Closing arguments set for missing Chinese scholar case

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — Closing arguments are set for the federal death penalty trial of a former University of Illinois doctoral student charged with kidnapping and killing a 26-year-old visiting scholar from China. Monday’s closings follow a week and a half of testimony. If jurors convict Brendt Christensen, they must then decide whether he should... Read More

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Brendt Christensen

June 24, 2019

Buttigieg criticized at emotional town hall after shooting

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg faced criticism Sunday from angry residents of South Bend, Indiana, at an emotional town hall meeting a week after a white police officer fatally shot a black man in the city where he is mayor. Buttigieg (BOO’-tuh-juhj) said he would call for an outside investigation... Read More

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Pete Buttigieg

June 24, 2019

Q&A: Census citizenship question sparks legal debate, fears

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule this week on a request from the Census Bureau to ask everyone in the country about citizenship status. The plan has set off litigation and debate and raised some important questions. Among them: ___ Q: What is the proposed question? A: The Census Bureau would ask for... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Immigration, News

June 24, 2019

W.Va judge denies reduced sentence in elder abuse death case

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia judge has doubled down on the 40-year sentence he gave a man in the fatal beating of an incapacitated 73-year-old man who was under his care. News outlets report Judge Christopher D. Chiles denied 32-year-old Rocco Wayne Cooper’s request for a reduced sentence Friday. Cooper previously entered a... Read More

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Rocco Wayne Cooper

June 24, 2019

Reno judge refuses to dismiss charges in 4 Nevada killings

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A judge in Reno has denied a motion to dismiss two murder charges against a Salvadoran immigrant accused of killing four people in Nevada in January. The defense had argued a Washoe County grand jury lacked authority to indict 20-year-old Wilber Ernesto Martinez-Guzman for crimes outside the county. But Washoe District... Read More

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Wilber Ernesto Martinez-Guzman

June 24, 2019

Trial set to begin for former Baltimore Ravens running back

OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — A trial begins Monday for the Baltimore Ravens’ former starting running back Alex Collins on drug and weapons felony charges. Collins is charged with intent to distribute marijuana and possession of a firearm during a drug-trafficking crime, as well as two misdemeanors. Charging documents say Collins’ Corvette crashed into a... Read More

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Alex Collins

June 24, 2019

Case on hold for man charged with posing as missing child

CINCINNATI (AP) — The case of a 24-year-old Ohio man charged with impersonating a long-missing child is on hold in federal court. U.S. District Judge Michael Barrett earlier granted a sealed motion filed by Brian Michael Rini’s (REE’-neez) attorney and canceled a scheduled final pretrial hearing. A court notice filed Monday stated the June 24... Read More

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Brian Michael Rini

June 21, 2019

Georgia puts inmate to death for man’s 1996 shotgun slaying

JACKSON, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia inmate convicted of the 1996 shotgun slaying of a man who had agreed to give him and another man a ride outside a Walmart store maintained his innocence before being put to death Thursday. Warden Benjamin Ford pronounced Marion Wilson Jr. dead at 9:52 p.m. at the state prison... Read More

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Marion Wilson Jr.

June 21, 2019

Man’s serial killer boast doubted in Chinese scholar case

CHICAGO (AP) — A former University of Illinois doctoral student on trial for killing a visiting scholar from China searched the internet for instructions on committing murder before the woman vanished, which one expert on serial killers says may be a sign that his boast to have killed 12 other people is false. Brendt Christensen’s... Read More

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Brendt Christensen

June 21, 2019

2 more duck boat workers indicted in sinking that killed 17

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted two more employees of a company that owns a duck boat that sank on a Missouri lake last summer, killing 17 people. Curtis Lanham, the general manager at Ride the Ducks Branson, and Charles Baltzell, the operations supervisor, were charged with misconduct and neglect... Read More

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Ride the Ducks Branson

June 21, 2019

Witness in Navy SEAL trial takes blame for killing

SAN DIEGO (AP) — When the prosecution called a special forces medic to testify, they expected him to bolster their murder case against a decorated Navy SEAL accused of stabbing an Islamic State fighter in his care. Corey Scott delivered on that count, saying Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher had unexpectedly plunged a knife into... Read More

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Edward Gallagher

June 21, 2019

Mexican megachurch leader returns to court in sex abuse case

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The leader of Mexican megachurch La Luz del Mundo is scheduled to return court Friday in a child rape and human trafficking case. Naasón Joaquín García and his co-defendants were arrested earlier this month on suspicion of child rape, statutory rape, molestation, human trafficking, child pornography and extortion. The charges in... Read More

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Naasón Joaquín García

June 21, 2019

Family of teen fatally shot by Chicago officer files lawsuit

CHICAGO (AP) — The family of a teenager shot and killed by a Chicago police officer earlier this year has filed a federal lawsuit against the city and officer. The lawsuit filed Thursday claims 17-year-old Michael Elam Jr. was unarmed and not a threat when he was shot on the night of Feb. 16 on... Read More

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Adolf Bolanos

June 21, 2019

Colorado shooter says he targeted kids over gender taunts

DENVER (AP) — A high school student charged in a classmate’s death during a Colorado school shooting told police that he planned the attack for weeks and intended to target classmates who repeatedly mocked his gender identity. Written summaries of police interviews with the two suspected shooters portray 16-year-old Alec McKinney as the leader of... Read More

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Alec McKinney, Devon Erickson

Closing arguments set for missing Chinese scholar case

Buttigieg criticized at emotional town hall after shooting

Q&A: Census citizenship question sparks legal debate, fears

W.Va judge denies reduced sentence in elder abuse death case

Reno judge refuses to dismiss charges in 4 Nevada killings

Trial set to begin for former Baltimore Ravens running back

Case on hold for man charged with posing as missing child

Georgia puts inmate to death for man’s 1996 shotgun slaying

Man’s serial killer boast doubted in Chinese scholar case

2 more duck boat workers indicted in sinking that killed 17

Witness in Navy SEAL trial takes blame for killing

Mexican megachurch leader returns to court in sex abuse case

Family of teen fatally shot by Chicago officer files lawsuit

Colorado shooter says he targeted kids over gender taunts

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