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Man charged with killing Minnesota lawmaker plans to plead not guilty
Criminal Law 07/15/2025A Minnesota man plans to plead not guilty to charges he killed the top Democratic leader in the state House and her husband after wounding another lawmaker and his wife, his attorney said.Vance Boelter, 57, is due in federal court for his arraignment...
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2 men cleared in 1994 killing that sent them to prison for decades
Criminal Law 07/10/2025Two men who went to prison as teenagers for a 1994 killing were exonerated Thursday, after prosecutors said new DNA testing and a fresh look at other evidence made it impossible to stand by the convictions.Brian Boles and Charles Collins served decad...
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Takeaways from the Supreme Court’s term: Largely good news for Trump
Criminal Law 06/27/2025The Supreme Court has been very good to President Donald Trump lately. Even before he won a new term in the White House, the court eliminated any doubt about whether Trump could appear on presidential ballots, then effectively spared him from having ...
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Jury begins deliberating in UK trial of men accused of felling Sycamore Gap tree
Criminal Law 05/06/2025Jurors began deliberating Thursday in the case of two men charged with cutting down the Sycamore Gap tree that once stood along the ancient Hadrian’s Wall in northern England. Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, have pleaded not guilty ...
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Elon Musk dodges DOGE scrutiny while expanding his power in Washington
Criminal Law 02/10/2025Elon Musk made a clear promise after Donald Trump decided to put him in charge of making the government more efficient.“It’s not going to be some sort of backroom secret thing,” Musk said last year. “It will be as transparent ...
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Man accused of stalking Caitlin Clark proclaims himself ‘guilty as charged’
Criminal Law 01/21/2025One day after Michael Thomas Lewis was charged with felony stalking of Indiana Fever star and WNBA rookie of the year Caitlin Clark, the 55-year-old Texas man shouted “guilty as charged” as soon as he sat down in a courtroom Tuesday.Lewis...
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Trump asks the Supreme Court to block sentencing in his hush money case
Criminal Law 01/09/2025President-elect Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to call off Friday’s sentencing in his hush money case in New York.Trump’s lawyers turned to the nation’s highest court on Wednesday after New York courts refused to postpone ...
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Appeals court overturns ex-49er Dana Stubblefield’s rape conviction
Criminal Law 12/26/2024A California appeals court has overturned the rape conviction of former San Francisco 49er Dana Stubblefield after determining prosecutors made racially discriminatory statements during the Black man’s trial.The retired football player was sent...
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Mexican cartel leader’s son convicted of violent role in drug trafficking plot
Criminal Law 09/22/2024The son of a Mexican drug cartel leader was convicted Friday of charges that he used violence, including the deadly downing of a military helicopter, to help his father operate one of the country’s largest and most dangerous narcotics trafficki...
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs jailed by judge after sex trafficking indictment
Criminal Law 09/20/2024Sean “Diddy” Combs headed to jail Tuesday to await trial in a federal sex trafficking case that accuses him of presiding over a sordid empire of sexual crimes protected by blackmail and shocking acts of violence.The music mogul is charged...
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Court orders new hearing for Adnan Syed in ‘Serial’ murder case
Criminal Law 08/27/2024A 2022 court hearing that freed Adnan Syed from prison violated the legal rights of the victim’s family and must be redone, Maryland’s Supreme Court ruled Friday, marking the latest development in the ongoing legal saga that gained global...
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The Man Charged in an Illinois Attack That Left 4 Dead Is Due Back in Court
Criminal Law 04/02/2024A northern Illinois man charged with killing four people and injuring seven others by stabbing, beating and driving over them is expected back in court on Tuesday. A judge in the city of Rockford is expected to consider prosecutors' request that Chri...