By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Moments before a Tennessee judge freed him from death row, Pervis Payne walked into a courtroom, hugged his lawyer and wept. Payne, who was sentenced to death in the 1987 killings of a mother and daughter, held attorney Kelley Henry tightly and thanked her for arguing […] More
November 23, 2021
Darrell Brooks Jr. rocked back and forth in his seat and cried throughout his court hearing on Tuesday, where he was charged in the deadly Waukesha parade crash. More
November 23, 2021
By DAVID FISCHER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Brian Laundrie, who was found dead last month in a Florida swamp, shot himself in the head, officials announced Tuesday. Laundrie had been the subject of a manhunt for more than a month as investigators searched for clues in the slaying of his girlfriend, Gabby Petito, during their […] More
November 23, 2021
By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press A rape conviction at the center of a memoir by award-winning author Alice Sebold has been overturned because of what authorities determined were serious flaws with the 1982 prosecution and concerns the wrong man had been sent to jail. Anthony Broadwater, who spent 16 years in prison, was cleared Monday […] More
November 23, 2021
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Before jurors in the trial of the three men charged in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery retired to the jury room to begin their deliberations, the judge read them specific instructions on the law that’s applicable to this case. The jury instructions, also called the jury charge, […] More
November 23, 2021
Brian Laundrie died by suicide, the Laundrie family attorney said in a statement on Tuesday. More
November 23, 2021
Kevin Strickland has always maintained that he was home watching TV and had nothing to do with the killings, which happened when he was 18 years old. More
November 23, 2021
Former NFL running back Zac Stacy has been arrested after the mother of his child showed detectives video of him attacking her at her central Florida home, authorities said. More
November 23, 2021
“You can’t claim self-defense if you are the unjustified aggressor,” Linda Dunikoski said. “Who started this? It wasn’t Ahmaud Arbery.” More
November 23, 2021
Elizabeth Holmes' testimony, which focused largely on her enthusiasm based on positive early tests of that blood-testing technology, may be her best shot to avoid conviction on charges of criminal fraud. More
November 23, 2021
In charging documents, Leannah Gardipe's mother called 911 to report that her daughter had called her and said she "saved her babies." More
November 23, 2021
A judge on Monday officially exonerated four young African American men of the false accusation that they raped a white woman seven decades ago. More
November 23, 2021
Kevin Spacey and his production companies must pay the studio behind "House of Cards" more than $30 million because of losses brought on by his firing for sexual misconduct. More
November 22, 2021
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Attorneys made a final push Monday to persuade the jury in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, with the prosecution saying that three white men chased him solely “because he was a Black man running down the street” and defense attorneys repeatedly blaming Arbery for his own […] More
November 22, 2021
Police in Denver suburb of Aurora arrest 3 teens in connection with shooting of 3 students in high school parking lot. TV station quoted city police chief say gang involvement suspected. More
November 22, 2021
Former Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs stern talking-to from Vegas judge but allowed to remain house arrest alcohol monitor on ankle + GPS monitor on other following fatal crash + DUI. More
November 22, 2021
Michael Cohen - Trump personal lawyer until 2018 arrest - said three-year prison sentence mostly spent in home confinement was over and vowed to continue cooperating with law enforcement. More
November 22, 2021
By Grace Wong, Court TV KENOSHA, Wis. (CourtTV) – The Rittenhouse verdict paved the way for a passionate debate about guns, self-defense and justice. What the public was unaware of was the sequence of events taking place before the widely contended verdict that has captivated so many. More
November 22, 2021
A jury resumed deliberations Monday in the civil trial of white nationalists accused of conspiring to commit racially motivated violence at the deadly "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville in 2017. More
November 22, 2021
The suspect in a Christmas parade crash in suburban Milwaukee that killed five people was free on $1,000 bail posted just two days before the deadly event. More
November 22, 2021
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — None of the three white men charged in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery had cause to make a citizen’s arrest when they saw him in their neighborhood, according to a prosecutor, who said Monday in closing arguments that the defendants decided to pursue him “because he was a […] More
November 22, 2021
The trial of father and son Greg and Travis McMichael and their neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan is nearing an end. More
November 22, 2021
Attorneys were scheduled to give closing arguments Monday in the murder trial of three white men charged in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery. More
November 22, 2021
Fallen Silicon Valley star Elizabeth Holmes accused of bamboozling investors and patients about her startup Theranos and its medical device took the witness stand late Friday in her trial. More
November 19, 2021
Texas judge declared mistrial in first murder case against man charged with killing 18 older women in Dallas area over two-year span but prosecutors vowed to continue to pursue convictions. More
November 19, 2021
As the last of five "not guilty" verdicts read aloud Kyle Rittenhouse shook with sobs and collapsed nearly falling out of sight of television camera fixed on him in Wisconsin courtroom. More
November 19, 2021
Denver suburb Aurora agreed to pay $15 million to settle lawsuit brought by parents of Elijah McClain - Black man died after suburban Denver police stopped him and put him in a neck hold. More
November 19, 2021
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh was indicted Friday on 27 additional charges, with prosecutors saying he stole nearly $5 million in settlement money he had obtained for his dead housekeeper, an injured state trooper and other people and fees meant for his law firm. There are […] More
November 19, 2021
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
