Tag: Justice system
Indictment of 20 L.A. County Probation Officers: Sources
At least 20 Los Angeles County probation officers are facing criminal indictments following an investigation by the California Attorney General's office into their conduct at juvenile halls in the county. The union representing the...
Sept. 11 Plotters to Plead Guilty at Guantánamo Bay
The accused mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, along with two of his accomplices, have agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy and murder charges in exchange for a life sentence...
FDNY Union Criticizes 9/11 Plea Deal: Expresses Disgust and Disappointment
A union representing New York City firefighters expressed disappointment with the plea deal that spared alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammad and two other terrorists from the death penalty. The Department of Defense announced...
Woman Freed After 43 Years in Prison as Murder Conviction Overturned
Sandra Hemme, a Missouri woman who spent 43 years in prison after implicating herself in a 1980 murder while she was a psychiatric patient, has been released from prison. This decision came after her...
Public Opinion Poll: Should Trump and Hunter Biden Receive Prison Sentences? – Insights from...
A recent survey conducted by the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research has shown that there is a split in the opinions of Americans regarding the potential prison sentences of President Trump and Hunter...
Remaking America: The Impact of a Divided Supreme Court
The Supreme Court term that recently concluded was marked by significant turmoil and power shifts among the justices. Chief Justice John Roberts managed to assert his authority in the midst of dysfunction, while Justices...
Calls to Jail Top Elected Officials: Trump Urges Military Tribunals
Former President Donald J. Trump recently took to his social media platform, Truth Social, to amplify his calls for the prosecution of top elected officials. In a series of posts, he urged for the...
Illinois Police Officers Cleared in Fatal Shooting of Unarmed Man in Home
Illinois police officers involved in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man in his home will not face charges, according to State Attorney Robert Berlin. The incident took place in Carol Stream, Illinois, resulting...
Illinois Parade Shooting Plea Deal Upset Victims’ Families – Latest Updates
The families of the victims of the tragic mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Ill., two summers ago were left devastated after the plea deal in the case fell...
Former Haitian Gang Leader Sentenced to 35 Years for Gunrunning
The former leader of the 400 Mawozo gang in Haiti, Joly Germine, 31, has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for his involvement in a gunrunning scheme. This scheme used ransom money that...
New York State Prisons Found in Violation of Law for Prolonged Solitary Confinement
The New York state prison system has been found in violation of state law for keeping inmates in solitary confinement for longer than allowed. State Supreme Court Justice Kevin Bryant ruled that the Department...
Texas Grandmother Wins Supreme Court Case in Alleged Political Retaliation
The Supreme Court made a decision in favor of Sylvia Gonzalez, a former councilwoman from Texas, who was unlawfully arrested as an act of political retaliation. Gonzalez, along with her legal team from the...
Supreme Court Ruling: Lawsuit Permitted for Allegedly Politically Motivated Arrest
The Supreme Court recently made a ruling allowing a former Texas city councilwoman, Sylvia Gonzalez, to pursue a lawsuit against officials who allegedly abused their power by arresting her in retaliation for exercising her...
Texas Court Orders Kaitlin Armstrong to Pay $15M to Murder Victim’s Family
A Texas court has ordered Kaitlin Armstrong to pay $15 million to the family of murder victim Anna Moriah "Mo" Wilson. Armstrong was found guilty of shooting Wilson twice in the head and once...
Supreme Court’s Late June Rulings: Impact of Leisurely Pace
The Supreme Court has been taking its time in issuing decisions this term, with more than 20 still left to be decided as we enter the second half of June. This leisurely pace is...
Supreme Court’s Slow Pace Leads to Late June Rulings PileupLate June Rulings Pileup by...
The Supreme Court's Slow Pace Leading to Late June Rulings PileupThe Supreme Court seems to be taking its time in issuing decisions this term, with more than 20 cases still left to be decided...
North Carolina Gov. Cooper vetoes bill increasing number of juveniles tried as adults Cooper vetoes...
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, a Democrat, recently vetoed a bill that sought to increase the number of minors tried as adults in serious criminal cases. The bill, known as House Bill 834, had...
Prosecutors Decline Charges in Death of Airport Executive Airport Executive Death: No Charges in A.T.F....
Prosecutors have decided not to press charges in the case of the death of the airport executive, Bryan Malinowski, during an A.T.F. raid in Little Rock. The federal agent responsible for shooting him was...
Convicted Man Seeks New Trial in Ohio Family Killings
A man who was found guilty in the murders of eight people from another Ohio family is now seeking a new trial. George Wagner IV has filed a request with the Ohio Court of...
‘Something was wrong’: Two witnesses testify at Boris Panovski retrial
During the retrial of Boris Panovski, two witnesses testified to the events that unfolded on that fateful day in 2014. Jeffery Haggis, an organizer of a bird dog competition at Hullett Marsh, recounted the...