Jury deliberates on life or death for Jordanian immigrant

HOUSTON (AP) — A jury in Texas has begun deliberating whether a Jordanian immigrant convicted in what prosecutors describe as two “honor killings” will receive a death sentence or life in prison without parole. The Harris County jury began deliberations Monday in the penalty phase of Ali Mahwood-Awad Irsan’s capital murder trial. Deliberations are to... Read More

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Ali Mahwood-Awad Irsan

August 14, 2018

Nebraska set for execution after about-face on death penalty

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Three years after Nebraska lawmakers voted to abolish capital punishment, the state is preparing to carry out its first execution since 1997 on Tuesday in a bewildering about-face driven largely by the state’s Republican governor. Gov. Pete Ricketts, a wealthy former businessman, helped finance a ballot drive to reinstate capital punishment... Read More

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Carey Dean Moore, Execution

August 14, 2018

State probe finds immigrant teens not currently being abused

WASHINGTON (AP) — A state review into the treatment of immigrant teens held at a Virginia detention center confirmed the facility uses restraint techniques that can include strapping children to chairs and placing mesh bags over their heads. Investigators concluded the current treatment of detainees at the Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Center did not meet the... Read More

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Illegal Immigration, Immigration

August 14, 2018

Manafort trial turns from prosecution’s case to his defense

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Prosecutors rested their tax evasion and bank fraud case in the trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, closing two weeks of testimony that depicted him as using millions of dollars hidden in offshore accounts to fund a luxurious lifestyle — and later obtaining millions more in bank loans under... Read More

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Paul Manafort

August 14, 2018

Court date set for man charged in videotaped fatal shooting

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Markeis McGlockton’s father knows the manslaughter case against the man accused of killing his unarmed son outside a Florida convenience store will take months, possibly years. He’s talked to others who have been in a similar position — notably, the family of slain Florida teen Trayvon Martin. Attorneys have briefed... Read More

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Michael Drejka

August 14, 2018

Deadline looms for release of Catholic church abuse report

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Time is ticking down to a court-ordered deadline Tuesday afternoon to decide what information to black out in a forthcoming grand jury report investigating child sexual abuse in six of Pennsylvania’s Roman Catholic dioceses. A state Supreme Court order issued last month set a timetable to publicly release a redacted version... Read More

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Catholic Church, Sexual Abuse

August 14, 2018

Judge sets bail for adults arrested at New Mexico compound

TAOS, N.M. (AP) — A state judge on Monday cleared the way for five defendants who were arrested on child abuse charges at a remote New Mexico compound to be released pending trial despite authorities’ suspicions that the group was training children to use firearms for an anti-government mission. Judge Sarah Backus set a $20,000... Read More

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Siraj Ibn Wahhaj

August 13, 2018

Former All-Star pitcher Loaiza pleads guilty to drug charges

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Former All-Star pitcher Esteban Loaiza, who earned more than $43 million over 14 seasons, pleaded guilty Friday to federal drug charges in California. Loiza acknowledged that he possessed about 20 kilograms (44 pounds) of cocaine with intent to distribute. He faces up a minimum of 10 years in a prison and... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sports

Esteban Loaiza

August 13, 2018

Bayer shares plunge in wake of Monsanto weed killer verdict

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Shares in German farm chemicals, materials and drug company Bayer have plunged in the wake of a U.S. court verdict against Monsanto, which Bayer has acquired. Shares of Leverkusen-based Bayer fell 11 percent Monday in morning trading in Europe to 83.09 euros per share. A jury in U.S. federal court in... Read More

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Bayer, Monsanto, Roundup

August 13, 2018

Charlottesville gave momentum to Confederate monument foes

Pressure to take down America’s monuments honoring slain Confederate soldiers and the generals who led them didn’t start with Charlottesville. But the deadly violence that rocked the Virginia college town a year ago gave the issue an explosive momentum. Confederate monuments at public parks, county courthouses and college campuses fell almost daily for weeks after... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Charlottesville

August 13, 2018

Church abuse report, 2 years in works, may soon be released

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A damning report into allegations of decades of child sexual abuse at the hands of clergy members and efforts to cover it up in six of Pennsylvania’s Roman Catholic dioceses is expected to be released in the coming days. The public disclosure of the findings, the result of an almost two-year... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Religion, Sexual Abuse

Catholic Church, Sexual Abuse

August 13, 2018

Paper: Judge must reject contempt effort over Parkland story

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida newspaper urged a judge Friday to reject a school board’s effort to have it and two reporters held in contempt for publishing a story on the educational background of Parkland school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz. The Broward County school board sought the contempt ruling after the South Florida... Read More

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Nikolas Cruz

August 13, 2018

Trial begins for 2 men accused in death of Chicago student

CHICAGO (AP) — Jury selection started Friday in the trial of two men charged in the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old Chicago student just days after she performed with her high school band at then-President Barack Obama’s inaugural festivities. Honor student Hadiya Pendleton was with friends at a park 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) from Obama’s... Read More

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Kenneth Williams, Micheail Ward

August 13, 2018

Kobach’s take-no-prisoners style at forefront in Kansas race

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — At a parade this summer, candidate for governor Kris Kobach rode a jeep with a replica machine gun mounted on it. When some people complained the stunt scared children, Kobach, Kansas’ secretary of state, mockingly called the reaction a “snowflake meltdown.” And he kept on riding the vehicle in other parades,... Read More

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Kris Kobach

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Jury deliberates on life or death for Jordanian immigrant

Nebraska set for execution after about-face on death penalty

State probe finds immigrant teens not currently being abused

Manafort trial turns from prosecution’s case to his defense

Court date set for man charged in videotaped fatal shooting

Deadline looms for release of Catholic church abuse report

Judge sets bail for adults arrested at New Mexico compound

Former All-Star pitcher Loaiza pleads guilty to drug charges

Bayer shares plunge in wake of Monsanto weed killer verdict

Charlottesville gave momentum to Confederate monument foes

Church abuse report, 2 years in works, may soon be released

Paper: Judge must reject contempt effort over Parkland story

Trial begins for 2 men accused in death of Chicago student

Kobach’s take-no-prisoners style at forefront in Kansas race

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