Georgia set to execute man convicted of killing store clerk

ATLANTA (AP) — A man convicted of shooting two Georgia convenience store clerks — killing one and seriously injuring the other — in separate robberies is scheduled to be executed later this month. Ray Jefferson Cromartie, 52, is scheduled to be put to death Oct. 30 at the state prison in Jackson, state Attorney General... Read More

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Ray Jefferson Cromartie

October 17, 2019

Closings in US drug trial of Honduran president’s brother

NEW YORK (AP) — The brother of Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez created “state-sponsored” drug trafficking by corrupting the country’s politics to protect drug dealers, a prosecutor told a jury during closing arguments Wednesday at a drug trial. Assistant U.S. Attorney Emil Bove in New York made the allegation as he asked a jury to... Read More

Criminal Justice News, International Justice Watch, News

Juan Antonio (Tony) Hernandez

October 17, 2019

Sutter Health, California settle massive antitrust case

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — One of California’s largest hospital systems has reached an agreement to settle a massive class-action lawsuit over allegations that it abused its market power and has been overcharging patients for medical bills. Wednesday’s announcement of an agreement offered no details but came just in time to avoid a trial, with attorneys... Read More

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Sutter Health

October 17, 2019

Jury to decide on death sentence for ‘Boy Next Door Killer’

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles jury has started deliberating whether a man prosecutors have dubbed “The Boy Next Door Killer” will get a sentence of death or life in prison for the killings of two women and the attempted murder of a third. Closing arguments ended Wednesday in the penalty phase of the... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Michael Gargiulo

October 17, 2019

Attorney: Lawsuit planned over VA hospital death in WVa

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — An attorney representing the family of a patient who died at a Veterans Affairs hospital in West Virginia says he plans to sue over what he believes is the man’s suspicious death from a wrongful insulin injection. Charleston attorney Tony O’Dell said a notice of a pending lawsuit was filed this... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

October 17, 2019

Man accused of documenting woman’s killing pleads not guilty

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A man accused of documenting the killing of a woman on a camera memory card has pleaded not guilty. Brian Steven Smith didn’t speak during an arraignment that lasted about a minute Wednesday. A public defender entered his pleas for him. Smith faces charges of murder, sexual assault and evidence tampering... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Brian Steven Smith

October 17, 2019

Fort Worth faith leaders want judge to enforce police reform

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Community and faith leaders on Wednesday called on the Trump administration to open a civil rights investigation into the Fort Worth Police Department in the wake of a white officer’s fatal shooting of a black woman in her home, saying the goal should be a police reform plan enforced by... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, Law Enforcement, News

October 17, 2019

Judge says lawsuit against Harvard law professor can proceed

NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who went public with claims she was a teenage victim of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking ring can move toward trial with her defamation lawsuit against Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz, a judge ruled Wednesday as she disqualified a law firm from representing her. U.S. District Judge Loretta A. Preska... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Abuse

Alan Dershowitz, Jeffrey Epstein

October 17, 2019

Man accused in probe of Giuliani associates is freed on bail

NEW YORK (AP) — A Florida man accused of conspiring with associates of Rudy Giuliani to make illegal campaign contributions made an initial court appearance Wednesday after flying to Kennedy Airport in New York City to turn himself in. David Correia, 44, made a brief appearance before a federal judge in Manhattan, who ordered him... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

David Correia

October 17, 2019

Opioid settlement talks broaden ahead of 1st federal trial

CLEVELAND (AP) — Efforts to settle thousands of lawsuits related to the nation’s opioid epidemic intensified Wednesday ahead of the scheduled start of arguments in the first federal trial over the crisis. A person with knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press that three major drug distributors plus two manufacturers were working on the... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, News

Opiods

October 17, 2019

Court to hear appeal of Jodi Arias’ murder conviction

PHOENIX (AP) — Lawyers are scheduled to make arguments Thursday before the Arizona Court of Appeals as Jodi Arias seeks to overturn her murder conviction in the 2008 death of her former boyfriend. Arias argues a prosecutor’s misconduct and a judge’s failure to control news coverage during the case deprived her of the right to... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Jodi Arias, Juan Martinez

October 17, 2019

Alabama student’s family awarded $9M in wrongful death suit

OPELIKA, Ala. (AP) — The family of an Alabama college student who died from complications of improperly prescribed birth control medication has been awarded $9 million in their wrongful death, medical malpractice suit. Court records obtained by news outlets show a Lee County jury awarded Auburn University student Hope Johnson’s family the sum last week... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Hope Johnson

October 16, 2019

Felicity Huffman starts serving prison time in college scam

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — “Desperate Housewives” star Felicity Huffman — aka inmate No. 77806-112 — reported Tuesday to a federal prison in California to serve a two-week sentence in a college admissions scandal that underscored the lengths some wealthy parents will go to get their children into top universities. Huffman’s husband, actor William H. Macy,... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Fraud, News

Admissions Scheme, Felicity Huffman

October 16, 2019

Appeals court to hold rehearing on Trump hotel lawsuit

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court will reconsider a ruling from a three-judge panel that threw out a lawsuit accusing President Donald Trump of illegally profiting off the presidency through his luxury Washington hotel. The Richmond-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed Tuesday to hold a hearing before the full court of... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Georgia set to execute man convicted of killing store clerk

Closings in US drug trial of Honduran president’s brother

Sutter Health, California settle massive antitrust case

Jury to decide on death sentence for ‘Boy Next Door Killer’

Attorney: Lawsuit planned over VA hospital death in WVa

Man accused of documenting woman’s killing pleads not guilty

Fort Worth faith leaders want judge to enforce police reform

Judge says lawsuit against Harvard law professor can proceed

Man accused in probe of Giuliani associates is freed on bail

Opioid settlement talks broaden ahead of 1st federal trial

Court to hear appeal of Jodi Arias’ murder conviction

Alabama student’s family awarded $9M in wrongful death suit

Felicity Huffman starts serving prison time in college scam

Appeals court to hold rehearing on Trump hotel lawsuit

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