Suspect in Planned Parenthood shooting to appear in court

DENVER (AP) — A man accused of killing three people at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado in 2015 is set to appear in U.S. District Court on Friday on new charges that were filed after his murder case in state court stalled. Ahead of the hearing in Denver, federal prosecutors filed a request for... Read More

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Robert Lewis Dear

December 12, 2019

Execution on hold in Tennessee after racism argument raised

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The pending execution of a black inmate was put on hold Wednesday by Tennessee’s highest court after the inmate said racism tainted the jury selection at his trial. In August, a Nashville judge approved an agreement between Abu-Ali Abdur-Rahman and Nashville’s district attorney to resentence Abdur’Rahman to life in prison because... Read More

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Abu-Ali Abdur'Rahman

December 12, 2019

Epstein lawyer disappointed women won’t give up lawsuits

NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer for Jeffrey Epstein’s estate said Wednesday he is disappointed that women who say the financier sexually attacked them aren’t suspending lawsuits to join a special compensation fund, but an attorney for one woman says lawsuits are the better route, at least for now. Attorney Bennet Moskowitz told a Manhattan... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Abuse

Jeffrey Epstein

December 12, 2019

Beshear becomes target of lawsuit claiming abuse of power

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — For nearly four years as Kentucky attorney general, Andy Beshear filed a series of lawsuits accusing then-Gov. Matt Bevin of abusing his executive powers. Now Beshear is being sued by the people he ousted from the state school board on his first day as governor. The new Democratic governor wielded his... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Politics

Andy Beshear

December 12, 2019

2 ex-Nebraska football players face sex assault allegations

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Two former University of Nebraska football players accused in connection with the sexual assault of a 19-year-old fellow student were set to be released from jail Wednesday after a judge allowed them to post bond, and attorneys for both men said they intend to fight the allegations. Katerian LeGrone, 19, and... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Abuse, Sports

Andre Hunt, Katerian LeGrone

December 12, 2019

California calls pot smoke, THC a risk to moms-to-be

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California panel voted Wednesday to declare marijuana smoke and the drug’s high-producing chemical — THC — a risk to pregnant women and their developing fetuses and require warning labels for products legally sold in the nation’s largest pot market. The decision by the little-known Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, News

December 12, 2019

Texas inmate executed for killing prison supervisor in 2003

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas inmate was executed by lethal injection Wednesday evening for killing a supervisor at a state prison shoe factory in Amarillo nearly 17 years ago. Travis Runnels, 46, was convicted of slashing the throat of 38-year-old Stanley Wiley on Jan. 29, 2003. Runnels was executed at the state penitentiary in... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Execution, News

Travis Runnels

December 12, 2019

US seeks dismissal of New Mexico’s immigration lawsuit

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. lawyers want a judge to dismiss claims by New Mexico that immigration officials shirked their duties earlier this year by quickly releasing thousands of mostly Central American migrants into communities after they crossed into the United States. New Mexico claimed in a lawsuit filed in June that the practice left... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Immigration, News

Immigration

December 12, 2019

Weinstein’s bail hiked over allegations he disabled monitor

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge Wednesday hiked Harvey Weinstein’s bail over allegations he mishandled or disabled his electronic ankle monitor dozens of times in recent months. Judge James Burke gave Weinstein three options to cover a new bail of up to $5 million and warned the disgraced movie mogul that he’ll face jail if... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, News, Sexual Abuse

Harvey Weinstein

December 12, 2019

Arizona official in human smuggling case seeks to keep seat

PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona elected official accused of paying women from a poor Pacific island nation to give their babies up for adoption in the United States made an appeal Wednesday to keep his job. Lawyers for Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen told the county Board of Supervisors that he did not neglect his... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Paul Petersen

December 12, 2019

Charges dropped, brothers in hemp-pot mixup look to sue NYC

NEW YORK (AP) — The bust was a bust, and it could end up costing New York City some serious green. A day after prosecutors dropped criminal charges in a case spotlighting confusion over hemp, marijuana and conflicting laws, the Brooklyn brothers caught in the chaos took the first step toward suing the city and... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, News

Oren Levy, Ronen Levy

December 12, 2019

Judge blocks enforcement of LA law that takes aim at NRA

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday blocked enforcement of a Los Angeles law requiring businesses that want city contracts to disclose whether they have ties to the National Rifle Association. The NRA’s request for a preliminary injunction was granted by U.S. District Judge Stephen V. Wilson in Los Angeles. It temporarily prohibits... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, News

NRA

December 12, 2019

Appeals court to rehear arguments in Trump hotel lawsuit

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court is set to rehear arguments Thursday in a lawsuit that accuses President Donald Trump of illegally profiting off the presidency through his luxury Washington hotel. The state of Maryland and the District of Columbia will ask the full 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider a... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Donald Trump

December 12, 2019

Prosecutors can move forward with leaks case against analyst

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A judge has allowed prosecutors to move forward with their case against a former intelligence analyst charged with leaking classified documents about military campaigns to a reporter, according to court papers unsealed Wednesday. Daniel Hale of Nashville, Tennessee, is charged in federal court in Alexandria under the World War I-era Espionage... Read More

Criminal Justice News, National Security, News

Daniel Everette Hale

Suspect in Planned Parenthood shooting to appear in court

Execution on hold in Tennessee after racism argument raised

Epstein lawyer disappointed women won’t give up lawsuits

Beshear becomes target of lawsuit claiming abuse of power

2 ex-Nebraska football players face sex assault allegations

California calls pot smoke, THC a risk to moms-to-be

Texas inmate executed for killing prison supervisor in 2003

US seeks dismissal of New Mexico’s immigration lawsuit

Weinstein’s bail hiked over allegations he disabled monitor

Arizona official in human smuggling case seeks to keep seat

Charges dropped, brothers in hemp-pot mixup look to sue NYC

Judge blocks enforcement of LA law that takes aim at NRA

Appeals court to rehear arguments in Trump hotel lawsuit

Prosecutors can move forward with leaks case against analyst

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