Convicted killer: Civil rights violated when dreadlocks cut

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The repeated cutting of an imprisoned Ohio killer’s dreadlocks violates the inmate’s civil rights and impedes his ability to practice his religion, according to a federal lawsuit. The complaint filed on behalf of prisoner Cecil Koger says his faith of Rastafarianism requires him to wear his hair in dreadlocks. The Department... Read More

News, Religion

Civil Rights, Religion

November 21, 2017

Parolee charged with killing second Iowa man after release

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A parolee charged with killing an Iowa City cab driver in June is also responsible for the April shooting death of a bail bondsman in the city, police said Monday. Both homicides occurred just months after Curtis Cortez Jones left prison following a decision by the Iowa Board of Parole... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, News

Shooting

November 21, 2017

South Carolina doesn’t have drugs for December execution

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Officials said Monday that they can’t carry out South Carolina’s first death penalty in more than six years because the state can’t get the drugs needed for lethal injection, but remaining appeals make it unlikely the execution could have moved forward as scheduled anyway. The Department of Corrections last week received... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Execution, News

November 21, 2017

Disruptive Hawaii flight passenger sentenced to time served

HONOLULU (AP) — A Turkish man who said a hallucination about a butterfly caused him to disrupt a flight from Los Angeles to Honolulu won’t receive additional jail time under terms of his sentence handed down Monday. Anil Uskanli was sentenced to the six months that he has spent locked up since the incident that... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Airplane, Bomb Threat

November 21, 2017

Charles Manson used charm to turn youths into mass killers

LOS ANGELES (AP) — In summer 1969, a scruffy ex-convict with a magnetic hold on young women sent some of his disciples into the night to carry out a series of gruesome killings in Los Angeles. In so doing, Charles Manson became the leering face of evil on front pages across America and rewrote the... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Charles Manson

November 21, 2017

Ex-Chicago officer who shot at teens gets 5-year sentence

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge sentenced a former Chicago police officer who was convicted of civil rights violations after he opened fire on a car full of teenagers to five years in prison on Monday, telling the officer that when he pulled the trigger 16 times he was acting more like a violent criminal... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, Law Enforcement, News

Guns, Police

November 21, 2017

Attorneys filing Vegas shooting lawsuits with 450 plaintiffs

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Attorneys who filed one of the first lawsuits after the Oct. 1 mass shooting that killed 58 concert-goers and left hundreds injured on the Las Vegas Strip filed four new negligence cases Monday on behalf of more than 450 victims. This time, however, Houston-based lawyers Chad Pinkerton and Mo Aziz filed... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, News

Las Vegas, Paddock, Shooting

November 21, 2017

Judge permanently blocks Trump sanctuary cities order

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge on Monday permanently blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order to cut funding from cities that limit cooperation with U.S. immigration authorities. U.S. District Court Judge William Orrick rejected the administration’s argument that the executive order applies only to a relatively small pot of money and said Trump cannot... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Immigration, National Security, News

Immigration

November 21, 2017

California balcony fall victims settle with building owner

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Relatives of six college students who died when a balcony collapsed in Berkeley, California, have reached a settlement with the owners of the apartment building and the company that managed it, it was announced Monday. Terms of the lawsuit settlement with owner BlackRock and management firm Greystar were confidential. The settlement... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Berkeley

November 21, 2017

Epic antitrust fight looms for AT&T’s $85B Time Warner deal

NEW YORK (AP) — The Justice Department is suing AT&T to stop its $85 billion purchase of Time Warner, setting the stage for an epic legal battle with the telecom giant. It could also create a new headache for President Donald Trump, whose public statements have raised suspicions that he might have interfered with the... Read More

Business, Criminal Justice News, News

AT&T, Business, Time Warner

November 21, 2017

Trial wrapping up in case that sparked immigration debate

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jurors will consider dueling arguments Tuesday that either a homeless man killed a woman at a San Francisco pier by accident or while playing a sick game... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, News

Immigration

November 20, 2017

Students seek $55M in damages, say dorms had toxic mold

SUMTER, S.C. (AP) — Five current and former students are seeking $55 million in damages in a lawsuit that says they were exposed to toxic mold while living in three dormitories at a South Carolina college. Multiple media outlets report the five have sued Morris College, a historically black liberal arts college in Sumter. They... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

College, Mold

November 20, 2017

Ex-student to face judge in body fluids contamination case

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A former Connecticut college student is facing arraignment on allegations she smeared body fluids on her roommate’s belongings. Brianna Brochu is scheduled to appear Tuesday in Hartford Superior Court. She’s charged with misdemeanor criminal mischief and breach of peace. Prosecutors say they’re determining whether to add a hate crime charge. The... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Bodily Fluids

November 20, 2017

Woman says she was harassed by New York state employee

NEW YORK (AP) — An upstate New York woman struggling to find a place to live and a job after ending an abusive relationship said a state employee helped her, only to use it as an excuse to sexually harass and assault her, and the governor’s office knew and did nothing to stop it, according... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Politics, Sexual Abuse

Politics, Sexual Abuse

Convicted killer: Civil rights violated when dreadlocks cut

Parolee charged with killing second Iowa man after release

South Carolina doesn’t have drugs for December execution

Disruptive Hawaii flight passenger sentenced to time served

Charles Manson used charm to turn youths into mass killers

Ex-Chicago officer who shot at teens gets 5-year sentence

Attorneys filing Vegas shooting lawsuits with 450 plaintiffs

Judge permanently blocks Trump sanctuary cities order

California balcony fall victims settle with building owner

Epic antitrust fight looms for AT&T’s $85B Time Warner deal

Trial wrapping up in case that sparked immigration debate

Students seek $55M in damages, say dorms had toxic mold

Ex-student to face judge in body fluids contamination case

Woman says she was harassed by New York state employee

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