After abuse scandals, seminarians pledge to ‘get it right’

WYNNEWOOD, Pa. (AP) — The seminarians walk along a hallway lined with photos of classes of priests who came before them. Some are pious alumni who have become their teachers and mentors; others climbed the Catholic hierarchy to be revered as bishops and cardinals. But there are others: Raymond Leneweaver, Class of 1962, subject of... Read More

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February 17, 2020

Ex-wife of man accused of killing 8 describes 1st shooting

MAGNOLIA, Miss. (AP) — The now ex-wife of a Mississippi man on trial in the shooting deaths of eight people testified Sunday about how a sheriff’s deputy was shot in the face by the man she described as “abusive” and “controlling.” Sheena May was the only witness Sunday in the courthouse in Magnolia, telling jurors... Read More

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Willie Cory Godbolt

February 14, 2020

Prosecutors seek nearly 5 years for former Baltimore mayor

BALTIMORE (AP) — Federal prosecutors want the disgraced former mayor of Baltimore to be sentenced to nearly five years in prison for the scheme involving sales of her self-published “Healthy Holly” children’s books. In a sentencing memorandum filed Thursday, prosecutors told a judge that a sentence of 57 months in prison would be an “adequate... Read More

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Catherine Pugh

February 14, 2020

2 Ohio State football players plead not guilty to rape

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Two former Ohio State football players pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that they held a woman against her will and raped her this month. Defensive backs Amir Riep and Jahsen Wint — who were kicked off the team Wednesday after they were charged — made an initial appearance in Franklin... Read More

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Amir Riep, Jahsen Wint

February 14, 2020

In win for Amazon, judge freezes work on Pentagon contract

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday ordered a temporary halt of Microsoft’s work on a $10 billion military cloud contract, a win for Amazon, which sued the U.S. government last year for awarding the contract to its rival. Amazon’s lawsuit, filed in November, alleged that President Donald Trump’s bias against the company... Read More

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Amazon

February 14, 2020

Iowa Senate passes abortion constitutional amendment bill

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Senate Republican lawmakers on Thursday approved a resolution that would amend the Iowa Constitution to declare there is no right to an abortion in the state. The measure passed the Senate 32-18 along party lines with only Republican votes. It says in part “we the people of the state... Read More

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Abortion

February 14, 2020

Smollett case could complicate reelection of top prosecutor

CHICAGO (AP) — The decision to restore charges against Jussie Smollett could bedevil the reelection bid of the first black woman to hold Chicago’s top law enforcement job and potentially alter the trajectory of a prosecutor once seen as a rising star in Illinois politics. The charges drew a stinging public response from Kim Foxx,... Read More

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Jussie Smollett

February 14, 2020

Man convicted in case tied to disgraced ex-cop exonerated

HOUSTON (AP) — A judge formally exonerated a second person Thursday who had been convicted and imprisoned based on testimony by a disgraced Houston ex-police officer. Steven Mallet had pleaded guilty in 2009 to a drug charge. His brother Otis was also convicted. State District Judge Kelli Johnson declared Steven Mallet innocent days after his... Read More

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Steven Mallet

February 14, 2020

Lawsuit: Mexican megachurch leaders abused woman for years

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California woman says the father and son leaders of a Mexican megachurch sexually abused her for 18 years starting when she was 12, manipulating Bible passages to convince her the mistreatment actually was a gift from God, according to a federal lawsuit. Sochil Martin, 33, said she was “groomed”... Read More

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Sochil Martin

February 14, 2020

Calif. man free after DNA site leads to new arrest in murder

PLACERVILLE, Calif. (AP) — California authorities used recently developed DNA techniques to free one man and implicate another for only the second time in the United States, officials said Thursday. A man who spent about 15 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted in the slaying of his housemate has been exonerated after authorities used... Read More

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Vern Pierson

February 14, 2020

Man sued over Iowa sexual arousal study ran Kansas facility

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A child psychologist facing a federal lawsuit in Iowa stemming from sexual arousal experiments he oversaw on residents at a state care center for people with intellectual disabilities conducted similar research in Kansas while running one of its state hospitals. The Kansas agency that oversees the state’s hospitals says its initial... Read More

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Jerry Rea

February 14, 2020

In 2 years, Florida ‘red flag’ law removes hundreds of guns

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A 23-year-old man who posted on Facebook, “I don’t know why I don’t go on a killing spree.” A West Palm Beach couple who shot up their home while high on cocaine. A 31-year-old Gulf Coast man who pointed a semiautomatic rifle at a motorcyclist. All four Florida residents had... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, News

February 14, 2020

Whistleblower lawyer represents whistleblower in Australia

CANBERRA, Ausrtralia (AP) — A lawyer charged with conspiring to reveal classified information to expose a diplomatic scandal appeared in a Canberra court on Friday representing another alleged whistleblower charged with leaking secret documents alleging military misconduct in Afghanistan. The lawyer, Bernard Collaery, appeared in the Australian Capital Territory Supreme Court for David McBride, a... Read More

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Bernard Collaery

February 14, 2020

Prosecutors get final word at Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial

NEW YORK (AP) — By the time prosecutors at Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial give their closing argument on Friday, it will have been more than a week since jurors heard one of his accusers recount what prosecutors describe as a vile sexual encounter with the disgraced Hollywood mogul. In the days since, Weinstein’s lawyers have... Read More

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Harvey Weinstein

After abuse scandals, seminarians pledge to ‘get it right’

Ex-wife of man accused of killing 8 describes 1st shooting

Prosecutors seek nearly 5 years for former Baltimore mayor

2 Ohio State football players plead not guilty to rape

In win for Amazon, judge freezes work on Pentagon contract

Iowa Senate passes abortion constitutional amendment bill

Smollett case could complicate reelection of top prosecutor

Man convicted in case tied to disgraced ex-cop exonerated

Lawsuit: Mexican megachurch leaders abused woman for years

Calif. man free after DNA site leads to new arrest in murder

Man sued over Iowa sexual arousal study ran Kansas facility

In 2 years, Florida ‘red flag’ law removes hundreds of guns

Whistleblower lawyer represents whistleblower in Australia

Prosecutors get final word at Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial

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