Lawyers for Patriots owner seek to have sex video thrown out

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Attorneys for New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft are in court asking a judge to throw out a video police say shows him paying for sex at a Florida massage parlor. Kraft’s attorneys will tell Judge Leonard Hanser on Friday that police violated the 77-year-old businessman’s constitutional rights when... Read More

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Robert Kraft

April 26, 2019

Neo-Nazi website founder’s lawyers are backing out of case

A neo-Nazi website operator’s attorneys intend to withdraw from representing him in a lawsuit over an anti-Semitic “troll storm” that terrorized a Montana real estate agent’s family. One of those lawyers, Marc Randazza, told The Associated Press on Friday that his decision stems from his client’s refusal to comply with a court order requiring him... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Technology

April 26, 2019

Death sentence upheld in Pennsylvania troopers’ ambush

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s highest court upheld the death sentence and conviction on Friday of a sniper who killed a state trooper and wounded another in a nighttime ambush outside their barracks in a heavily wooded area. The state Supreme Court’s decision upholds lower court decisions in the case of Eric Frein, who was... Read More

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Eric Frein

April 26, 2019

Judge gives US 6 months to identify children split at border

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The federal government has six months to identify potentially thousands of children who were separated from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border early in President Donald Trump’s term, a judge ordered Thursday. Trump administration officials said they had a goal of six months but opposed any deadline, saying it could take... Read More

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Immigration

April 26, 2019

Community programs for California inmates bring more escapes

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s attempt to ease inmates back into the community is coming at a price: more prisoners, some with violent convictions, walking away before their time is up. Fifty of the state’s more than 126,000 prisoners absconded last year, almost half of them from a program that allows male inmates to serve... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

April 26, 2019

Judge: Key Harvey Weinstein hearing to be held in secret

NEW YORK (AP) — An important pretrial hearing in Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault case was poised to play out in secret on Friday, after a judge ruled against news organizations fighting to keep the courtroom open. Both the prosecution and defense asked that the hearing, which would deal with trial strategy and potential witnesses, be... Read More

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Harvey Weinstein

April 25, 2019

Ex-Florida gov candidate Gillum fined in ethics case

MIAMI (AP) — Former Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum agreed Wednesday to pay a $5,000 fine to settle an ethics complaint that he violated civil law by accepting gifts from lobbyists, ending a lengthy investigation that hampered his campaign. The settlement was announced just as Gillum, a Democrat, was to go before an administrative law... Read More

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Andrew Gillum

April 25, 2019

California court is latest to weigh Manson follower’s parole

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A yearslong saga over whether Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten deserves to be freed from prison took another sharp turn Wednesday as an appeals court questioned its jurisdiction in the case. Van Houten’s attorney told a three-judge panel of the 2nd District Court of Appeal that his client is remorseful... Read More

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Leslie Van Houten

April 25, 2019

Wealthy stock trader convicted in man’s death in bunker fire

ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — A jury convicted a wealthy stock trader of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter Wednesday in the fiery death of a man who was helping him secretly dig tunnels for an underground nuclear bunker beneath his Maryland home. Jurors deliberated for about 12 hours before delivering their verdict in the case of... Read More

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Daniel Beckwitt

April 25, 2019

Florida officer to be sentenced for killing black motorist

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — For the first time in nearly 30 years, a Florida police officer is set to be sentenced to prison Thursday for an on-duty fatal shooting — and he could be going away for life. Former Palm Beach Gardens officer Nouman Raja faces a minimum of 25 years and Circuit... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, Law Enforcement, News

Mohamed Noor

April 25, 2019

$21M awarded to family of woman killed in police chase

CHICAGO (AP) — A jury has awarded more than $21 million to the family of a Chicago mother of five who was killed during a police chase. Thirty-seven-year-old Maria Carrion-Adame was killed and members of her family injured when a minivan slammed into their vehicle on Dec. 12, 2015. Her family alleged in a lawsuit... Read More

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Maria Carrion-Adame

April 25, 2019

Penn St. ex-president’s case in US court as jail term looms

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal judge will consider ex-Penn State president Graham Spanier’s argument that his conviction should be thrown out, a week before he’s due to report to jail. The hearing Thursday concerns Spanier’s argument he was wrongly convicted in Pennsylvania state court for mishandling a 2001 complaint about Jerry Sandusky under a... Read More

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Graham Spanier, Penn State

April 25, 2019

Texas executes avowed racist in black man’s dragging death

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — An avowed racist who orchestrated one of the most gruesome hate crimes in U.S. history was executed Wednesday in Texas for the dragging death of a black man. John William King, who was white, received a lethal injection for the slaying nearly 21 years ago of James Byrd Jr., who was... Read More

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John William King

April 25, 2019

Tahoe residents oppose new homes in path of wildfire danger

RENO, Nevada (AP) — During her career as a flight attendant, Laura Haneveld had a checklist to remind her what to do in the event of a fire. “The most important thing on an airplane is fire, whether you are on the ground or whether you are up in the air,” Haneveld said. “I’m very... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Environment, News

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Lawyers for Patriots owner seek to have sex video thrown out

Neo-Nazi website founder’s lawyers are backing out of case

Death sentence upheld in Pennsylvania troopers’ ambush

Judge gives US 6 months to identify children split at border

Community programs for California inmates bring more escapes

Judge: Key Harvey Weinstein hearing to be held in secret

Ex-Florida gov candidate Gillum fined in ethics case

California court is latest to weigh Manson follower’s parole

Wealthy stock trader convicted in man’s death in bunker fire

Florida officer to be sentenced for killing black motorist

$21M awarded to family of woman killed in police chase

Penn St. ex-president’s case in US court as jail term looms

Texas executes avowed racist in black man’s dragging death

Tahoe residents oppose new homes in path of wildfire danger

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