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JetBlue attendant pleads not guilty to cocaine charge
Criminal Law 04/24/2016A JetBlue flight attendant accused of trying to sneak a suitcase full of cocaine through Los Angeles International Airport has pleaded not guilty to a federal charge. City News Service says Marsha Gay Reynolds entered the plea Friday to posses...
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Court convicts Israeli in Palestinian teenager's 2014 murder
Criminal Law 04/21/2016A Jerusalem district court has convicted the main suspect in the July 2014 murder of a Palestinian teenager. The court convicted 30-year-old Yosef Haim Ben David on Tuesday of murder, rejecting a plea that he was not responsible for his actions. Ben ...
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Court sends part of Wisconsin voter ID case back to judge
Criminal Law 04/08/2016A judge must consider whether Wisconsin's voter photo identification law applies to people who face daunting obstacles in obtaining identification, a three-judge federal appellate panel ruled Tuesday. The American Civil Liberties Union and the Nation...
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Karadzic convicted of genocide, sentenced to 40 years
Criminal Law 03/24/2016A U.N. court convicted former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic of genocide and nine other charges Thursday and sentenced him to 40 years in prison for orchestrating Serb atrocities throughout Bosnia's 1992-95 war that left 100,000 people dead. As...
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Man accused of terrorism charge with fiancee pleads guilty
Criminal Law 03/17/2016In fresh details provided as a young Mississippi man pleaded guilty to a terrorism-related charge, federal prosecutors said his fiancee led him toward a plan to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State. Muhammad Dakhlalla, 23, pleaded guilty Friday ...
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Pound: Sharapova guilty of 'willful negligence' in drug test
Criminal Law 03/12/2016Maria Sharapova was guilty of "willful negligence" for using meldonium, and international tennis officials were aware that many players were taking the drug before it was banned this year, former World Anti-Doping Agency president Dick Pound said Wed...
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Texas court tosses criminal case against former Gov. Perry
Criminal Law 02/24/2016The felony prosecution of former Texas Gov. Rick Perry ended Wednesday when the state's highest criminal court dismissed an abuse-of-power indictment that the Republican says hampered his short-lived 2016 presidential bid. The 6-2 decision by the Tex...
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Connecticut's top court hears Kennedy cousin murder case
Criminal Law 02/23/2016Connecticut's highest court was hearing arguments Wednesday on whether Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel should get a new trial or be sent back to prison for a 1975 murder. State prosecutors asked the state Supreme Court to reinstate the 2002 murder conv...
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Court declines stay in redistricting; Congress elections off
Criminal Law 02/18/2016The U.S. Supreme Court refused Friday night to stop a lower-court order demanding North Carolina legislators draw a new congressional map, meaning House primary elections won't occur next month as scheduled and are shifted to June. The denial of the ...
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NY court agrees to rehear Ex-Goldman board member's appeal
Criminal Law 02/10/2016A federal appeals court in New York has agreed to rehear the appeal of the insider-trading conviction of a former board member for Goldman Sachs and Proctor & Gamble. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday issued an order saying it wil...
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South African court hears case against president
Criminal Law 02/09/2016The chant "Pay back the money" filtered into South Africa's highest court on Tuesday, as judges heard a case in which President Jacob Zuma is accused of violating the constitution in a scandal over state spending on his private home. Inside co...
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2 charged in pastor's wife killing say little in court
Criminal Law 11/28/2015Two young men charged in the shooting death of an Indianapolis pastor's pregnant wife gave brief answers to a judge's questions Tuesday during their first court appearance since their arrest. Marion County Superior Court Judge Grant Hawkins entered n...