US judge bars revoking DACA work permits without due process

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge on Monday issued a sweeping ban on the U.S. government revoking deportation protection of immigrants brought to the United States illegally as children. U.S. District Court Judge Philip Gutierrez expanded a preliminary injunction he issued earlier in a lawsuit that alleges the Trump administration is yanking people out... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Immigration, National Security, News

DACA

February 27, 2018

Nassar victims help unveil sweeping child abuse legislation

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Victims of imprisoned former sports doctor Larry Nassar helped unveil what they described Monday as a sweeping rewrite of Michigan laws related to childhood sexual abuse, saying the changes would ease the ability to stop abuse and bring justice to survivors. Included in the bipartisan 10-bill package is a proposal to... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Abuse, Sports

Larry Nassar

February 27, 2018

Closing arguments set in trial of ex-aide to Gov. Cuomo

NEW YORK (AP) — Closing arguments are scheduled to begin Tuesday in the bribery trial of a former top aide to Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Defense lawyers presented witnesses over three days to refute a month of evidence from prosecutors aimed at convincing jurors in Manhattan federal court that Joseph Percoco accepted more than $300,000... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Fraud, News, Politics

Joseph Percoco

February 27, 2018

Cyberstalk victim says she feared tormentor would kill her

NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly two dozen times, Francesca Rossi called law enforcement to complain that an ex-boyfriend was harassing her online, posting nude images of her, sending notes to her bosses that she had a sexually transmitted disease and making it appear she was running guns and trafficking in child pornography. But they couldn’t... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

February 27, 2018

Gorsuch silent as divided Supreme Court spars over unions

WASHINGTON (AP) — With the justice holding the decisive vote silent, a divided Supreme Court sparred Monday over a case that could undermine the financial footing of labor unions that represent government workers. The justices heard arguments in a challenge to an Illinois law that allows unions representing government employees to collect fees from workers... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Finance, News, Politics

Supreme Court

February 27, 2018

Court: US anti-discrimination law covers sexual orientation

NEW YORK (AP) — Ruling in the case of a gay skydiving instructor, a federal appeals court in New York on Monday became the second one in the country to declare that U.S. anti-discrimination law protects employees from being fired over their sexual orientation. The decision could set the stage for an appeal to the... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Orientation

Donald Zarda

February 27, 2018

Bill Cosby’s daughter Ensa, 44, dies in Massachusetts

BOSTON (AP) — Bill Cosby’s 44-year-old daughter Ensa Cosby died in Massachusetts from kidney disease, a spokesman for the comedian said Monday. Spokesman Andrew Wyatt did not immediately offer other details about her death on Friday. “Please keep the Cosby family in your prayers and give them peace at this time,” he said. Bill Cosby... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, News

Bill Cosby

February 27, 2018

Supreme Court declines to decide fate of ‘Dreamers’ just yet

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the Trump administration’s highly unusual bid to bypass a federal appeals court and get the justices to intervene in the fate of a program that protects hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation. The announcement means the case affecting “Dreamers” will have to work its... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Immigration, News

DACA, Dreamers

February 27, 2018

Prosecutors: Ex-SKorean president deserves 30 years in jail

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Prosecutors on Tuesday demanded a 30-year prison term for former South Korean President Park Geun-hye for alleged bribery, abuse of power and other crimes in a landmark corruption case that marked a stunning fall from grace for the country’s first female leader and conservative icon. In the final trial session... Read More

Criminal Justice News, International Justice Watch, News

Park Guen-hye

February 27, 2018

Hearing for Florida shooting suspect case canceled

PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — A Tuesday morning hearing in the criminal case against the suspect accused in the Florida high school shooting has been canceled. Prosecutors are seeking to obtain hair samples, fingerprints, DNA and photographs of Nikolas Cruz, 19. The hearing was removed from the court docket and no explanation was immediately available. Cruz,... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, News

Nikolas Cruz

February 26, 2018

California parents face new charges in kids’ torture case

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California couple suspected of starving and shackling some of their 13 children pleaded not guilty Friday to new charges of child abuse. David and Louise Turpin previously entered not-guilty pleas to torture and a raft of other charges and are being held on $12 million bail. Louise Turpin also... Read More

Bad Parenting, Criminal Justice News, News

David Allen Turpin, Louise Anna Turpin

February 26, 2018

Prosecutors: Developer gave illicit cash to LA politicians

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A real estate developer was charged Friday with making nearly $200,000 in illegal campaign contributions to committees that supported Mayor Eric Garcetti and seven other Los Angeles politicians while seeking approval to build a massive apartment complex. Samuel Leung, 67, was charged in Los Angeles Superior Court with conspiring to launder... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Fraud, News, Politics

Samuel Leung

February 26, 2018

Texas dragging death killer loses federal court appeal

HOUSTON (AP) — A prisoner on Texas death row for the dragging death of a man nearly two decades ago in East Texas has lost a federal court appeal, moving him a step close to execution for the hate crime. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last week turned down an appeal from 43-year-old... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Execution, News

John William King

February 26, 2018

Man linked to art heist faces sentencing in weapons case

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A reputed mobster who authorities believe is the last surviving person of interest in the largest art heist in history is facing sentencing in an unrelated weapons case. Eighty-one-year-old Robert Gentile is set to be sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Hartford, Connecticut. Federal prosecutors have said they believe the Manchester... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Robert Gentile

US judge bars revoking DACA work permits without due process

Nassar victims help unveil sweeping child abuse legislation

Closing arguments set in trial of ex-aide to Gov. Cuomo

Cyberstalk victim says she feared tormentor would kill her

Gorsuch silent as divided Supreme Court spars over unions

Court: US anti-discrimination law covers sexual orientation

Bill Cosby’s daughter Ensa, 44, dies in Massachusetts

Supreme Court declines to decide fate of ‘Dreamers’ just yet

Prosecutors: Ex-SKorean president deserves 30 years in jail

Hearing for Florida shooting suspect case canceled

California parents face new charges in kids’ torture case

Prosecutors: Developer gave illicit cash to LA politicians

Texas dragging death killer loses federal court appeal

Man linked to art heist faces sentencing in weapons case

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