Judge holds closed-door settlement talks over opioid crisis

CLEVELAND (AP) — A federal judge in Ohio is ready to start talks on a possible settlement of hundreds of lawsuits brought against drugmakers and drug distributors over the nation’s opioid epidemic. More than 250 lawsuits filed by communities across the country have been consolidated in the Cleveland courtroom of U.S. District Court Judge Dan... Read More

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Drugs, Opiods

January 31, 2018

Nassar to face another sentence, victims in return to court

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Larry Nassar, the former sports doctor accused of sexually assaulting more than 150 women and girls, will be confronted again by scores of victims as he faces another prison sentence for molesting gymnasts, this time at an elite Michigan club run by an Olympic coach. WATCH THE LIVE STREAM HERE Judge... Read More

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Larry Nassar

January 30, 2018

Lawsuit seeks to stop big California homeless camp shutdown

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A religious organization that serves the poor in Southern California filed a lawsuit Monday to try to stop local governments from forcing homeless people out of a big encampment along a riverbed trail. The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court by the Orange County Catholic Worker group and seven homeless... Read More

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Homeless

January 30, 2018

Suit tries to block roundup of nearly 10,000 Nevada mustangs

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Animal rights activists are suing to block what they say is an unprecedented federal plan to capture thousands of wild horses over 10 years in Nevada without the legally required environmental reviews intended to protect the mustangs and U.S. rangeland. Friends of Animals accuse the U.S. Bureau of Land Management violating... Read More

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Mustangs

January 30, 2018

Ex-detectives testify about force’s robberies, extortions

BALTIMORE (AP) — Two former Baltimore detectives testified Monday about a series of brazen robberies and other illegal activities by a rogue police unit as the second week of a high-profile racketeering trial got underway. Indicted ex-detectives Jemell Rayam and Evodio Hendrix, who each face a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, took the... Read More

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Evodio Hendrix, Jemell Rayam

January 30, 2018

Judge who freed detained immigrant raises targeting issue

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge who ordered a detained immigration rights activist facing deportation to be immediately released raised “grave concern” over the argument that he had been targeted because of his political activities, a concern also expressed by immigrants and their advocates over his and others’ cases. During a hearing in Manhattan... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Immigration, National Security, News

Ravi Ragbir

January 30, 2018

Reputed Philadelphia mob boss faces NYC fraud trial

NEW YORK (AP) — A reputed Philadelphia mob boss known for beating murder raps, surviving attempts on his life and reinventing himself as a restaurateur is back in court facing federal fraud charges. Opening statements in the trial of Joseph “Skinny Joey” Merlino are set for Tuesday in federal court in Manhattan. Merlino, 55, was... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Fraud, News

Joseph Merlino

January 30, 2018

Victim of ex-Stanford swimmer won’t participate in memorial

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A woman sexually assaulted by a then-Stanford University swimmer outside a campus fraternity party will no longer participate in the creation of a memorial plaque after the university rejected her suggestions for a quote marking the place where she was attacked. Stanford law professor Michele Dauber proposed the plaque for the... Read More

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Brock Turner

January 30, 2018

Texas inmate asking federal courts to keep him alive

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas death row inmate is asking the federal courts to keep him from being executed for the 1999 slaying of his ex-girlfriend while he already was on parole for killing his estranged wife. William Rayford, 64, would be the nation’s second inmate executed this year, both in Texas. Rayford is... Read More

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William Rayford

January 30, 2018

Legal Smart – Protecting the Abused Perris Children

Legal Expert Alison Triessl joins Lu Parker and Glen Walker on the KTLA News at 3 on Jan. 26, 2018 to discuss legal issues surrounding the Perris couple accused of torturing their 13 children.

Bad Parenting, Criminal Justice News, Legal Smart, News

Legal Smart, Turpin Family

January 30, 2018

Lawyers chase O.J. Simpson over $70M wrongful death judgment

LOS ANGELES (AP) — O.J. Simpson is cashing in on autographs since his release from prison and should pay the money toward a wrongful death judgment that now exceeds $70 million, according to a lawyer for the family of Fred Goldman whose son was killed in 1994 along with Simpson’s ex-wife. Attorney David Cook is... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sports

OJ Simpson

January 30, 2018

Michigan AG vows to find out who knew what at Michigan State

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette lashed out at Michigan State University for allowing Larry Nassar to sexually abuse girls and women for years, and he took a shot at the school’s governing body. “I don’t need advice from the board of trustees,” the aspiring governor said at a packed news conference... Read More

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Larry Nassar, MSU

January 30, 2018

Trial starts for woman charged with killing her twin

WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — A murder trial began Monday for a woman accused of deliberately driving off a cliff in Hawaii and killing her identical twin sister. WATCH THE LIVE STREAM HERE The 2016 crash was a tragic accident, Alexandria Duval’s defense attorney, Birney Bervar said in his opening statement. There’s reasonable doubt of any... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Alexandria Duval

January 29, 2018

Police witness: Kim Jong Nam met American before his murder

SHAH ALAM, Malaysia (AP) — A police witness said Monday that the estranged half brother of North Korea’s leader met with an unidentified Korean American man on a Malaysian resort island four days before he was murdered, as the trial of two women accused of killing him resumed. Indonesia’s Siti Aisyah, 25, and Vietnam’s Doan... Read More

Criminal Justice News, International Justice Watch, News

Doan Thi Huong, Siti Aisyah

Judge holds closed-door settlement talks over opioid crisis

Nassar to face another sentence, victims in return to court

Lawsuit seeks to stop big California homeless camp shutdown

Suit tries to block roundup of nearly 10,000 Nevada mustangs

Ex-detectives testify about force’s robberies, extortions

Judge who freed detained immigrant raises targeting issue

Reputed Philadelphia mob boss faces NYC fraud trial

Victim of ex-Stanford swimmer won’t participate in memorial

Texas inmate asking federal courts to keep him alive

Legal Smart – Protecting the Abused Perris Children

Lawyers chase O.J. Simpson over $70M wrongful death judgment

Michigan AG vows to find out who knew what at Michigan State

Trial starts for woman charged with killing her twin

Police witness: Kim Jong Nam met American before his murder

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