Sen. Menendez presses for dismissal of corruption charges

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez has a message for the Justice Department: Try to prosecute me again on corruption charges or drop it. The New Jersey lawmaker, whose bribery trial ended in a hung jury last month, said Thursday that he wants the charges thrown out and is seeking a decision from government... Read More

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Bob Menendez

December 15, 2017

Show about viral video judge gets national syndication deal

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A TV show featuring an 81-year-old municipal court judge in Rhode Island who has made a splash on social media is going national. The producers of the local show “Caught in Providence” have struck a deal with FOX Television Stations to air the show in major media markets starting next fall,... Read More

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Judge Frank Caprio

December 15, 2017

Verdict returned in death of teen Obama praised for courage

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jurors found one defendant guilty Thursday of first-degree murder and two others guilty on a lesser charge of facilitation of first-degree murder in the 2015 death of a Tennessee teen who was lauded for courageously shielding his friends from gunfire. Christopher Drone Bassett, 22, was found guilty of first-degree murder in... Read More

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Zaevion Dobson

December 15, 2017

2 will go to trial over 36 deaths in Oakland warehouse fire

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Two California men will go to trial on involuntary manslaughter charges in the deaths of 36 partygoers in the worst building fire in the U.S. in more than a decade, a judge ruled Thursday. Alameda County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Horner cited testimony describing the Oakland warehouse as a “death trap”... Read More

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Ghost Ship

December 15, 2017

The Latest: States warming up net-neutrality lawsuits

NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the FCC’s vote on eliminating net-neutrality protections for the internet (all times local): 2:10 p.m. State attorneys general are now threatening lawsuits against the federal government’s repeal of “net neutrality” rules. New York’s attorney general says he’ll lead a multistate lawsuit to stop the Federal Communications Commission’s rollback... Read More

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Net Neutrality

December 15, 2017

Judge: Larry Whaley, accused of first-degree murder, competent to stand trial

MASON CITY | Larry Whaley, the Mason City man accused of first-degree murder in the death of 19-year-old Samantha Teeter last December, has been deemed competent to stand trial. The decisions was made by Judge Christoper C. Foy at a hearing Monday morning in Cerro Gordo County District Court. Cerro Gordo County Attorney Carlyle Dalen stated at... Read More

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Larry Whaley, Murder

December 15, 2017

Consent to kids at heart of gay couple’s child support case

KANEOHE, Hawaii (AP) — Attorneys for a divorced lesbian couple fighting over child support in a closely watched case agreed Thursday that consent to having a baby together is a crucial issue but disagreed over whether both spouses gave it. A woman wants to sever her parental rights to a child her ex-wife gave birth... Read More

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Gay Rights, Parenting

December 15, 2017

Feds: Oklahoma man kept stepdaughter captive for 19 years

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A federal grand jury in Oklahoma has indicted a 63-year-old man accused of kidnapping his stepdaughter and holding her captive for 19 years in Mexico and elsewhere while fathering her nine children. Henri Michelle Piette is accused of kidnapping Rosalynn Michelle McGinnis in 1995 or 1996 and traveling with the intent... Read More

Bad Parenting, Criminal Justice News, News

Henri Michelle Piette, Kidnapping

December 15, 2017

No jail for fertility doctor who lied about using own sperm

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Some former patients of a retired Indianapolis fertility doctor expressed anger that he avoided jail time Thursday for lying about using his own sperm to impregnate as many as dozens of women after telling them the donors were anonymous. Dr. Donald Cline was given a one-year suspended sentence after pleading guilty to... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Doctors, News

Doctor, Dr. Donald Cline

December 15, 2017

Dueling statistics used at hearing on racial bias in stings

CHICAGO (AP) — Dueling experts deployed statistics to make their case Thursday in U.S. District Court in Chicago in a first-of-its-kind hearing to determine if phony drug stash-house stings run by federal agents dating back to the 1990s are racially biased. More than 40 people convicted in such stings could go free if a special... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Racial, Ruben Castillo

December 15, 2017

Suspect in car attack faces new charge: first-degree murder

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The man accused of driving into a crowd protesting a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville faces a new charge of first-degree murder after a court hearing Thursday in which prosecutors presented surveillance video and other evidence against him. Prosecutors announced at the start of a preliminary hearing for James Alex Fields... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

James Alex Fields Jr.

December 15, 2017

US prosecutors move to cash in on $8.5M in seized bitcoin

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. attorneys in Utah prosecuting a multimillion-dollar opioid drug-ring are moving quickly to sell seized bitcoin that’s exploded in value to about $8.5 million since the alleged ringleader’s arrest a year ago. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Utah cites the digital currency’s volatility in court documents pressing for the sale.... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, News

Aaron Shamo, Bitcoin, Opiods

December 15, 2017

Ex-Russian minister jailed for 8 years over $2 million bribe

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s former economics minister was handed an eight-year prison sentence Friday after being convicted of accepting a $2 million bribe from President Vladimir Putin’s top associate. The case against Alexei Ulyukayev has been widely seen as part of infighting between Kremlin clans. Ulyukayev was a prominent member of a group of liberal-minded... Read More

Criminal Justice News, International Justice Watch, News

Alexei Ulyukayev

December 15, 2017

Jury finds Wisconsin man guilty in beating death of wife

LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — A jury in La Crosse County found a man guilty of fatally beating his wife and trying to conceal her death by staging a car accident. The jury deliberated more than nine hours before finding Todd Kenhammer guilty of first degree intentional homicide, according to the Lacrosse Tribune . La... Read More

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Todd Kendhammer

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Sen. Menendez presses for dismissal of corruption charges

Show about viral video judge gets national syndication deal

Verdict returned in death of teen Obama praised for courage

2 will go to trial over 36 deaths in Oakland warehouse fire

The Latest: States warming up net-neutrality lawsuits

Judge: Larry Whaley, accused of first-degree murder, competent to stand trial

Consent to kids at heart of gay couple’s child support case

Feds: Oklahoma man kept stepdaughter captive for 19 years

No jail for fertility doctor who lied about using own sperm

Dueling statistics used at hearing on racial bias in stings

Suspect in car attack faces new charge: first-degree murder

US prosecutors move to cash in on $8.5M in seized bitcoin

Ex-Russian minister jailed for 8 years over $2 million bribe

Jury finds Wisconsin man guilty in beating death of wife

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