Patient’s widow: Hospital safeguards ‘failed tremendously’

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The 44-year-old excavator was taken to the emergency room with shortness of breath. Breathing trouble also sent a 64-year-old woman to the same hospital. A third patient, a 79-year-old woman with health problems, was transferred from an assisted care facility. Now their relatives allege each died because employees at a hospital... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Doctors, News

January 18, 2019

Court rules Texas can bar Planned Parenthood from Medicaid

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal appeals court panel on Thursday lifted a lower-court ban that prohibited Texas from eliminating Planned Parenthood from the state’s Medicaid program. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans issued the ruling that removes the preliminary injunction U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks of Austin imposed on the... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Abortion, Planned Parenthood

January 18, 2019

Man sentenced in fatal stabbing of Morgan Freeman relative

NEW YORK (AP) — A man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the fatal stabbing of actor Morgan Freeman’s step-granddaughter in New York City. Prosecutors say 33-year-old Lamar Davenport stabbed his girlfriend E’Dena Hines multiple times while under the influence of alcohol and drugs in August 2015. Davenport issued an apology during... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, News

E'Dena Hines, Lamar Davenport, Morgan Freeman

January 18, 2019

Father of Waffle House shooting suspect wants suit dropped

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The father of a man accused of fatally shooting four people at a Nashville Waffle House last year wants a lawsuit against him by a victim’s mother thrown out. The suit accuses Jeffrey Reinking of negligence and conspiracy for returning several guns to his mentally unstable son. Illinois revoked Travis Reinking’s... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, News

Jeffery Reinking, Travis Reinking

January 18, 2019

Florida school shooting suspect due back in court

WATCH THE LIVE STREAM HERE FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz is due back in court for more motions from defense lawyers. Cruz’s lawyers want Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer on Friday to hold the Broward Sheriff’s Office in contempt of court for improperly providing the suspect’s medical records to a... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, News

Nikolas Cruz

January 18, 2019

Spanish-language reporter facing deportation denied bond

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A detained Spanish-language reporter facing deportation after he was arrested while covering an immigration rally in Tennessee was denied release Thursday, his lawyers said. An immigration judge denied bond for Manuel Duran during a hearing in Jena, Louisiana, the Southern Poverty Law Center said in a statement. Duran is being held... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Immigration, News

Manuel Duran

January 18, 2019

Woman, testifying against El Chapo, details affair

NEW YORK (AP) — Lucero Guadalupe Sanchez Lopez was already trapped in an impossible extramarital relationship with Mexican drug lord Joaquin Guzman when she found herself in an even crazier bind — fleeing with Guzman and others from authorities through an underground tunnel, her outlaw love interest in the buff. Guzman “was naked,” Sanchez said... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, News

El Chapo

January 18, 2019

Judge acquits 3 Chicago officers of Laquan McDonald cover-up

CHICAGO (AP) — A judge on Thursday acquitted three Chicago officers of trying to cover up the 2014 shooting of Laquan McDonald, dismissing as just one perspective the shocking dashcam video of the black teenager’s death that led to protests, a federal investigation of the police department and the rare murder conviction of an officer.... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, Law Enforcement, News

Jason Van Dyke, Laquan McDonald

January 18, 2019

After cover-up trial, officer who shot teen to be sentenced

WATCH THE LIVE STREAM HERE CHICAGO (AP) — A judge rejected allegations that the shocking video of Laquan McDonald’s death proved that Chicago police officers tried to stage a cover-up in the fatal shooting of the black teen. Now another judge must decide how long the officer who pulled the trigger spends behind bars. Jason... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, Law Enforcement, News

Jason Van Dyke, Laquan McDonald

January 17, 2019

Tokyo court denies appeal by Nissan ex-chair Ghosn for bail

TOKYO (AP) — A Tokyo court rejected Thursday another appeal by lawyers of Nissan’s former chairman Carlos Ghosn to have him released on bail. The lawyers had appealed a rejection by the Tokyo District Court two days earlier of their request that Ghosn, held at a Tokyo detention center since his arrest on Nov. 19,... Read More

Business, Criminal Justice News, International Justice Watch, News

Carlos Ghosn, Nissan

January 17, 2019

Tennessee teacher who fled with student gets 20 years

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee teacher who was on the run for weeks with a 15-year-old student was sentenced on Wednesday to 20 years in prison. A statement from the victim called 52-year-old Tad Cummins “disgusting” and said the effects of his actions on her were “devastating and permanent.” Prosecutors had asked for a... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Tad Cummins

January 17, 2019

How the Larry Nassar scandal has affected others

Michigan State University’s governing body plans to name a new interim president following resignation of interim President John Engler — the latest development stemming from the sexual assault investigation of now-imprisoned gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar. A special board meeting is scheduled for Thursday, amid criticism over comments Engler made about victims of Nassar. Engler, the... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Abuse, Sports

Larry Nassar, MSU

January 17, 2019

California voters must approve law to end bail before trial

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The nation’s first law eliminating bail for suspects awaiting trial is on hold until California voters decide whether to overturn it, officials said Wednesday. A referendum that qualified for the 2020 state ballot would overturn the law signed last year by then-Gov. Jerry Brown, Secretary of State Alex Padilla said in... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

January 17, 2019

Judge set to issue verdict in Chicago police cover-up case

CHICAGO (AP) — A judge is set to announce a verdict Thursday for three Chicago police officers accused of lying in their reports to protect the white officer who fatally shot black teenager Laquan McDonald. Cook County Judge Domenica Stephenson has scheduled an afternoon hearing for David March, Joseph Walsh and Thomas Gaffney. They are... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, Law Enforcement, News

Jason Van Dyke, Laquan McDonald

Patient’s widow: Hospital safeguards ‘failed tremendously’

Court rules Texas can bar Planned Parenthood from Medicaid

Man sentenced in fatal stabbing of Morgan Freeman relative

Father of Waffle House shooting suspect wants suit dropped

Florida school shooting suspect due back in court

Spanish-language reporter facing deportation denied bond

Woman, testifying against El Chapo, details affair

Judge acquits 3 Chicago officers of Laquan McDonald cover-up

After cover-up trial, officer who shot teen to be sentenced

Tokyo court denies appeal by Nissan ex-chair Ghosn for bail

Tennessee teacher who fled with student gets 20 years

How the Larry Nassar scandal has affected others

California voters must approve law to end bail before trial

Judge set to issue verdict in Chicago police cover-up case

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