By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man convicted of kidnapping a Wisconsin girl and killing her parents told police after his arrest that he never thought Jayme Closs would escape because she was petrified, and that after holding her captive for two weeks, he believed he’d get away with his crimes, according […] More
December 26, 2019
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Christopher Darden, best known for prosecuting O.J. Simpson, is now representing Ed Buck, the wealthy Democratic donor charged in two overdose deaths at his Los Angeles-area apartment. Buck, 65, has pleaded not guilty to distributing methamphetamine resulting in the deaths of Timothy Dean in January and Gemmel Moore in 2017. Federal […] More
December 20, 2019
BY CURT ANDERSON AP LEGAL AFFAIRS WRITER FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The trial of Parkland school shooting defendant Nikolas Cruz was delayed Thursday until at least next summer, when he will face a death penalty case stemming from the February 2018 massacre that left 17 people dead. CNN, POOL Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer […] More
December 19, 2019
NEVADA, Iowa (AP) — A man has been sentenced to more than 15 years in prison for burning an LGBTQ flag that was flying at a church in central Iowa. Adolfo Martinez, 30, of Ames, was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years for the hate crime of arson, as well as a year for the reckless […] More
December 19, 2019
As the Late Night Brawl Murder trial winds down, this episode updates you on the twist and turns of this tragic story. (Episode 17) More
December 19, 2019
BY MICHAEL R. SISAK | ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge threw out state mortgage fraud charges against Paul Manafort, ruling Wednesday that the criminal case was too similar to one that has already landed President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman in federal prison. The move was a blow to what […] More
December 18, 2019
On Thursday, Court TV’s Vinnie Politan, host of “Closing Arguments with Vinnie Politan,” sat down for an exclusive interview with Jeffery Leving, the attorney for Elian Gonzalez’s father. Elian skyrocketed to the international spotlight in 1999, after he became the center of an immigration and custody battle between the United States and Cuba. The then-five-year-old […] More
December 18, 2019
BY ERIC TUCKER | ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge on Tuesday sentenced former Trump campaign official Rick Gates to 45 days in jail despite what she said was “extraordinary” cooperation with special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe and other Justice Department investigations. The jail sentence, which she said was needed to reflect the […] More
December 17, 2019
A jury found Steven Washington guilty of second-degree murder, carrying a concealed weapon and felony firearm possession. More
December 17, 2019
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With the House of Representatives racing toward an impeachment vote this week, President Donald Trump will likely become the third president to face a Senate trial to determine whether he should be removed from office. The examples of Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton, who were both acquitted, […] More
December 17, 2019
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press WINONA, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man whose murder conviction was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court for racial bias was granted his freedom for the first time in 22 years Monday while prosecutors decide whether to retry him for a seventh time. A judge set a bond of […] More
December 16, 2019
BY COLLIN BINKLEY | AP EDUCATION WRITER BOSTON (AP) — Lawyers for actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband say federal prosecutors are holding back crucial evidence that could prove the couple’s innocence in a college admissions scandal that has ensnared dozens of wealthy parents. In a court motion filed Friday in Boston’s court, […] More
December 16, 2019
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A judge was being asked to set bond Monday for a Mississippi man waiting to hear whether prosecutors will try him a seventh time in a quadruple slaying 23 years ago. Curtis Flowers was scheduled to appear on Monday in Montgomery County Circuit Court in […] More
December 16, 2019
NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein says he is a pioneer in advancing the careers of women in the film industry. “I feel like the forgotten man,’’ Weinstein said in an interview published Sunday in the New York Post. “I made more movies directed by women and about women than any filmmaker, and I’m talking […] More
December 16, 2019
ESCANABA, Mich. (AP) — A 59-year-old Michigan man who told his lawyer that he wanted to rob an Upper Peninsula business so he could return to prison could be locked up for the rest of his life. Mark Wilson, of Portage, was sentenced Monday to at least 25 years in prison, a sentence that was […] More
December 13, 2019
BY LARRY NEUMEISTER ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — Ninety-eight percent of The Weinstein Co.’s creditors are joining a tentative settlement that plaintiffs say includes $25 million for over two dozen actresses and former employees who claim Harvey Weinstein sexually harassed them, a lawyer said Thursday. >>RELATED: Weinstein could face jail, bail hike over monitoring […] More
December 12, 2019
BY PHILIP MARCELO ASSOCIATED PRESS BOSTON (AP) — Should the Boston Marathon bomber’s trial have taken place in Boston as the city was still reeling from the traumatic 2013 attack? That’s the crux of what’s being argued Thursday before the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston. Lawyers for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (juh-HAHR’ sar-NY’-ev) are […] More
December 12, 2019
Guilty! A Florida jury found Mark Sievers guilty of arranging the murder of his wife, Dr. Teresa Sievers. Does the organizer of the conspiracy to kill Dr. Sievers deserve a harsher sentence than the two men who actually killed her? What will ultimately be the fate of Mark Sievers? Vinnie and Seema will dive into […] More
December 12, 2019
Q&A with Undisclosed’s Colin Miller After the U.S. Supreme Court denied hearing the case of Adnan Syed, the subject of the investigative journalism podcast Serial, I spoke to one of his advocates, attorney and law professor Colin Miller. We discussed Syed’s path from the 2014 debut of Serial to the 2016 post-conviction hearing, to the highest court in the […] More
December 11, 2019
UPDATED 12/11/19 12 pm BY COURT TV STAFF Harvey Weinstein’s bail was increased by Judge Burke on Wednesday over allegations that he violated his bail by removing his ankle monitor. Weinstein’s bail went from $1 million to a choice of paying either a $5 million cash bail, or $50 million security bond partially secured at […] More
December 11, 2019
UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — Jurors are expected to hear attorneys’ opening statements on Wednesday for the trial of a white man charged with fatally stabbing a black college student on the University of Maryland’s campus. Sean Urbanski, 24, is charged with first-degree murder and a hate crime in the May 2017 killing of Richard […] More
December 11, 2019
BY MARYCLAIRE DALE | ASSOCIATED PRESS Bill Cosby lost his bid to overturn his sexual assault conviction Tuesday, as an appeals court upheld the verdict in the first celebrity trial of the #MeToo era. In its ruling, the Superior Court upheld the right of prosecutors to call other accusers to bolster their case — the […] More
December 10, 2019
The following is the complete statement furnished exclusively to Court TV by Harvey Weinstein Lead Attorney Donna Rotunno: “I was dismayed to see all the press coverage incorrectly stating that Mr Weinstein was trying to garner sympathy at his court appearance last week. Mr. Weinstein was in a serious car accident in August, which […] More
December 9, 2019
By RYAN TARINELLI and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein violated his bail conditions by mishandling his electronic ankle monitor, which left his whereabouts unrecorded for hours at a time, a New York prosecutor argued Friday. Prosecutor Joan Illuzzi spoke at a pretrial hearing for Weinstein, who is free on […] More
December 6, 2019
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
