Jury in federal hate crimes trial of Ahmaud Arbery’s killers excused after first day of deliberations

“This wasn’t about trespassing. This wasn’t about neighborhood crimes, either. … It was about race — racial assumptions, racial resentment, and racial anger,” Justice Department civil rights division counsel Christopher J. Perras told a jury in court Monday morning in

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Jury hears opening statements in Sarah Palin’s case against The New York Times

The lawsuit centers around an editorial that the Times published in June 2017, shortly after a shooting that left Republican Congressman Steve Scalise wounded. The piece, entitled “America’s Lethal Politics” discussed the shooting that wounded Scalise, as well as the

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Jury Finds Harvard Professor Guilty of Concealing China Ties

A jury found prominent Harvard chemistry and engineering professor Charles Lieber guilty of lying to federal investigators regarding his reception of Chinese funding for research projects. The Justice Department accused Lieber, a nanoscience specialist, in January 2020 of concealing his

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Jury Selection Begins in Jussie Smollett Case More Than Two Years after Hate Crime Hoax

Former Empire actor Jussie Smollett arrives at court for his arraignment on renewed felony charges in Chicago, Ill., February 24, 2020. (Kamil Krzaczynski/Reuters) Jury selection begins Monday in the trial of Jussie Smollett, the actor who allegedly falsely claimed he

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Jury to resume deliberations in Charlottesville Unite the Right civil trial

Fourteen people and 10 White supremacist and nationalist organizations were sued in a civil lawsuit by some rallygoers and others who argue they suffered life-altering injuries at the protest. The plaintiffs, who include town residents and counterprotesters injured in clashes,

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Jury finishes deliberations Friday without reaching a verdict in Charlottesville Unite the Right civil trial

Judge Norman Moon sent the jury home and told them to come back Monday and be ready to start at 9 a.m. Fourteen people and 10 White supremacist and nationalist organizations were sued in a civil lawsuit by some rallygoers and others

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