Texas inmate faces execution for killing wife in 2005

HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas inmate with a history of violence against women is set to be executed Wednesday evening for fatally shooting his wife, who had feared she would never get out of her marriage alive. John Gardner, 64, is facing lethal injection for the January 2005 slaying of Tammy Gardner. Prosecutors said the... Read More

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John Gardner

January 15, 2020

Some asylum-seekers returned to Mexico get attorney access

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge ruled Tuesday that some asylum-seekers who fear waiting in Mexico for U.S. immigration court hearings must have access to attorneys before and during a key interview to determine if they can stay in the U.S. until their claims are decided. U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw of San Diego... Read More

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Asylum

January 14, 2020

Gigi Hadid among potential jurors for Weinstein’s rape trial

NEW YORK (AP) — Supermodel Gigi Hadid is in the running to be a juror in Harvey Weinstein’s New York City rape trial after telling a judge Monday that she thinks she’d be able to “keep an open mind on the facts.” Hadid, who lives in Manhattan and studied criminal psychology at The New School,... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, News, Sexual Abuse

Gigi Hadid, Harvey Weinstein

January 14, 2020

Innocence claim in 1976 rape may continue in appeals court

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Attorneys for a North Carolina man who says he’s innocent of a 1976 rape are planning to request a hearing before the full 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals after a three-judge panel refused to reopen the case. The Charlotte Observer reported that the 4th U.S. Court of Appeals voted 2-1... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Abuse

Ronnie Long

January 14, 2020

Police suspect serial killer strangled Illinois teen in 1976

CHICAGO (AP) — A suspected serial killer strangled a suburban Chicago teenage girl in 1976 and likely killed another woman just days before she was to testify in court that he raped her, police said Monday. Lisle Police Detective Chris Loudon, who investigated the January 1976 slaying of 16-year-old Pamela Maurer of Woodridge, said during... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Bruce Lindahl

January 14, 2020

Drug charge to be dropped against Patriots safety Chung

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A cocaine possession charge against New England Patriots safety Patrick Chung will be dropped with the understanding that he will undergo periodic drug testing and perform 40 hours of community service, a prosecutor said Monday. A grand jury in New Hampshire indicted Chung in August. Belknap County Attorney Andrew Livernois had... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, News, Sports

NFL, Patrick Chung

January 14, 2020

Charges dropped against man in wife’s 1990 slaying

OZARK, Ala. (AP) — Authorities dropped charges against a man arrested in the slaying of his wife after another suspect admitted to the 1990 killing on the eve of the trial, prosecutors said Monday. The surprise decision to clear Carl Harris Jr. in the death of Tracy Harris and arrest Jeff Beasley came after the... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Carl Harris Jr.

January 14, 2020

Mueller probe witness pleads guilty on child sex charges

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A key witness in special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation will be sentenced to at least 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges of child sex trafficking and possessing child pornography. Lebanese-American businessman George Nader, 60, entered a plea deal Monday in federal court in Alexandria. Nader admitted transporting... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Abuse

George Nader, Robert Mueller

January 14, 2020

Oklahoma attorney general sues distributors of opioids

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter on Monday brought a lawsuit against three distributors of opioids after winning a lawsuit against one drug manufacturer and reaching pretrial settlements in other cases. Hunter filed the lawsuit in Cleveland County District Court against Cardinal Health Inc., McKesson Corp. and AmerisourceBergen Corp. “Oklahoma is in... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, News

Opioids

January 14, 2020

Trial opens in suit over Border Patrol detention conditions

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — It’s 2 a.m. on a Tuesday in September and a man is trudging around crammed bodies that wriggle as he tries to reach a bathroom stall at a Border Patrol facility in Tucson. The first stall is a no-go— someone is sleeping, covered by a thin aluminum-style blanket that slips out... Read More

Criminal Justice News, National Security, News

January 14, 2020

Shooter at Florida zombie festival gets 30 years in prison

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — The man who shot several people, killing one, at a zombie-themed festival in Florida more than four years ago was sentenced on Monday to 30 years in prison. Jose Raul Bonilla, 24, was sentenced after pleading no contest to second-degree murder, aggravated battery with a firearm and possession of a... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, News

Jose Raul Bonilla

January 14, 2020

Kansas GOP to stymie ban in reversing abortion-rights ruling

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Top Kansas Republicans want to head off any push for an abortion ban in the state even as they make overturning a Kansas Supreme Court ruling that protects abortion rights a top priority. The GOP-controlled Legislature expects to consider a proposed amendment to the Kansas Constitution during the annual 90-day lawmaking... Read More

Abortion, Criminal Justice News, News

Abortion

January 14, 2020

Prosecutors seek nearly 5 years in prison for ex-Congressman

NEW YORK (AP) — A former congressman should serve nearly five years in prison for insider trading, especially after coming to represent “the cynical idea that those in power who make the laws are not required to follow them,” prosecutors said Monday. Christopher Collins, 69, is scheduled to be sentenced on Friday after the Republican... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Fraud, News

Christopher Collins

January 14, 2020

Judge refuses to second-guess family separations at border

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A U.S. judge ruled Monday that the Trump administration is operating within its authority when separating families stopped at the Mexico border, rejecting arguments that it was quietly returning to widespread practices that drew international condemnation. The American Civil Liberties Union argued that the administration was splitting families over dubious allegations... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Immigration, News

Immigration

Texas inmate faces execution for killing wife in 2005

Some asylum-seekers returned to Mexico get attorney access

Gigi Hadid among potential jurors for Weinstein’s rape trial

Innocence claim in 1976 rape may continue in appeals court

Police suspect serial killer strangled Illinois teen in 1976

Drug charge to be dropped against Patriots safety Chung

Charges dropped against man in wife’s 1990 slaying

Mueller probe witness pleads guilty on child sex charges

Oklahoma attorney general sues distributors of opioids

Trial opens in suit over Border Patrol detention conditions

Shooter at Florida zombie festival gets 30 years in prison

Kansas GOP to stymie ban in reversing abortion-rights ruling

Prosecutors seek nearly 5 years in prison for ex-Congressman

Judge refuses to second-guess family separations at border

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