World Cup bribes, death threats: Corrupt world of FIFA

Hour after hour in a New York City courtroom, the schemes to corrupt world soccer are spilling out. The millions of dollars in “inducements” to secure contracts to televise matches. The bribes sought by FIFA executives with the power to determine World Cup hosts. The death threats for cooperating with investigators. It took the intervention... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sports

FIFA, Soccer

November 20, 2017

Closing arguments set for San Francisco pier killing

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Attorneys are set to begin their final arguments Monday in the trial of Mexican man accused of killing a woman on a San Francisco pier in a case that touched off a national immigration debate. Jose Ines Garcia Zarate had been deported five times and was wanted for a sixth deportation... Read More

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Guns, Shooting

November 20, 2017

Chicago officer who shot at teens to be sentenced

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago police officer convicted of shooting at a car full of teenagers is returning to federal court for sentencing. Monday’s scheduled hearing for 42-year-old Marco Proano comes three months after he was convicted of using excessive force in violation of the victims’ civil rights. In a court filing, prosecutors ask for... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, Law Enforcement, News

Chicago

November 20, 2017

Charles Manson, whose cult slayings horrified world, dies

LOS ANGELES (AP) — In the summer of 1969, a scruffy ex-convict with a magnetic hold on young women sent some of his disciples into the night to carry out a series of gruesome killings in Los Angeles. In so doing, Charles Manson became the leering face of evil on front pages across America and... Read More

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Charles Manson, Death, Murder

November 17, 2017

Actress Rose McGowan arraigned on cocaine charge

LEESBURG, Va. (AP) — Actress Rose McGowan was arraigned Thursday on a felony cocaine charge, days after she alleged in The New Yorker that the drugs may been planted to discredit her. One of the most outspoken actresses to accuse Harvey Weinstein of sexual abuse, McGowan told the magazine that she’s been so fearful of... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, Entertainment, News

Drugs, Hollywood, Rose McGowan

November 17, 2017

Woman with crude anti-Trump truck decal arrested

DALLAS (AP) — The driver of a pickup displaying an expletive-filled message to President Donald Trump and his supporters in the Houston area was arrested Thursday on an outstanding warrant. Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office records show Karen Fonseca was arrested about 2 p.m. Thursday on an outstanding fraud warrant issued in August by the... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Lighter Side, News

Trump

November 17, 2017

15 convictions linked to corrupt Chicago cop are thrown out

CHICAGO (AP) — One by one, the men told the same story: A Chicago police officer would demand money from them. And if they didn’t pay, they would find themselves in handcuffs with drugs stuffed in their pockets. A Cook County judge on Thursday threw out the felony drug convictions of 15 black men who... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, Law Enforcement, News

Chicago, Police, Shooting

November 17, 2017

Pennsylvania State Police in court to quash grand jury

EASTON, Pa. (AP) — Lawyers for Pennsylvania State Police are squaring off against a district attorney in court over a grand jury investigation that state police want to shut down. State police argue the grand jury has no authority to investigate whether the agency should use outside law enforcement to probe shootings by troopers. Experts... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, News

Guns, Police, Shooting

November 17, 2017

Killer of 7 in Connecticut to be sentenced to life in prison

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (AP) — An East Coast drifter who killed seven people in Connecticut in 2003 is set to be sentenced to life in prison. A state judge in New Britain is expected to hand down a 360-year prison sentence Friday for William Devin Howell, who pleaded guilty to six murder charges in September.... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Murder

November 17, 2017

Key witness to return to witness stand in FIFA trial

NEW YORK (AP) — An ex-marketing executive from Argentina is due back on the witness stand for a fourth day in the U.S. corruption case against three former South American soccer officials. On Thursday, Alejandro Burzaco testified at a New York trial he arranged to pay 30 soccer officials about $160 million in bribes since... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sports

FIFA, Soccer, Sports

November 17, 2017

Nevada seeks to use untried execution drugs including opioid

LAS VEGAS (AP) — For Nevada’s first execution in more than a decade, state officials are turning to a never-before-tried combination of drugs, including a powerful painkiller that is fueling much of the opioid epidemic and a paralyzing drug that could mask any signs of trouble. If the state’s highest court approves the plan and... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, Execution, News

Drugs, Execution

November 17, 2017

Moore targets female accusers as critics decry intimidation

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Ever defiant, Republican Roy Moore’s campaign on Thursday lashed out at the women accusing him of sexual misconduct, declaring “let the battle begin.” Women’s advocates decried the talk as worn intimidation tactics in a desperate attempt to keep his imperiled Senate bid alive. Moore ignored mounting calls from Washington Republicans concerned... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Politics, Sexual Abuse

Moore

November 17, 2017

Notorious Mafia ‘boss of bosses’ Toto Riina dead at 87

MILAN (AP) — Mafia ‘boss of bosses’ Salvatore ‘Toto’ Riina died early Friday in a hospital while serving multiple life sentences as the mastermind of a bloody strategy to assassinate Italian prosecutors and law enforcement trying to bring down the Cosa Nostra. He was 87. Riina died hours after the Justice Ministry had allowed his... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Death, Mafia

November 17, 2017

Menendez avoids ‘political grave,’ but cloud still looms

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez exited his federal bribery trial after a mistrial Thursday with an eye on a 2018 re-election effort, but with him neither acquitted nor convicted, the cloud from the investigation remains. The mistrial gave Democrats hoping to hold onto the seat in next year’s midterm elections cause... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Politics

Menendez, Politics, Washington

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World Cup bribes, death threats: Corrupt world of FIFA

Closing arguments set for San Francisco pier killing

Chicago officer who shot at teens to be sentenced

Charles Manson, whose cult slayings horrified world, dies

Actress Rose McGowan arraigned on cocaine charge

Woman with crude anti-Trump truck decal arrested

15 convictions linked to corrupt Chicago cop are thrown out

Pennsylvania State Police in court to quash grand jury

Killer of 7 in Connecticut to be sentenced to life in prison

Key witness to return to witness stand in FIFA trial

Nevada seeks to use untried execution drugs including opioid

Moore targets female accusers as critics decry intimidation

Notorious Mafia ‘boss of bosses’ Toto Riina dead at 87

Menendez avoids ‘political grave,’ but cloud still looms

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