Former top public defender whose firing 5 years ago was condemned by local NAACP chapter Kevin Gough is known in legal circles for pushing the envelope if he thinks it will benefit client. More
November 19, 2021
By MICHAEL TARM, SCOTT BAUER and AMY FORLITI Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted of all charges Friday after pleading self-defense in the deadly Kenosha shootings that became a flashpoint in the debate over guns, vigilantism and racial injustice in the U.S. Rittenhouse, 18, began to choke up, fell […] More
November 19, 2021
By AMY FORLITI and SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Attorneys for Kyle Rittenhouse have requested a mistrial based on several issues, including claims that prosecutors acted in bad faith and that the state gave them an inferior copy of a video that may be a key piece of evidence in the case. >>>READ MORE: […] More
November 19, 2021
The jury at Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial returned for a fourth day of deliberations Friday, the morning after the judge raised eyebrows among lawyers when he let a juror take home a copy of the detailed legal instructions he gave to the panel. More
November 19, 2021
Apollo Carreon Quiboloy claims to be “the appointed son of God” and in 2019 claimed he stopped a major earthquake from hitting the southern Philippines. More
November 19, 2021
Florida detective investigating the disappearance of Carole Baskin's second husband said "Tiger King" star had three times refused requests for interviews and that the probe was ongoing. More
November 18, 2021
Defense attorneys rested their case in the Ahmaud Arbery trial after calling seven witnesses, including the shooter. More
November 18, 2021
Kyle Rittenhouse's murder trial jury deliberated for a third full day without reaching a verdict, while a judge barred MSNBC from court. More
November 18, 2021
Three men are charged in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, and jurors will have to decide whether one, two, three or none of them is guilty. More
November 18, 2021
By DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. (AP) — Lawyers for nine people hurt during the 2017 “Unite The Right” rally in Charlottesville told a jury Thursday that white nationalists “planned, executed and then celebrated” racially motivated violence that killed one counterprotester and injured dozens more. Their arguments in U.S. District Court in […] More
November 18, 2021
By RUSS BYNUM and JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The man who killed Ahmaud Arbery testified Thursday that Arbery did not speak, show a weapon or threaten him in any way before he raised his shotgun and pointed it at the 25-year-old Black man. Under cross-examination by the prosecution on his second […] More
November 18, 2021
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt stopped the execution of death row inmate Julius Jones on Thursday, commuting his death sentence. More
November 18, 2021
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has rejected a request by Steven Avery to review his conviction, a case that became the focus of a popular Netflix series “Making a Murderer.” More
November 18, 2021
Julius Jones, 41, who has maintained his innocence for more than two decades, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection Thursday. More
November 18, 2021
Rapper Young Dolph was shot and killed Wednesday inside a beloved local cookie shop in his hometown of Memphis. More
November 18, 2021
According to court documents, the girl's older biological sister told a detective she saw Isabella in a dog cage, with duct tape on her nose and mouth and not breathing. More
November 18, 2021
Kyle Rittenhouse trial verdict watch Kenosha, Wisconsin and Defense Attorney Kevin Gough creates controversy in Brunswick, Georgia. More
November 18, 2021
Lawsuit alleges Alec Baldwin recklessly fired gun when it wasn't called for in script when he shot and killed Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza on New Mexico set of "Rust." More
November 17, 2021
By MICHAEL TARM, SCOTT BAUER and AMY FORLITI Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Kyle Rittenhouse’s attorneys asked the judge to declare a mistrial even as the jury in the murder case was deliberating Wednesday, saying the defense received an inferior copy of a potentially crucial video from prosecutors. Judge Bruce Schroeder did […] More
November 17, 2021
Travis McMichael - man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery - testified Arbery attacked him and grabbed his shotgun after he and his father pursued the Black man in their Georgia neighborhood. More
November 17, 2021
Administrators overreached when permanently expelled 17-year-old high school student for sending Snapchats after school hours referring to another student as a potential school shooter. More
November 17, 2021
A man who pleaded guilty to killing his estranged wife and sexually assaulting her young daughter as her mother lay dying was put to death Wednesday evening. More
November 17, 2021
Race was going to be at forefront of trial of 3 white men charged with killing Arbery but lawyer's rejected call to kick out Black pastors including Jesse Jackson intensified frustrations. More
November 17, 2021
Henry Ruggs is under home confinement with electronic monitoring and four-times-a-day alcohol checks. More
November 17, 2021
A Michigan man accused of spiking his wife's cereal with heroin was convicted of murder and other crimes Wednesday. More
November 17, 2021
Two men convicted in the assassination of Malcolm X are set to be cleared after more than half a century. More
November 17, 2021
Judge Bruce Schroeder called some coverage of the Kyle Rittenhouse case “frightening.” More
November 17, 2021
Jacob Chansley, the spear-carrying Jan. 6 rioter whose horned fur hat, bare chest and face paint made him one of the more recognizable figures in the assault on the Capitol, was sentenced Wednesday to 41 months in prison. More
November 17, 2021
Defense lawyers were expected to build on arguments that their clients were lawfully trying to stop burglaries in their neighborhood as they began presenting their case Wednesday in the murder trial of three white men for the killing of Ahmaud Arbery. More
November 17, 2021
About two hours into deliberations on the second day, jurors asked to view video presented at the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse. More
November 17, 2021
