Japan court upholds sterilization to register gender change

TOKYO (AP) — Human rights and LGBT activists on Friday denounced a ruling by Japan’s Supreme Court upholding a law that effectively requires transgender people to be sterilized before they can have their gender changed on official documents. The court said the law is constitutional because it was meant to reduce confusion in families and... Read More

Criminal Justice News, International Justice Watch, News

January 28, 2019

Judge approves changes to Weinstein’s legal team

NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein won a judge’s approval Friday to overhaul the defense team in his rape and sexual assault case, replacing his bulldog New York City attorney with a four-person squad that’s high on courtroom stars and headline-grabbing cases. The disgraced Hollywood mogul was in a Manhattan courtroom — along with new... Read More

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Harvey Weinstein

January 28, 2019

Transgender military personnel in limbo over Trump plan

NEW YORK (AP) — Long term, lawyers and activists battling to ensure that transgender people can serve openly in the U.S. military are convinced they will prevail. Short term, they are braced for anguishing consequences if the Trump administration proceeds with its plan to sharply restrict such service. The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Orientation

Katie Schmid

January 28, 2019

Trump ally Stone charged with lying about hacked emails

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s confidant Roger Stone has been charged with lying about his pursuit of Russian-hacked emails damaging to Hillary Clinton’s 2016 election bid. Prosecutors allege that senior Trump campaign officials sought to leverage the stolen material into a White House victory. The self-proclaimed dirty trickster, arrested by the FBI in a... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Politics

Donald Trump, Roger Stone

January 28, 2019

Prominent Chinese human rights lawyer sentenced to 4½ years

BEIJING (AP) — Prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang was sentenced to 4½ years in prison on the charge of subversion of state power Monday, more than three years after he was detained in a sweeping crackdown on the legal profession. The No. 2 Intermediate Court in the northeastern city of Tianjin announced the... Read More

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Wang Quanzhang

January 28, 2019

Jackson accusers’ film gets standing ovation, estate rebuke

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — It’s not uncommon for audiences at the Sundance Film Festival to give standing ovations, but the ceremonial act took on a solemn air as two men who accuse Michael Jackson of molesting them as boys walked onstage following the festival’s only screening of “Leaving Neverland,” a documentary about their stories.... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, News, Sexual Abuse

Leaving Neverland, Michael Jackson

January 28, 2019

Experts: Decent chance Van Dyke’s sentence will be tossed

CHICAGO (AP) — Some legal experts believe there’s a reasonable chance the prison sentence of less than seven years imposed on a white Chicago police officer last week for second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald 16 times could be tossed out and a new sentencing ordered. Van Dyke, 40, went... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, Law Enforcement, News

Jason Van Dyke, Laquan McDonald

January 25, 2019

Experts: PG&E bankruptcy likely despite positive fire report

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The conclusion by California fire investigators that Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. equipment didn’t ignite a 2017 wine country wildfire that killed 22 people probably won’t stop the company from going ahead with its planned bankruptcy, legal experts said Thursday. The utility still faces billions of dollars in potential damages from... Read More

Business, Criminal Justice News, News

Fire, PG&E

January 25, 2019

Arizona man facing terrorism charge pleads not guilty

PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona man facing a terrorism charge and accused of brandishing a knife in an encounter with a sheriff’s sergeant has pleaded not guilty. Maricopa County Superior Court officials say 18-year-old Ismail Hamed entered his plea Thursday. His next scheduled court date is March 8. County sheriff’s officials say Hamed told a... Read More

Criminal Justice News, National Security, News

Ismail Hamed

January 25, 2019

Illinois office may seek new sentencing in McDonald slaying

CHICAGO (AP) — The Illinois attorney general’s office has signaled it may be considering a rare sentencing-related appeal if it concludes that the less than seven years in prison a white Chicago police officer received in the killing of black teenager Laquan McDonald was wrongly calculated. The office said in a brief statement emailed Thursday... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, Law Enforcement, News

Jason Van Dyke, Laquan McDonald

January 25, 2019

Ex-UConn coach Ollie takes dispute to state, federal court

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Former UConn basketball coach Kevin Ollie has brought his $10 million dispute with the school over his firing to both state and federal court. Lawyers for Ollie and the university were to give oral arguments Friday in U.S. District Court in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on a motion that would allow Ollie to... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sports

Kevin Ollie

January 25, 2019

Suspect in 4 slayings accused of selling victims’ jewelry

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A suspect in four fatal shootings in Nevada was accused in court Thursday of being in the U.S. illegally and possessing weapons and selling jewelry stolen from some of the dead. Wilber Ernesto Martinez-Guzman, a 19-year-old immigrant from El Salvador, appeared before a judge in Carson City in shackles with... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, News

Wilber Ernesto Martinez-Guzman

January 25, 2019

3 militia members face sentencing in Kansas bomb plot

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Three militia members face the possibility of life in prison for a foiled plot to massacre Muslims in southwest Kansas by blowing up a mosque and apartments housing Somali immigrants. At separate sentencing hearings for the men on Friday, the government plans to play video clips of the intended victims talking... Read More

Criminal Justice News, National Security, News

Curtis Allen, Gavin Wright, Patrick Stein

January 25, 2019

Homeowner equipment caused California wine country fire

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — In a long-awaited report, state investigators said Thursday that a 2017 wildfire that killed 22 people in Northern California wine country was caused by a private electrical system, not equipment belonging to embattled Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. The state firefighting agency concluded that the blaze started next to a residence.... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Fire, PG&E

Japan court upholds sterilization to register gender change

Judge approves changes to Weinstein’s legal team

Transgender military personnel in limbo over Trump plan

Trump ally Stone charged with lying about hacked emails

Prominent Chinese human rights lawyer sentenced to 4½ years

Jackson accusers’ film gets standing ovation, estate rebuke

Experts: Decent chance Van Dyke’s sentence will be tossed

Experts: PG&E bankruptcy likely despite positive fire report

Arizona man facing terrorism charge pleads not guilty

Illinois office may seek new sentencing in McDonald slaying

Ex-UConn coach Ollie takes dispute to state, federal court

Suspect in 4 slayings accused of selling victims’ jewelry

3 militia members face sentencing in Kansas bomb plot

Homeowner equipment caused California wine country fire

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