Man on ‘jihad’ admits to killing 4 in cross-country binge

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A man who said he was on a “jihad” to avenge U.S. policy in the Middle East made a surprise guilty plea Tuesday to killing a college student in New Jersey and confessed to killing three other people in Washington state in a crime binge that took investigators weeks to connect.... Read More

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Ali Muhammad Brown, Terrorism

March 7, 2018

Experts: Prosecutors get edge if accusers testify vs. Cosby

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Letting jurors hear from Bill Cosby’s dozens of accusers would strengthen prosecutors’ he-said-she-said case by showing the one criminal case against him fits an alleged five-decade pattern of sexual misconduct, legal experts said Tuesday. Prosecutors are eager to widen the scope of Cosby’s April 2 retrial as they attempt to portray... Read More

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Bill Cosby

March 7, 2018

Promoter of failed Fyre Festival pleads guilty to fraud

NEW YORK (AP) — The promoter of the failed Fyre Festival in the Bahamas — once billed as the “cultural experience of the decade” — pleaded guilty to wire fraud charges Tuesday, agreeing to serve up to a decade in prison for lying to investors who lost over $26 million. Billy McFarland, 26, entered the... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, Fraud, News

Billy McFarland, Fyre Festival

March 7, 2018

Trump administration suing California over sanctuary laws

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Tuesday sued to block California laws that extend protections to people living in the U.S. illegally, the most aggressive move yet in its push to force so-called sanctuary cities and states to cooperate with immigration authorities. California officials remained characteristically defiant, vowing to defend their landmark legislation. The... Read More

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California, Sanctuary City

March 7, 2018

Porn star sues Trump over nondisclosure agreement

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A porn star who has said she had sex with President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to invalidate a nondisclosure agreement that she signed days before the 2016 presidential election, which prevented her from discussing the alleged sexual encounters. The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, alleges... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, News, Politics

Donald Trump, Stormy Daniels

March 7, 2018

Once a rising star, Nashville ex-mayor freefalls with affair

NASHIVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Before her sudden fall, former Nashville Mayor Megan Barry was a progressive, pro-business rising star among Tennessee’s struggling Democrats in a firmly red state. She officiated the city’s first gay marriage before being elected in 2015. She pushed for tremendous growth, helping shape an ever-changing skyline of construction cranes and new... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Megan Barry

March 6, 2018

Trial to begin in case of journalist killed in submarine

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — As divers found mutilated body parts in plastic bags on the ocean floor one by one, a gruesome puzzle as dark as any Scandinavian noir emerged in Denmark: A young Swedish reporter who had embarked on a submarine journey to interview its maker was tortured, murdered and disposed at sea. Businessman... Read More

Criminal Justice News, International Justice Watch, News

Peter Madsen

March 6, 2018

California man who inspired 3 strikes law gets life sentence

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A career criminal who inspired California’s Three Strikes law was sentenced to life in prison on Monday in the beating of his girlfriend. Douglas Walker’s December conviction on charges of domestic violence was his third serous felony conviction, leading to an automatic life sentence in California because of the state’s Three... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Douglas Walker

March 6, 2018

Baltimore university settles pregnancy discrimination suit

BALTIMORE (AP) — The University of Baltimore has settled a lawsuit alleging it discriminated against a pregnant employee. The U.S. Department of Justice announced in a release Monday that the university will pay $115,000 to Sarah Dechowitz and review its anti-discrimination policies. According to the federal complaint, a high-ranking official made comments that indicated Dechowitz’s... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

University of Baltimore

March 6, 2018

Convicted felon charged in string of Phoenix killings

PHOENIX (AP) — A convicted felon accused of carrying out a string of deadly nighttime shootings in metro Phoenix late last year has been formally charged with murder in eight of the killings. The charges come nearly two months after investigators said 35-year-old Cleophus Emmanuel Cooksey Jr. fatally shot nine people between late November and... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, News

Cleophus Cooksey Jr.

March 6, 2018

Mom who had heroin-addicted baby gets 30 years for his death

BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore woman whose baby was likely born addicted to heroin and survived only nine days will serve 30 years in prison. The Office of the State’s Attorney for Baltimore City said in a Monday release Anne Kirsch was sentenced to 75 years in prison, with 45 suspended, after she was convicted... Read More

Bad Parenting, Criminal Justice News, Drugs, News

Anne Kirsch, Matthew Kirsch

March 6, 2018

Conspiracy charges filed against 2 lawyers for Suge Knight

LOS ANGELES (AP) — One current and one former attorney for rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight have been indicted on charges including conspiring to bribe potential witnesses in his upcoming murder trial, authorities said Monday. Matthew Fletcher and Thaddeus Culpepper were also charged with conspiracy to commit subornation of perjury, conspiracy to commit obstruction of... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, News

Suge Kni

March 6, 2018

DACA deadline for US immigrants arrives with less urgency

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A program that temporarily shields hundreds of thousands of young people from deportation was scheduled to end Monday but court orders have forced the Trump administration to keep issuing renewals. That removed some of the urgency of a hard deadline, but advocates weren’t letting up in their efforts to get permanent... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Immigration, News

DACA

March 6, 2018

Trial of man accused of severely abusing puppy set to start

DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — The trial of a Massachusetts man accused of abusing a dog so severely that it had to be euthanized is scheduled to get underway. Jury selection in Radoslaw Czerkawski’s (RAD’-oh-slaw zehr-KAW’-skeez) trial on animal cruelty charges is expected to begin Tuesday in Norfolk County Superior Court in Dedham. The year-old pit... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Radoslaw Zcerkawski

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Man on ‘jihad’ admits to killing 4 in cross-country binge

Experts: Prosecutors get edge if accusers testify vs. Cosby

Promoter of failed Fyre Festival pleads guilty to fraud

Trump administration suing California over sanctuary laws

Porn star sues Trump over nondisclosure agreement

Once a rising star, Nashville ex-mayor freefalls with affair

Trial to begin in case of journalist killed in submarine

California man who inspired 3 strikes law gets life sentence

Baltimore university settles pregnancy discrimination suit

Convicted felon charged in string of Phoenix killings

Mom who had heroin-addicted baby gets 30 years for his death

Conspiracy charges filed against 2 lawyers for Suge Knight

DACA deadline for US immigrants arrives with less urgency

Trial of man accused of severely abusing puppy set to start

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