Trump mulls pulling immigration agents from California

SAN DIEGO (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he may pull the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency out of California, an idea so unlikely that some of his staunchest critics dismissed it as an empty taunt against the state over immigration policies. Withdrawing ICE, partially or completely, runs counter to Trump’s record... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Immigration, National Security, News, Politics

Donald Trump, Immigration

February 23, 2018

California woman gets 25 years for love triangle killing

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California woman convicted of conspiring with her lover to kill her husband was denied a new trial and sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. A jury in Bakersfield last year found Sabrina Limon, 38, guilty of murder, conspiracy to commit murder and other charges. Robert Limon, a... Read More

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Sabrina Limon

February 23, 2018

Weinstein apologizes to Streep, Lawrence for lawyers’ words

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Harvey Weinstein apologized to Meryl Streep and Jennifer Lawrence after his lawyers cited them in asking a court to dismiss a sexual misconduct lawsuit. A spokeswoman for the disgraced movie mogul said Thursday that Weinstein has also directed his legal representatives not to use specific names of actors and former associates... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, News, Sexual Abuse

Harvey Weinstein

February 23, 2018

Officer convicted at terrorism trial faces decades in prison

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A former transit-agency police officer convicted in a sting operation of attempting to help the Islamic State could face decades in prison at his sentencing hearing. Thirty-eight-year-old Nicholas Young was a patrol officer in the D.C. region’s Metrorail system. He was known as “Officer Friendly” at the Takoma Park station where... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Law Enforcement, National Security, News

Nicholas Young

February 23, 2018

Hearing set on if US will seize assets of ‘Pharma Bro’

NEW YORK (AP) — “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli is due back in court Friday for a hearing about whether he should forfeit millions of dollars in assets including a one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Clan album as part of his conviction in a securities fraud scheme. Prosecutors are expected to argue in federal court in Brooklyn that Shkreli... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, News

Martin Shkreli

February 23, 2018

California couple charged with torture of kids due in court

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A California couple charged with torturing their children by starving, beating and shackling them is due in court on Friday. David and Louise Turpin are scheduled to appear in a Riverside courtroom for a conference about their case. They have pleaded not guilty to torture and other charges and each is... Read More

Bad Parenting, Criminal Justice News, News

David Turpin, Louise Anna Turpin

February 23, 2018

Alabama postpones execution of inmate with damaged veins

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama on Thursday halted the execution of an inmate who had argued that his veins were too damaged for lethal injection, because medical staff did not think they could connect the intravenous line by the time the death warrant expired at midnight. Alabama Corrections Commissioner Jeff Dunn said the prison system... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Execution, News

Doyle Lee Hamm

February 23, 2018

Teen found not guilty of distributing nude photo of teacher

JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina high school student accused of “catfishing” a teacher and circulating his nude photo has been found not guilty. News outlets report the 16-year-old girl was acquitted Thursday on the charge of misdemeanor disclosure of private images. The case of a 16-year-old boy charged with the same offense is... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Technology

February 23, 2018

Man convicted of murder in shooting of unarmed black man

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A white man who fatally shot an unarmed black man after reporting “hoodlums” has been found guilty of first-degree murder in North Carolina. News outlets report that the jury spent less than two hours deliberating before finding Chad Copley guilty of premeditated murder in the death of 20-year-old Kouren-Rodney Thomas, who... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, News

Chad Copley

February 23, 2018

Grand jury indicts Missouri governor who admitted affair

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis grand jury on Thursday indicted Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens on a felony invasion of privacy charge for allegedly taking a compromising photo of a woman with whom he had an affair in 2015. The Republican governor responded that he made a mistake but committed no crime. St. Louis... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Politics

Eric Greitens

February 23, 2018

Florida man screams, yells ‘murderers!’ as he’s put to death

STARKE, Fla. (AP) — As the execution drugs were being administered, inmate Eric Scott Branch let out a blood-curdling scream. Then he yelled “murderers! murderers! murderers!” as he thrashed on a gurney as he was being put to death for the 1993 rape and slaying of a college student. The drugs included a powerful sedative... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Execution, News

Eric Scott Branch

February 22, 2018

White nationalist is latest to sue over social media ban

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A prominent white nationalist is suing Twitter for banning his accounts at a time when social networks are trying to crack down on hateful and abusive content without appearing to censor unpopular opinions. Jared Taylor filed the lawsuit Tuesday in state court in San Francisco, marking the latest legal challenge filed... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Technology

Jared Taylor, Race

February 22, 2018

Ex-Arkansas judge sentenced to 5 years in sexual favors case

Joseph Boeckmann’s lawyer had wanted home detention for the 72-year-old, and prosecutors said he should go to prison for just over three years. After hearing from two of the ex-judge’s victims, U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker said she had no choice but to impose an even longer sentence. “He acted corruptly while serving as a... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Abuse

Joseph Boeckmann

February 22, 2018

Police corruption trial over, but investigators keep digging

BALTIMORE (AP) — A trial exposing a unit of wildly corrupt Baltimore detectives has wrapped up in a courtroom, but federal and police investigators are still digging into possible offshoots of one of the worst police corruption scandals in memory. As part of an ongoing investigation with the FBI, Baltimore police monitored testimony during the... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Fraud, Law Enforcement, News

Daniel Hersl, Marcus Taylor

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Trump mulls pulling immigration agents from California

California woman gets 25 years for love triangle killing

Weinstein apologizes to Streep, Lawrence for lawyers’ words

Officer convicted at terrorism trial faces decades in prison

Hearing set on if US will seize assets of ‘Pharma Bro’

California couple charged with torture of kids due in court

Alabama postpones execution of inmate with damaged veins

Teen found not guilty of distributing nude photo of teacher

Man convicted of murder in shooting of unarmed black man

Grand jury indicts Missouri governor who admitted affair

Florida man screams, yells ‘murderers!’ as he’s put to death

White nationalist is latest to sue over social media ban

Ex-Arkansas judge sentenced to 5 years in sexual favors case

Police corruption trial over, but investigators keep digging

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