP) — With prison looming, Michael Cohen now says he’s in “constant contact” with federal prosecutors in New York, providing them with information in an attempt to get his sentence reduced. That would be a big turnaround from three months ago, when prosecutors told a judge that President Donald Trump’s estranged ex-lawyer deserved... Read More

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Michael Cohen

March 1, 2019

Many view ‘black friend defense’ as a tired, hollow argument

Kelly Darden Jr. still remembers one of the first times he experienced the “black friend defense.” Back in high school, a group of white classmates dressed in Confederate-inspired clothing as part of a social club called the “Rebel Rousers” and insisted they weren’t racist when confronted because some of them knew Darden, who is black.... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

February 28, 2019

Defense sums up case in Belgium Jewish museum slaying

BRUSSELS (AP) — The defense lawyer for a man charged with terror offenses over the killing of four people at a Jewish museum in Belgium is summing up his case, a week before the verdict is to be handed down. Lawyer Sebastien Courtoy on Thursday set about establishing doubt in the 12 jurors’ minds over... Read More

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Mehdi Nemmouche

February 28, 2019

Rugby league player facing sexual assault charges suspended

SYDNEY (AP) — The National Rugby League has instituted a new policy to deal with players charged with criminal offenses, and St. George Illawarra forward Jack de Belin was immediately suspended under the revised guidelines. The 27-year-old de Belin has pleaded not guilty to charges of aggravated sexual assault of a 19-year-old woman and now... Read More

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Jack de Belin

February 28, 2019

Michael Jackson’s brothers say accusers’ film neglects facts

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The family of Michael Jackson had a feeling the years-old child molestation allegations against the pop superstar would resurface at some point. So they say they weren’t entirely surprised to learn that a forthcoming HBO documentary would feature two of his accusers. “I thought, ‘Oh here we go again,'” Jackson’s oldest... Read More

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Michael Jackson

February 28, 2019

Man pleads guilty to killing of postal worker in Dallas

DALLAS (AP) — A Los Angeles man has pleaded guilty to murder in the killing of a postal worker during a road-rage attack on a Dallas expressway last year. Donnie Arlondo Ferrell acknowledged in a federal courtroom in Dallas on Wednesday that he fatally shot Tony Mosby. The 58-year-old Mosby was driving a Postal Service... Read More

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Donnie Arlondo Ferrell

Ex-teacher sentenced to 3 years in ‘celebgate’ hacking case

Judge: Can’t use cop’s silence at trial in Damond shooting

Migrant mom sues over toddler’s death after detention

When music producers are accused of being predators

Chaos erupts, 2 arrested during Texas execution

Israel’s Netanyahu jolted by corruption recommendations

Dozens of journalists accused of breaching gag order on Pell

Jury finds ex-Baylor football player not guilty of rape

Cohen signals closer cooperation in bid to stem prison term

Many view ‘black friend defense’ as a tired, hollow argument

Defense sums up case in Belgium Jewish museum slaying

Rugby league player facing sexual assault charges suspended

Michael Jackson’s brothers say accusers’ film neglects facts

Man pleads guilty to killing of postal worker in Dallas

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