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R. Kelly jury asked to make him ‘pay’ or not fall for ‘lies’
R. Kelly jury asked to make him ‘pay’ or not fall for ‘lies’

By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A prosecutor in closing arguments at the sex-trafficking trial of R. Kelly urged jurors on Thursday to make the R&B superstar “pay” for his alleged crimes, while a defense lawyer told them they’ve been misled by opportunistic accusers about consensual relationships.    “It is now […] More

September 23, 2021

UK police probe killing of woman walking alone in London
UK police probe killing of woman walking alone in London

British police investigating the killing of a 28-year-old woman in London said Thursday they are probing whether she was attacked by a stranger, in a case that sparked new concerns for the safety of women walking the capital's streets. More

September 23, 2021

Trial Updates: R. Kelly Sex Trafficking Case
Trial Updates: R. Kelly Sex Trafficking Case

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 and live analysis during the trial. More

September 23, 2021

Suspects to stand trial in 1996 Kristin Smart disappearance
Suspects to stand trial in 1996 Kristin Smart disappearance

The man last seen with Kristin Smart before she vanished from a college campus 25 years ago on the Central California coast will stand trial on a murder charge in her suspected death and his father will face a charge as an accomplice for allegedly helping bury her body, a judge ruled Wednesday. More

September 22, 2021

Judge: NPR can air recordings of newspaper shooting trial
Judge: NPR can air recordings of newspaper shooting trial

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — National Public Radio can air audio recordings from the trial of the gunman who killed five Capital Gazette newspaper employees in 2018, a federal judge has ruled in a case challenging Maryland's ban on broadcasting court proceedings. More

September 22, 2021

Man arrested in brutal California attacks, rape on trail
Man arrested in brutal California attacks, rape on trail

A pilot has been arrested in connection with brutal attacks on women in Southern California where he allegedly choked them into unconsciousness and assaulted them in bushes off of a running trail, prosecutors announced Monday. More

September 22, 2021

Airman on trial in Arizona in death of Mennonite woman
Airman on trial in Arizona in death of Mennonite woman

By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Jury selection began Tuesday in a case against a U.S. Air Force airman accused of kidnapping a Mennonite woman, fatally shooting her and leaving her body in a forest clearing in northern Arizona. Prosecutors have largely circumstantial evidence against Mark Gooch, 22, who was stationed at […] More

September 21, 2021

Oklahoma court lifts stays in 2 McGirt-related decisions
Oklahoma court lifts stays in 2 McGirt-related decisions

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals on Tuesday lifted stays in two cases it overturned based on a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that the state has no jurisdiction over crimes committed on tribal lands by non-American Indians against Native Americans. The court lifted stays of its previous reversals of the murder […] More

September 21, 2021