San Francisco pier shooting jury ends Day 5 without verdict

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jurors have ended their fifth day of deliberations Wednesday without reaching a verdict in the murder trial that sparked a national debate over immigration policy. Legal experts said that deliberations are taking longer than usual for a typical murder trial. They note that the case is complicated by the defendant’s claim... Read More

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Guns, Immigration, Shooting

November 30, 2017

2 men convicted of fatally shooting woman in hotel room

WOBURN, Mass. (AP) — Two men have been convicted of robbing and fatally shooting a New York City woman at a Massachusetts hotel two years ago as part of a scheme that targeted escorts. The Middlesex district attorney’s office says Derrell Fisher and Epshod Jeune were found guilty on Wednesday in Middlesex Superior Court and... Read More

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Guns, Robbery

November 30, 2017

Nevada rancher refuses judge’s offer of release during trial

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday offered to release a rancher and states’ rights figure from custody during his trial on charges involving an armed standoff that stopped a government cattle roundup three years ago in Nevada. But Cliven Bundy refused to leave jail while others are still behind bars awaiting trial... Read More

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Guns, Standoff

November 28, 2017

Sharpton: Meek Mill represents victims of the justice system

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Rev. Al Sharpton said a broken criminal justice system is responsible for Meek Mill’s imprisonment and called Monday for the judge who sentenced the rapper to reconsider or step aside. Sharpton said he met with the 30-year-old musician in a Pennsylvania prison and told reporters outside the facility that Mill has become... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, News

Celebrity, Drugs, Guns, Hollywood

November 22, 2017

California shooter was frequent subject of police calls

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — For months before a shooting rampage that killed five people, a violent feud brewed among the gunman and his neighbors on a dirt road in a tiny rural community in Northern California. Tehama County sheriff’s deputies received 21 calls in the past year from Kevin Neal and other residents of three... Read More

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California Shooting, Guns

November 22, 2017

Jurors weigh San Francisco pier killing 2 years after death

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The criminal case against a Mexican man accused of killing a woman on a crowded San Francisco pier is coming to a close more than two years after setting off a national firestorm over immigration. The jury of six women and six men is considering charges of murder and involuntary manslaughter.... Read More

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Guns, Immigration

November 21, 2017

Ex-Chicago officer who shot at teens gets 5-year sentence

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge sentenced a former Chicago police officer who was convicted of civil rights violations after he opened fire on a car full of teenagers to five years in prison on Monday, telling the officer that when he pulled the trigger 16 times he was acting more like a violent criminal... Read More

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Guns, Police

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 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

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Guns, Police, Shooting

November 16, 2017

Neighbor shot by California gunman lived in fear of him

RANCHO TEHAMA RESERVE, Calif. (AP) — One of the first victims of a Northern California gunman told a judge earlier this year that she and her family lived in fear of him because he was violent and unpredictable, firing off guns at all hours and threatening her with “all kinds of perverted things.” A sheriff’s... Read More

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California, Guns, Shooting

November 16, 2017

Las Vegas shooting lawsuits stack up with 14 more filed

CHICAGO (AP) — Legal action following the mass shooting at a Las Vegas concert is picking up with lawsuits filed on behalf of 14 concertgoers, including some who were shot or injured trying to escape and one woman who is so traumatized that she has since mistaken the sound of rain for gunshots. The hotel-casino... Read More

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Guns, Las Vegas

November 15, 2017

Police: ‘Miracle’ more weren’t shot by rifle-toting man

CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (AP) — It’s a “miracle” more people weren’t hurt when a man dressed in camouflage, wearing body armor and armed with two rifles sprayed a retail store with bullets, wounding one man, before being tackled by police, authorities said. Police in Cheektowaga, near Buffalo, said the gunfire erupted around 2:45 p.m. Tuesday outside... Read More

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Guns

November 15, 2017

The Latest: Parents: Gun-makers show ‘disregard’ for lives

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Latest on arguments before the Connecticut Supreme Court on whether gun-maker Remington Arms should be held liable for the Newtown school massacre (all times local): 5:45 p.m. The parents of a child who was killed in the 2012 Newtown school massacre say they have faith the company that made the... Read More

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Guns, Newtown, Politics, Shooting

November 15, 2017

Defenses in Bundy standoff trial focus on government conduct

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Cattleman and states’ rights figure Cliven Bundy’s eldest son goes before a federal jury on Wednesday to provide firsthand allegations of government misconduct, a day after his father’s lawyer blamed federal agents for escalating tensions ahead of a 2014 gunpoint standoff near the family ranch in Nevada. Ryan Bundy is serving... Read More

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Guns, Land, USA

San Francisco pier shooting jury ends Day 5 without verdict

2 men convicted of fatally shooting woman in hotel room

Nevada rancher refuses judge’s offer of release during trial

Sharpton: Meek Mill represents victims of the justice system

California shooter was frequent subject of police calls

Jurors weigh San Francisco pier killing 2 years after death

Ex-Chicago officer who shot at teens gets 5-year sentence

Closing arguments set for San Francisco pier killing

Pennsylvania State Police in court to quash grand jury

Neighbor shot by California gunman lived in fear of him

Las Vegas shooting lawsuits stack up with 14 more filed

Police: ‘Miracle’ more weren’t shot by rifle-toting man

The Latest: Parents: Gun-makers show ‘disregard’ for lives

Defenses in Bundy standoff trial focus on government conduct

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