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Amber Guyger's defense argued media coverage of the high-profile case tainted the jury pool. More

September 17, 2019

A group of women who say they were sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein have suffered a setback in seeking money from the government over a plea deal that spared the financier a lengthy prison term. U.S. District Judge Kenneth Marra ruled previously that federal prosecutors in Florida violated a victims’ rights law when they failed […] More

September 16, 2019

A jury acquitted Brooke Skylar Richardson of the most serious charges of murdering her infant, but convicted her of burying its corpse. More

September 13, 2019

BOSTON (AP) — “Desperate Housewives” star Felicity Huffman was sentenced Friday to 14 days in prison for paying $15,000 to rig her daughter’s SAT scores in the college admissions scandal that ensnared dozens of wealthy and well-connected parents.   Huffman, 56, became the first of 34 parents to be sentenced in the case. She was also given […] More

September 13, 2019

OJ Simpson was accused of rounding up five men & bursting into a Las Vegas hotel room to steal a trove of sports memorabilia. More

September 13, 2019

BOSTON (AP) — Actress Felicity Huffman is returning to court to be sentenced for her role in a sweeping college admissions bribery scandal. The “Desperate Housewives” star is scheduled to appear in Boston’s federal court Friday after pleading guilty to a single count of conspiracy and fraud in May. She’s the first parent to be […] More

September 13, 2019

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Singer R. Kelly was a no-show for an initial court appearance in a Minnesota case in which he is accused of offering a 17-year-old girl $200 to take off her clothes and dance in 2001. Kelly, who is jailed in Chicago on sexual abuse and other counts, was charged in Minnesota in […] More

September 13, 2019

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A man accused of gunning down people at a busy Walmart in El Paso last month was indicted Thursday for capital murder, prosecutors announced. Patrick Crusius, 21, of Allen, Texas, was indicted in connection with the Aug. 3 mass shooting that left 22 dead, District Attorney Jaime Esparza said. El Paso prosecutors […] More

September 12, 2019

CLEVELAND (AP) — A severely malnourished 13-year-old boy fed a strict vegan diet of fruit and nuts by his parents and weighing just 65 pounds (30 kilograms) resembled a concentration camp survivor when he fled his family’s home last month, an Ohio county prosecutor said Wednesday. “It breaks your heart,” Crawford County Prosecutor Matt Crall […] More

September 12, 2019

MIAMI (AP) — A Florida health care executive is facing sentencing following his conviction on 20 criminal charges in what prosecutors described as a $1 billion Medicare fraud scheme. A Miami federal judge Thursday is set to sentence 50-year-old Philip Esformes in one of the biggest such cases in U.S. history. Prosecutors are seeking a […] More

September 12, 2019

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — “Jersey Shore” cast member Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino is about to regain his freedom. The Federal Bureau of Prison’s website says the reality television star is scheduled to be released from prison in Otisville, New York, on Thursday. His publicist confirmed his pending release to NJ.com. Sorrentino has served about eight months for […] More

September 12, 2019

NEW YORK (AP) — A previously undisclosed federal investigation into Jeffrey Epstein included an examination of whether he was traveling with underage girls as recently as last year, newly released documents show. U.S. Marshals Service investigators spoke in July with an air-traffic controller who said she saw Epstein get off his private jet at an […] More

September 12, 2019

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A 36-year-old man faces up to life in prison in the severe beating of his girlfriend in their Detroit-area home. The Macomb Daily reports that Paul Bashi pleaded no contest Tuesday to attempted murder, torture and illegally possessing steroids. Defense attorney David Griem blamed Bashi’s steroid abuse in the attack. Authorities […] More

September 11, 2019

DETROIT (AP) — A state prosecutor resigned after authorities learned “incredibly disturbing” news that he had an intimate relationship with a woman while handling her allegations of sexual assault, Michigan’s attorney general said Tuesday. Brian Kolodziej, an assistant attorney general, was the prosecutor in a case involving students at Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant. […] More

September 11, 2019

Where does patient-doctor confidentiality end, and how do the laws of privacy come into play in Brooke Skylar Richardson's case? More

September 11, 2019

EL CENTRO, Calif. (AP) — A dozen leaders of a California-based ministry were arrested Tuesday on charges that they used homeless people as forced labor, holding them in locked group homes and forcing them to panhandle up to nine hours a day, six days a week, U.S. prosecutors said. The former pastor of Imperial Valley […] More

September 11, 2019

New England Patriots wide receiver Antonio Brown has been accused of rape by a former trainer. Britney Taylor says Brown sexually assaulted her on three occasions, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday in the Southern District of Florida. Brown has denied the allegations. Darren Heitner, a lawyer representing Brown, told The Associated Press his client […] More

September 11, 2019

WASHINGTON (AP) — The man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan is interested in getting a job in the music industry, possibly in California, his lawyer said at a court hearing in Washington on Tuesday. John Hinckley Jr., 64, lives in Virginia and was not present at the hearing. A prosecutor said allowing Hinckley […] More

September 10, 2019

Scott Richardson testified as his daughter, Brooke Skylar Richardson, stands trial on charges she murdered her newborn. More

September 10, 2019

HONOLULU (AP) — Advocates for a former U.S. soldier convicted of the attempted rape and murder of an Army officer’s son 37 years ago are asking a federal judge to order DNA testing to discredit what they say is weak evidence presented at a court-martial that sent him to prison for life. The Hawaii Innocence […] More

September 10, 2019

Vinnie and Seema examine Richardson’s second police interrogation, where she claims to set the body on fire, despite evidence to the contrary. (Episode 3) More

September 10, 2019

Recorded interviews show police questioning Brooke Skylar Richardson, who is accused of killing her newborn baby and burying it in the yard. More

September 9, 2019

CHICAGO (AP) — It stands as one of Chicago’s most horrific crimes, in large part because of small details that are impossible to shake: The promise of a juice box that lured the 9-year-old boy off a playground and into an alley, and the basketball he dropped when he was shot and killed there. Jury […] More

September 9, 2019

Defense attorneys raised questions about whether Brooke Skylar Richardson gave birth to a stillborn child, meaning she didn't murder it. More

September 6, 2019

Amber Guyger faces a murder charge in the slaying of Botham Jean. She claims she mistakenly entered Jean's apartment thinking it was her own. More

September 6, 2019

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A pair of socks helped lead to an arrest in the killing of a Pennsylvania woman nearly 30 years ago, authorities said. Philadelphia prosecutors and state police announced the arrest of Theodore Dill Donahue, now 52, on charges of murder and other counts in the 1991 death of his 27-year-old girlfriend, Denise […] More

September 5, 2019

Our hosts dive deeper into the trial of Brooke Skylar Richardson, a former high school cheerleader who hid her pregnancy and is accused of killing her baby. (Episode 2) More

September 5, 2019

Jussie Smollett's attorneys say he should not have to pay Chicago for its investigation into a staged racist and homophobic attack. More

September 4, 2019

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge will discuss plans Wednesday for unsealing a new trove of court records involving sexual abuse allegations against Jeffrey Epstein, the financier who took his own life last month while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska scheduled the hearing after an appeals court in […] More

September 4, 2019

CHICAGO (AP) — A judge Wednesday set an April 27 trial date in R. Kelly’s federal case in Chicago that accuses the R&B star of child pornography and obstruction of justice. But Judge Harry Leinenweber left open the possibility of changing the date later after Kelly attorney Steve Greenberg said having to prepare for trials […] More

September 4, 2019