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During jury selection in the Killing of Ahmaud Arbery trial, Vinnie Politan and Julia Jenae discuss how the process works and the types of jurors... More
October 21, 2021
Honolulu police officers and Hawaii public school officials discriminated against disabled Black child by handcuffing arresting interrogating girl for "run-of-the-mill" dispute says ACLU. More
October 18, 2021
National advocacy group for women blasted sentencing of a 21-year-old Oklahoma woman to prison for a manslaughter conviction after she suffered a miscarriage while using... More
October 18, 2021
Host Vinnie Politan and Court TV anchor Ted Rowlands take us through everything that has led to the Killing of Ahmaud Arbery Trial and break... More
October 14, 2021
By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Nearly a century ago, white leaders of a Southern California city robbed a Black family More
October 1, 2021
R. Kelly’s long-awaited racketeering and sex trafficking trial is underway in federal court in Brooklyn, New York. Court TV will provide the latest legal updates... More
September 23, 2021
The leader of an anti-government militia group who authorities say masterminded the 2017 bombing of a Minnesota mosque was sentenced Monday to 53 years in prison. More
September 16, 2021
Leader Illinois anti-government militia group masterminded 2017 bombing Minnesota mosque sentenced to 53 years in prison on several civil rights and hate crimes for the... More
September 13, 2021
A part-time police officer and former firefighter in West Virginia has been indicted on federal civil rights charges involving two victims. More
September 2, 2021
The “Martinsville Seven," as the men became known, were all convicted of raping 32-year-old Ruby Stroud Floyd, who was white. More
August 31, 2021
Kenneth Gleason white Louisiana man life sentence apparently random killing Black man in a park + another Black man at a bus stop + firing... More
August 24, 2021
By Emanuella Grinberg, Court TV NEW YORK (Court TV) — She was a 17-year-old high school junior and aspiring singer when she met R&B star... More
August 24, 2021
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A white Iowa woman who said she drove her SUV into two children in 2019 to try to kill them... More
August 19, 2021
R&B R. Kelly star faces charges of sex abuse, racketeering and bribery in his New York City trial. More
August 9, 2021
By CASEY SMITH Associated Press/Report for America INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A Black man who said a group of white men assaulted him and threatened to... More
August 2, 2021
We’re just weeks away from the trial of Travis and Gregory McMichael and their neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan – the three men accused of murdering... More
July 29, 2021
By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey's highest court on Tuesday tossed out a 2017 first-degree murder conviction after More
July 13, 2021
NEW YORK (AP) — A California woman who wrongly accused a Black teen of taking her phone at a New York City hotel late last... More
June 30, 2021
By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Adding to the country's ongoing discussion of the extent of police powers, the Supreme Court on More
June 23, 2021
By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The defense attorney for the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murder in the death of More
June 10, 2021
PODCAST: Last week there were big hearings for two of the biggest stories of the year and host Vinnie Politan and Court TV Anchor Michael... More
May 20, 2021
The mother of a Black man pursued and killed by white men who said they suspected him of a crime says she is “thankful, very... More
May 11, 2021
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Gov. Brian Kemp plans to sign a repeal of Georgia's Civil War-era citizen’s arrest law on Monday,... More
May 10, 2021
By AMY FORLITI and MIKE BALSAMO Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted the four former Minneapolis police officers involved More
May 7, 2021
The California Supreme Court on Monday reversed the death penalty for a woman who killed her four young daughters and tried to kill her son... More
May 4, 2021
Evan Miller was just 14 when he committed the slaying that sent him to prison. More
April 28, 2021
By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court made it easier Thursday to sentence minors convicted of murder to life in prison More
April 23, 2021
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — The suspect in the Colorado supermarket shooting appeared in court for the first time Thursday, and a defense attorney immediately More
March 26, 2021
The issue of race looms large over the trial of a white former Minneapolis police officer charged in the death last May of George Floyd, a... More
March 11, 2021
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia moved closer Thursday to the possible repeal of an 1863 law that lets private citizens make an arrest, more than a... More
March 5, 2021
