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Joshua Brown, a key witness, was killed just days after Amber Guyger was convicted in the death of Botham Jean. More

December 6, 2019

BY TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors are accusing singer R. Kelly of scheming with others to pay for a fake ID for an unnamed female a day before he married R&B singer Aaliyah, then 15 years old, in a secret ceremony in 1994.   The revised indictment, filed Thursday in […] More

December 6, 2019

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles judge on Wednesday said Chris Brown must give up all rights to his former pet monkey, pay for its care and not try to buy a new one if he wants charges of illegal animal ownership dropped. The 30-year-old singer was allowed to enter a diversion program nearly […] More

December 5, 2019

BY SEEMA IYER | COURT TV A clearer picture has emerged of what we can expect in Harvey Weinstein’s upcoming trial after the presiding judge made decisions on several outstanding defense motions.   Annabella Sciorra will be able to testify. The defense argued they did not receive “fair notice” of the allegations involving Sciorra and […] More

December 5, 2019

CHICAGO (AP) — A Cook County judge on Wednesday ordered singer R. Kelly to stand trial on one of four sexual abuse cases on Sept. 14, but it remains unclear which of the cases prosecutors will take to trial first. >>READ MORE TRENDING NEWS During the hearing in Chicago, Judge Lawrence Flood told prosecutors he […] More

December 5, 2019

This episode covers the Hammer Killing Murder trial, the murder conviction appeals of Adnan Syed and the upcoming sexual assault trial of movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. More

December 5, 2019

RICK CALLAHAN Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A nephew of 1930s gangster John Dillinger needs a cemetery’s permission to exhume the notorious criminal’s Indianapolis gravesite to prove whether he’s actually buried there, a judge ruled Wednesday in dismissing the nephew’s lawsuit against the cemetery. Marion County Superior Court Judge Timothy Oakes granted Crown Hill Cemetery’s […] More

December 5, 2019

ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Court of Appeals on Wednesday reversed a murder conviction, ruling that a confession the defendant made to police was involuntary. Eloy Vasquez-Santiago, who has an IQ of 53, mistakenly believed that his infant child was being detained by authorities, along with Vasquez-Santiago’s father and brother. […] More

December 5, 2019

CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (AP) — The younger of two students charged in a fatal school shooting in suburban Denver will be tried as an adult, a judge ruled Wednesday. In a written order, District Judge Jeffrey K. Holmes said lawyers for Alec McKinney, 16, failed to prove that it would be better for McKinney or […] More

December 5, 2019

BARTOW, Fla. (AP) — Neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, who was acquitted of the 2012 killing of Trayvon Martin, is suing the teen’s parents, family attorney, the attorney’s book publisher and prosecutors who tried his case, claiming he was defamed when they allowed a witness to give false testimony in an attempt to incriminate him. […] More

December 4, 2019

Tesla CEO Elon Musk denied that he meant to call a British cave diver, Vernon Unsworth, a pedophile when he dubbed him "pedo guy" on social media. More

December 4, 2019

NEW YORK (AP) — Imminent changes to New York’s criminal justice system are forcing Harvey Weinstein back into court a month before his sexual assault trial is set to start. Weinstein is due to appear Friday at a bail hearing necessitated by changes that go into effect Jan. 1. Weinstein has pleaded not guilty to […] More

December 4, 2019

Brandt Jean was awarded for his 'display of empathy and forgiveness' toward Amber Guyger, who was convicted of killing Botham Jean. More

December 4, 2019

  KEMPTON, Pa. (AP) — Authorities are linking the mother of two young children found hanging in a Pennsylvania home to internet searches for suicide and crime shortly before their deaths, according to court documents filed in support of murder charges against the woman. Lisa Snyder, 36, was charged with first- and third-degree murder, child […] More

December 3, 2019

  By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Elon Musk is going on trial Tuesday for his troublesome tweets in a defamation case pitting the billionaire against a British diver he allegedly branded a pedophile. The Tesla CEO will be called to testify early in the case in Los Angeles federal court to […] More

December 3, 2019

ATLANTA (AP) — A man considered the main suspect in a string of killings of black children and young adults in Atlanta in the 1970s and 1980s has been denied parole. >>READ MORE TRENDING NEWS The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles made the decision last month in the case of 61-year-old Wayne Williams. The […] More

December 3, 2019

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut rabbi convicted of repeatedly sexually abusing a teenage boy more than a decade ago was sentenced Monday to 12 years in prison. Superior Court Judge Jon Alander imposed the punishment on Daniel Greer, 79, of New Haven, whose lawyer has said he expects to appeal the convictions. Greer, […] More

December 2, 2019

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Prosecutors charged a southwest Missouri man Wednesday with second-degree murder, alleging he killed his wife in 2015 by hitting her in the head with a hammer and strangling her before stowing the body in a freezer at a storage unit. Fifty-seven-year-old Larry Dinwiddie, of Marshfield, was also charged with abandonment […] More

December 2, 2019

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Police say violence erupted on Thanksgiving Day in a North Carolina apartment when a mother shot and killed her daughter. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said in a news release that officers were called to the apartment shortly before 10 p.m. Thursday. There they found a woman with a gunshot wound who […] More

November 29, 2019

This Thanksgiving, as I reflect on all that is good in this world, Court TV being back on the air, comes to both mind and heart. The public craves transparency plus knowledge, with glimpses of real-life drama and never-ending suspense – and that is why I am thankful for cameras in the courtroom. Simply put, […] More

November 27, 2019

COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby says he’s prepared to serve his 10-year maximum sentence for sexual assault rather than show remorse for a crime the comedian says he didn’t commit. Cosby is serving three to 10 years in a state prison near Philadelphia after a jury last year convicted him of sexually assaulting a Temple […] More

November 27, 2019

Confessed murderer Curtis Wright claims his best friend Mark Sievers offered to pay him $100,000 to murder his wife, Dr. Teresa Sievers. More

November 27, 2019

BALTIMORE (AP) — Three men incarcerated for 36 years in Maryland were exonerated Monday in the slaying of a Baltimore teenager after a review of their case. Alfred Chestnut, Ransom Watkins and Andrew Stewart were released from custody hours after a judge cleared their convictions and prosecutors dropped the charges. They were teenagers when they […] More

November 26, 2019

The discovery of human remains comes after a month-long search for Aniah Blanchard, whose face appears on billboards across the county. More

November 26, 2019

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judge set an April trial date Monday for two jail guards accused of failing to make required checks on Jeffrey Epstein the morning he died. The trial of guards Tova Noel and Michael Thomas can begin April 20, U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres said. The […] More

November 25, 2019

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a Maryland man’s bid for a new trial based on information uncovered by the hit podcast “Serial.” The justices did not comment in leaving in place a 4-3 ruling by Maryland’s highest court that denied a new trial to Adnan Syed, who was convicted of strangling […] More

November 25, 2019

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A former Florida sheriff ousted following the Parkland high school massacre is suing over his removal from office. Attorneys for ex-Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel say a federal lawsuit contends Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state Senate deprived him of due process and failed to follow a special master’s recommendation […] More

November 25, 2019

BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — A judge dashed the hopes of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky for a shorter prison term Friday, resentencing him to the same 30-to-60-year term imposed against him in 2012 for sexually abusing children. Judge Maureen Skerda gave Sandusky what prosecutors and his own attorney described as effectively a […] More

November 22, 2019

Former ‘American Idol’ contestant Antonella Barba has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison for carrying nearly 2 pounds of fentanyl. More

November 22, 2019

BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky is expected in a Pennsylvania courtroom to be resentenced after an appeals court said mandatory minimum sentences had been improperly applied against him. The 75-year-old Sandusky will be resentenced Friday by Judge Maureen Skerda at the county courthouse in Bellefonte. State Superior Court […] More

November 22, 2019