Supreme Court takes up closely watched double jeopardy case

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Constitution says you can’t be tried twice for the same offense. And yet Terance Gamble is sitting in prison today because he was prosecuted separately by Alabama and the federal government for having a gun after an earlier robbery conviction. The Supreme Court is considering Gamble’s case on Thursday, and the... Read More

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December 6, 2018

USA Gymnastics files for bankruptcy after sex-abuse scandal

USA Gymnastics is turning to bankruptcy in an attempt to ensure its survival. The embattled organization filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition on Wednesday in an effort to reach settlements in the dozens of sex-abuse lawsuits it faces and to avoid its potential demise at the hands of the U.S. Olympic Committee. USA Gymnastics filed... Read More

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USA Gymnastics, USAG

December 6, 2018

At a cemetery, bones tossed like trash, and families in pain

Since the 1990s, Cheryl Jansen had noticed junk and tree limbs piling up at the once oasis-like Park Cemetery, just north of downtown Bridgeport, and wondered where the money families had paid for perpetual upkeep was going. What she learned after finally taking her case to a judge shocked the conscience. Gravestones and remains moved... Read More

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December 5, 2018

‘El Chapo’ consort opens up about cartels’ ruthlessness

NEW YORK (AP) — A key government witness at the U.S. trial of notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman spelled out the bloodshed and other cold realities of international drug-trafficking Tuesday without expressing regret or making excuses. Former Colombian kingpin Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia was asked on cross-examination by a lawyer for Guzman... Read More

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El Chapo

December 5, 2018

Bankruptcy filing provides rare window into diocese finances

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s largest Catholic diocese has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in recent months on lawyers to fight claims of clergy sex abuse and to prepare for a potentially lengthy battle in U.S. Bankruptcy Court. The Archdiocese of Santa Fe’s petition for reorganization provides a rare look into the finances... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Religion

December 5, 2018

More Nassar-inspired bills headed to Michigan governor

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan lawmakers on Tuesday advanced more bills inspired by the Larry Nassar sexual abuse case — voting to ease the prosecution of alleged abusers, stiffen child pornography penalties and let more people speak at sentencings under certain circumstances. The legislation, which won unanimous Senate approval after clearing the House in June,... Read More

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Larry Nassar

December 5, 2018

Man says he urinated on Kellogg’s cereal conveyor belt

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man faces up to three years in prison for urinating on a Kellogg’s cereal conveyor belt at a Memphis facility. News outlets report 49-year-old Gregory Stanton pleaded guilty last month to tampering with consumer products. He was indicted by a grand jury in September. Stanton worked for the plant... Read More

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Gregory Stanton, Kelloggs

December 5, 2018

Georgia minister convicted of child rape flees courthouse

ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities are searching for a Georgia minister convicted of child rape and molestation who fled an Atlanta courthouse before his conviction was handed down. Citing a Tuesday Fulton County District Attorney’s Office statement, news outlets report 45-year-old Don Martin left the courthouse after five days of testimony and didn’t return for closing... Read More

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Don Martin

December 5, 2018

Sandy Hook father sues authors who promote conspiracy theory

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The father of a boy who was killed in the 2012 shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut has filed another defamation lawsuit against conspiracy theorists who accused him of being an actor. Lenny Pozner’s 6-year-old son Noah was among 26 people shot to death in the school on... Read More

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Sandy Hook

December 5, 2018

US law against encouraging illegal immigration struck down

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A U.S. appeals court struck down a federal immigration law Tuesday that opponents warned could be used to criminalize a wide range of statements involving illegal immigration. The law made it a felony for people to encourage an immigrant to enter or live in the U.S. if they know the person... Read More

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Immigration

December 5, 2018

UK Parliament delivers rebuke to government over Brexit

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Parliament dealt Prime Minister Theresa May’s government two bruising defeats Tuesday, and that was before lawmakers began an epic debate that will decide the fate of May’s European Union divorce deal and her political career. Opening five days of debate on the Brexit agreement, May said that since the British people... Read More

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Brexit

December 5, 2018

Soldier who tried to help terrorists gets 25-year sentence

HONOLULU (AP) — A soldier based in Hawaii was sentenced Tuesday to 25 years in prison for trying to help the Islamic State group. Sgt. 1st Class Ikaika Kang, 35, pleaded guilty in August to four counts of attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. He provided classified military documents, a drone... Read More

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Ikaika E. Kang

December 5, 2018

Rich sex offender Epstein settles 1 suit, but more to come

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A decade ago, Florida financier Jeffrey Epstein pleaded guilty to sex crimes involving underage girls and got 13 months behind bars. What the public and his accusers didn’t know at the time was that he had secretly struck a deal with federal prosecutors that spared him from charges that... Read More

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Jeffrey Epstein

December 5, 2018

Teen who killed parents sentenced to 40 years

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A teenager who told authorities she “snapped” and killed her parents while struggling with gender identity and acceptance was sentenced Tuesday to 40 years in prison. Andrea Balcer, who was 17 at the time of the fatal stabbings, asked for forgiveness from her remaining family members, many of whom had called... Read More

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Andrea Balcer

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Supreme Court takes up closely watched double jeopardy case

USA Gymnastics files for bankruptcy after sex-abuse scandal

At a cemetery, bones tossed like trash, and families in pain

‘El Chapo’ consort opens up about cartels’ ruthlessness

Bankruptcy filing provides rare window into diocese finances

More Nassar-inspired bills headed to Michigan governor

Man says he urinated on Kellogg’s cereal conveyor belt

Georgia minister convicted of child rape flees courthouse

Sandy Hook father sues authors who promote conspiracy theory

US law against encouraging illegal immigration struck down

UK Parliament delivers rebuke to government over Brexit

Soldier who tried to help terrorists gets 25-year sentence

Rich sex offender Epstein settles 1 suit, but more to come

Teen who killed parents sentenced to 40 years

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