Suspect in 2010 Cabanas shooting gets 20 years in Mexico

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The man suspected of shooting former Paraguay national soccer team standout Salvador Cabanas in the head in 2010, effectively ending his career, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison in Mexico, authorities announced Sunday. But federal prosecutors said in a statement that the man identified as Jose Jorge “B,” with... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, News, Sports

February 18, 2019

French judge refuses to block Catholic sex scandal movie

PARIS (AP) — A French judge refused Monday to block the release this week in French cinemas of a movie based on a Catholic sex scandal. French director Francois Ozon’s film “Grace a Dieu” (“By the Grace of God”) won the Berlin Film Festival’s jury grand prize on Saturday. The movie, which opens Wednesday, portrays... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, International Justice Watch, News, Religion

February 18, 2019

ICE halts force-feeding of immigrant detainees in Texas

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — The U.S. government has suddenly stopped force-feeding a group of men on a hunger strike inside an El Paso immigration detention center, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said. The dramatic reversal came Thursday as public pressure was mounting on ICE to halt the practice, which involves feeding detainees through nasal... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Immigration, News

February 18, 2019

Trump emergency declaration faces fights in the courts

WASHINGTON (AP) — Let the lawsuits begin. President Donald Trump declared a national emergency along the southern border and predicted his administration would end up defending it all the way to the Supreme Court. That might have been the only thing Trump said Friday that produced near-universal agreement. The American Civil Liberties Union announced its... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Immigration, News

Donald Trump

February 18, 2019

Vatican defrocks former US cardinal McCarrick for sex abuse

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has been found guilty by the Vatican of sex abuse and defrocked, as calls rose Saturday for Pope Francis to reveal what he knew about the once-powerful American prelate’s apparently decades-long predatory sexual behavior. The announcement Saturday, delivered in uncharacteristically blunt language for the Vatican, meant that... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Religion, Sexual Abuse

Catholic Church, Theodore Edgar McCarrick

February 18, 2019

Return to sender: High court to hear undeliverable mail case

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitch Hungerpiller thought he had a first-class solution for mail that gets returned as undeliverable, a common problem for businesses that send lots of letters. But the process he helped develop and built his small Alabama technology company around has resulted in a more than decadelong fight with the U.S. Postal Service,... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

February 18, 2019

School board in Virginia may end transgender bathroom ban

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — For nearly four years, Gavin Grimm has been suing his former school district after it banned him from using the boys bathrooms in high school. Along the way, he’s became a national face for transgender rights. His case almost went to the U.S. Supreme Court. He graduated and moved to California... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Orientation

Gavin Grimm

February 18, 2019

Semenya arrives for landmark case at Swiss sports tribunal

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Caster Semenya arrived at the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Monday for a hearing in a landmark case that will challenge science and gender politics. The two-time Olympic 800-meter champion from South Africa didn’t take questions as she arrived at the court, but she flashed her fingers in a “V”... Read More

Criminal Justice News, International Justice Watch, News, Sports

Caster Semenya

February 15, 2019

Vatican’s envoy to France facing ‘sexual aggression’ probe

PARIS (AP) — The Paris prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation into alleged “sexual aggression” by Catholic archbishop Luigi Ventura, the Vatican’s envoy to France, according to French officials. Confirming a report published by Le Monde newspaper on Friday, a judicial official and a spokesman at the Paris mayor’s office said the police investigation targeting... Read More

Criminal Justice News, International Justice Watch, News, Religion, Sexual Abuse

Catholic Church

February 15, 2019

Prominent art dealer sentenced to prison for tax fraud

NEW YORK (AP) — A prominent New York City art dealer once accused by Alec Baldwin of fraud was sentenced to 2½ years in prison Thursday for evading over $3 million in federal taxes, a crime that left her rejected in some art circles and saying she feels like a pariah. Mary Boone, 66, dropped... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, Fraud, News

Mary Boone

February 15, 2019

Feds tell Alfonso Ribeiro he can’t copyright ‘Carlton’ moves

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” star Alfonso Ribeiro has been denied a copyright for the “Carlton” dance, which he’s suing two videogame makers over. The denial from the U.S. Copyright Office was revealed Wednesday in a motion to dismiss Ribeiro’s lawsuit against Take-Two Interactive, the makers of NBA 2K16, which Ribeiro... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, News

Alfonso Ribeiro

February 15, 2019

Yellow vest boxer goes on trial in France for police attack

PARIS (AP) — A former French boxing pro who was filmed attacking riot police officers during the yellow vest protests is going on trial in France. Christophe Dettinger, a former French champion in the light heavyweight category, could be sentenced to up to seven years in prison in Wednesday’s trial. The videos from the Jan.... Read More

Criminal Justice News, International Justice Watch, News, Sports

February 15, 2019

California judge signs warrant for Nebraska RB Washington

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A California judge has signed an arrest warrant for Maurice Washington, clearing the way for the Nebraska running back to return to his home state to face charges related to his possession and distribution of a video of his former girlfriend being sexually assaulted by two other people in 2016. “We... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sports

Maurice Washington

February 15, 2019

Texas jury convicts girl, 14, in friend’s fatal stabbing

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A Texas jury has convicted a 14-year-old girl in the fatal stabbing of her friend. According to the Star-Telegram, jurors deliberated for about an hour Thursday before convicting the girl for the May 29 killing of 14-year-old Nylah Lightfoot. She is scheduled to be sentenced Friday and faces anywhere from... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Suspect in 2010 Cabanas shooting gets 20 years in Mexico

French judge refuses to block Catholic sex scandal movie

ICE halts force-feeding of immigrant detainees in Texas

Trump emergency declaration faces fights in the courts

Vatican defrocks former US cardinal McCarrick for sex abuse

Return to sender: High court to hear undeliverable mail case

School board in Virginia may end transgender bathroom ban

Semenya arrives for landmark case at Swiss sports tribunal

Vatican’s envoy to France facing ‘sexual aggression’ probe

Prominent art dealer sentenced to prison for tax fraud

Feds tell Alfonso Ribeiro he can’t copyright ‘Carlton’ moves

Yellow vest boxer goes on trial in France for police attack

California judge signs warrant for Nebraska RB Washington

Texas jury convicts girl, 14, in friend’s fatal stabbing

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