Recent Updates
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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...
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Detroit-area ex-officer found guilty in videotaped beating
Criminal Law 11/22/2015A white, former Detroit-area police officer was found guilty Thursday of assault and misconduct in the bloody beating of a black driver during a traffic stop that was captured on video. Wayne County jurors handed down the verdict in the case a...
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Texas man executed for setting fire that killed 3 children
Criminal Law 11/19/2015A Texas inmate was executed Wednesday for setting a fire that killed his 18-month-old daughter and her two young half-sisters at an East Texas home 15 years ago. Raphael Holiday, 36, became the 13th convicted killer put to death this year in Texas, w...
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Snowboarders fight ban at Utah resort in appeals court
Criminal Law 11/17/2015A group of snowboarders who argue a ban on their sport at Utah's Alta Ski Area amounts to discrimination are set to present their case Tuesday to a federal appeals court in Denver. The lawsuit, filed in early 2014, brought renewed attention to the lo...
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Arkansas court tosses conviction in woman's meth case
Criminal Law 10/11/2015The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday overturned the conviction of a woman who was sentenced to 20 years in prison after giving birth to a baby with methamphetamine in his system. Melissa McCann-Arms, 39, was convicted by a jury in Polk County after...
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Supreme Court declines to review insider trading case
Criminal Law 10/05/2015The Supreme Court said Monday it won't hear the Obama administration's appeal of a lower court ruling that made it tougher to prosecute people for trading on leaked inside information. The justices let stand a decision by the federal appeals court in...
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Court rejects ex-NY Fed employee's retaliation claim lawsuit
Criminal Law 09/24/2015A New York-based federal appeals court has rejected claims of a former employee of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York who says she was fired for her probe into the banking firm Goldman Sachs. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan on We...
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Charleston church suspect's friend charged with lying to FBI
Criminal Law 09/16/2015A friend of the man accused of gunning down nine parishioners at a Charleston church is charged with lying to federal authorities and concealing information during their investigation, and he was scheduled for his first court appearance Friday. ...