By Court TV Staff Do laws punishing state electors for failing to vote along with the popular vote violate the First Amendment? That’s one of the questions the Supreme Court of the United States will hear arguments for on May 13. In 2016, Colorado State Electors Polly Baca, Robert Nemanich and Michael Baca were required […] More
May 12, 2020
By JEFF MARTIN and RUSS BYNUM Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia prosecutors who first handled the fatal shooting of a black man, before charges were filed more than two months later, were placed under investigation Tuesday for their conduct in the case, which has fueled a national outcry and questions about whether the […] More
May 12, 2020
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Two men were arrested Friday in the fatal shooting of a security guard who demanded a woman wear a mask while shopping at a store. Genesee County authorities said Ramonyea Bishop, 23, was taken into custody at an apartment in Bay City. His alleged accomplice, Larry Teague, 44, was arrested Thursday […] More
May 12, 2020
NEW YORK (AP) — Up-and-coming rapper Nick Blixky was shot and killed in New York City, police said Monday. The 21-year-old, who was born Nickalus Thompson, was found with gunshot wounds in front of a building in the Prospect Lefferts Gardens neighborhood of Brooklyn at around 9:30 p.m. Sunday. He was taken to Kings County […] More
May 11, 2020
By Court TV Staff On May 11, the Supreme Court of the United States will hear a case about boundaries in the law and of the land. In 1997, Jimcy McGirt was convicted or raping his wife’s four-year-old granddaughter and sentenced to life in prison. The crime took place in McGirt’s home in Broken Arrow, […] More
May 11, 2020
By Court TV Staff Should President Trump’s accountant hand over his financial records to state prosecutors for a criminal investigation? That’s one of the questions the Supreme Court of the United States will take up, testing the limits of presidential immunity. On Tuesday, May 12, SCOTUS will hear two cases regarding President Trump. First up […] More
May 11, 2020
By Court TV Staff The Supreme Court of the United States will be the deciding factor in a case involving a church’s alleged discrimination against a former teacher. Agnes Morrissey-Berru taught fifth and sixth-grade at California catholic private school for sixteen years until 2015. When her contract wasn’t renewed by Our Lady of Guadalupe, […] More
May 11, 2020
PHOENIX (AP) — A pulmonary blood clot killed the brother of an Idaho woman who’s facing charges in the disappearance of her children — a case that attracted worldwide attention with revelations of her doomsday beliefs and connection to three mysterious deaths. Autopsy and toxicology reports were released Friday for Alex Cox, who died in […] More
May 11, 2020
By AARON MORRISON and RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Many people saw more than the last moments of Ahmaud Arbery’s life when a video emerged this week of white men armed with guns confronting the black man, a struggle with punches thrown, three shots fired and Arbery collapsing dead. The Feb. 23 […] More
May 9, 2020
By RUSS BYNUM and KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The white father and son stood quietly Friday as the judge read murder and aggravated assault charges against them in the fatal shooting of a black man who was running through their Georgia neighborhood. In just a few minutes, their first court appearance […] More
May 8, 2020
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — More than two months after a black man was shot to death while jogging on a Sunday afternoon, Georgia investigators conceded that the facts show enough evidence to jail a white father and son on charges of felony murder and aggravated assault. The investigation appeared stalled […] More
May 8, 2020
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man forced a couple out of their bed at gunpoint, took money and cellphones, then killed them after he was recognized, prosecutors said Wednesday. Albert E. Johnson broke into the house wearing a mask April 18 but removed it after escaping to his […] More
May 8, 2020
By RUSS BYNUM and BEN NADLER Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Georgia authorities arrested a white father and son Thursday and charged them with murder in the February shooting death of a black man they had pursued in a truck after spotting him running in their neighborhood. The charges came more than two months […] More
May 7, 2020
Our in-depth coverage of the trial of Skylar Richardson, the Ohio cheerleader accused of murdering her baby continues with an examination of Richardson’s second police interrogation, where she claims to have set the body on fire, despite police having evidence to the contrary. More
May 7, 2020
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A municipal employee was charged Tuesday with official misconduct for allegedly leaking a sealed court document in the case of a woman charged with killing her 11-year-old stepson. Sherie Farstveet, a paralegal and executive administrator in the Brighton city attorney’s office, was issued a citation for the misdemeanor on Tuesday. […] More
May 7, 2020
Ahmaud Arbery's parents have called for the arrests of the two men seen on cell phone video pursuing and killing him. More
May 7, 2020
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California appeals court on Tuesday overturned most of a 2017 jury verdict awarding Quincy Jones $9.4 million in royalties and fees from the Michael Jackson estate over the use of Jones-produced Jackson hits in the concert film “This Is It” and two Cirque du […] More
May 6, 2020
By Court TV Staff The Little Sisters of the Poor is a religious order that offers housing and compassion to the elderly in need. And like many religious nonprofits their size, the Little Sisters offer health benefits to employees through a self-funded plan from a third-party insurer. But they refuse to offer contraceptive coverage through […] More
May 6, 2020
A Georgia prosecutor said he wants a grand jury to determine whether criminal charges should be filed in Ahmaud Arbery's death. More
May 6, 2020
By Court TV Staff UPDATED 5/6/20 ORIGINAL STORY 5/5/20 Those insufferable robocalls will be argued before the Supreme Court of the United States in this month’s live teleconferences. Robocalls are the number one complaint the Federal Communications Commission receives each year, according to Commissioner Ajit Pai. And the calls aren’t just an annoyance, many are […] More
May 6, 2020
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A nonprofit group caught up in an embezzlement scheme in Mississippi used federal welfare money to pay former NFL quarterback Brett Favre $1.1 million for multiple speaking engagements but Favre did not show up for the events, the state auditor said Monday. Details about payments […] More
May 5, 2020
By Court TV Staff U.S.-based humanitarian groups operate through a global network of affiliates that share their name and logo to bring HIV prevention programs to families, sex workers and other vulnerable communities in foreign countries. For their work, these non-governmental organizations rely on federal funding through legislation known as the Leadership Act. Enacted under President George W. Bush in 2003, the Leadership […] More
May 4, 2020
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho judge has refused to lower the $1 million bail set for the mom of two kids missing since last fall. Magistrate Judge Michelle Mallard said Friday that the challenges Lori Daybell may face in jail during the coronavirus pandemic are not any different than […] More
May 4, 2020
By Court TV Staff For the first time in history, the U.S. Supreme Court is allowing live streaming of their court arguments beginning Monday, May 4. Ten cases will be heard in front of SCOTUS over the following weeks, the first case being the United States Patent & Trademark Office v. Booking.com. Popular travel […] More
May 1, 2020
An Idaho judge has found that Lori Vallow “must be present in the courtroom with her attorney” for her upcoming bond hearing Friday, amid many public safety concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic. Court TV will be live covering the scheduled hearing held in Madison County, Idaho at 4 PM ET. The judge laid […] More
April 30, 2020
Robert Durst's attorneys requested a mistrial and told a judge they can't get a fair trial because of the delays caused by COVID-19. More
April 30, 2020
Prosecutors say that several out-of-state witnesses in Robert Durst's murder trial are unavailable because of the COVID-19 pandemic. More
April 30, 2020
By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A former prosecutor best known for winning a murder conviction against Jodi Arias in the gruesome killing of her former boyfriend was reprimanded Thursday by the Arizona Supreme Court for violating an ethical rule at three other death penalty trials. Though the State Bar of Arizona alleged […] More
April 30, 2020
WEST MONROE, La. (AP) — Three members of “Duck Dynasty” star Willie Robertson’s family have received protective orders against a man charged with shooting at homes on their Louisiana estate. Daniel King Jr., 38, was booked into jail on a charge of aggravated assault by drive-by shooting after two homes were struck by gunfire on […] More
April 30, 2020
CLEVELAND (AP) — A man whose body was found this week in an air duct at an Ohio grocery store had been missing for more than week, his relatives said, Daniel Collins, 54 was found Wednesday after an exterminator was called to investigate a foul odor at the Save-A-Lot store in Cleveland’s Mount Pleasant neighborhood. […] More
April 30, 2020
