Navy upholds sentencing of Navy SEAL for posing with corpse

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The U.S. chief of naval operations on Tuesday denied a request for clemency and upheld a military jury’s sentence that will reduce the rank of a decorated Navy SEAL convicted of posing with a dead Islamic State captive in Iraq in 2017. Adm. Mike Gilday made the decision after carefully reviewing... Read More

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Edward Gallagher

October 30, 2019

Facebook sues Israeli company over WhatsApp spyware

Facebook sued the Israeli hacker-for-hire company NSO Group on Tuesday in U.S. federal court for allegedly targeting some 1,400 users of its encrypted messaging service WhatsApp with highly sophisticated spyware. The lawsuit filed in San Francisco is the first legal action of its kind, according to Facebook, involving a nearly totally unregulated realm. Facebook says... Read More

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Facebook, Whatsapp

October 30, 2019

Arizona official pleads not guilty in adoption fraud case

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — An elected official in Arizona accused of running a human smuggling scheme that brought pregnant women from the Marshall Islands to the U.S. pleaded not guilty Tuesday to federal charges in Arkansas. Authorities say Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen illegally paid the Pacific island women to have their babies in the... Read More

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Paul Petersen

October 30, 2019

Judge tosses Pittsburgh gun laws passed after massacre

A judge on Tuesday struck down gun restrictions that the Pittsburgh City Council imposed after last year’s synagogue massacre, noting that Pennsylvania state law forbids municipalities from regulating firearms. Pittsburgh’s trio of gun ordinances violate state law and are therefore “void and unenforceable,” Allegheny County Judge Joseph James ruled. State law has long prohibited municipalities... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, News

October 30, 2019

Immigrant victimized by ICE forgery doesn’t have to pay fees

SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday criticized the Justice Department for seeking legal fees from a Mexican immigrant who was the victim of a forgery by a government lawyer. U.S. District Judge Barbara Rothstein on Tuesday denied the department’s effort to make Ignacio Lanuza and his attorneys pay legal fees for his unsuccessful... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Immigration, News

Ignacio Lanuza

October 30, 2019

Jury selection to begin for newspaper shooter insanity phase

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Jury selection is scheduled to begin to determine whether a man who has pleaded guilty to killing five people at a Maryland newspaper was legally insane at the time of the shooting. Prosecutors and attorneys for Jarrod Ramos are set to start asking potential jurors questions to seat a jury Wednesday.... Read More

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Jarrod Ramos

October 30, 2019

Sentencing delay sought for baseball player accused of rapes

GEORGETOWN, Del. (AP) — Attorneys for a former University of Delaware baseball player who is accused of a string of sexual assaults and was convicted in the first case brought to trial are seeking to delay his sentencing. A judge scheduled a teleconference Wednesday with prosecutors and attorneys for 23-year-old Clay Conaway. Conaway faces sentencing... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Abuse, Sports

Clay Conaway

October 30, 2019

Former surfing executive to be sentenced in admissions case

BOSTON (AP) — A former California business executive is returning to court to be sentenced in the college admissions scandal. Jeffrey Bizzack, of Solana Beach, California, is scheduled to appear in Boston’s federal court Wednesday. The 59-year-old pleaded guilty in July to a single count of fraud and conspiracy. Authorities say Bizzack paid $250,000 to... Read More

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Admissions Scheme, Jeffrey Bizzack

October 30, 2019

R. Kelly up for status hearing in Chicago federal case

CHICAGO (AP) — Singer R. Kelly is slated to appear in a Chicago federal courtroom, where his lawyers could broach a longshot request for a judge to grant him bond as he awaits his child pornography trial. Wednesday’s status hearing comes nearly a month after a judge in a related federal case in New York... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, News, Sexual Abuse

R. Kelly

October 30, 2019

Judge: Georgia sheriff can’t put Halloween warning signs up

JACKSON, Ga. (AP) — A federal judge has blocked a Georgia sheriff from posting signs in front of the homes of three registered sex offenders warning people not to trick-or-treat there. Judge Marc Treadwell in Macon ruled Tuesday that the sex offenders were likely to win their argument that Butts County Sheriff Gary Long’s signs... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

October 30, 2019

The Latest: Parole board declines to stop Georgia execution

ATLANTA (AP) — The Latest on the scheduled execution of a Georgia man convicted of killing a convenience store clerk 25 years ago (all times local): 8:55 a.m. The Georgia parole board has declined to delay the execution of a man convicted of killing a convenience store clerk 25 years ago. Ray Jefferson Cromartie is... Read More

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Ray Jefferson Cromartie

October 29, 2019

Man pleads not guilty in deaths of 4 sleeping on NYC streets

NEW YORK (AP) — A homeless man charged in the beating deaths of four men as they slept on the New York City streets may pursue a mental health-related defense, his lawyer told a judge Monday at his arraignment. Randy Santos, 24, pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges during a brief excursion to... Read More

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Randy Santos

October 29, 2019

Trial starts for Colorado man suspected of killing fiancee

CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo. (AP) — Jury selection began Monday in the trial of a Colorado man suspected of killing his flight instructor fiancee and burning her body on his ranch. It was expected to take several days to seat a jury to weigh the evidence against Patrick Frazee, 33, who has pleaded not guilty to... Read More

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Patrick Frazee

October 29, 2019

Inmate sentenced to death in deadly prison breakout attempt

MANTEO, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina inmate convicted of murdering four prison workers during a failed escape attempt two years ago has been sentenced to death. The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk, Virginia, reports that jurors on Monday settled on execution as the appropriate penalty for 30-year-old Mikel Brady for the deadliest attempted prison breakout in... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Execution, News

Navy upholds sentencing of Navy SEAL for posing with corpse

Facebook sues Israeli company over WhatsApp spyware

Arizona official pleads not guilty in adoption fraud case

Judge tosses Pittsburgh gun laws passed after massacre

Immigrant victimized by ICE forgery doesn’t have to pay fees

Jury selection to begin for newspaper shooter insanity phase

Sentencing delay sought for baseball player accused of rapes

Former surfing executive to be sentenced in admissions case

R. Kelly up for status hearing in Chicago federal case

Judge: Georgia sheriff can’t put Halloween warning signs up

The Latest: Parole board declines to stop Georgia execution

Man pleads not guilty in deaths of 4 sleeping on NYC streets

Trial starts for Colorado man suspected of killing fiancee

Inmate sentenced to death in deadly prison breakout attempt

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