DADE CITY — Eight years after he fired a pistol inside a Wesley Chapel movie theater, Curtis Reeves was found not guilty of murder in the death of Chad Oulson. A panel of four men and two women took about
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Ahmaud Arbery Killers Convicted in Federal Civil-Rights Trial
In essence, the DOJ pursued the defendants for being racists, without linking this reprehensible attitude and their reprehensible acts. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE T hree Georgia men already facing life sentences after their state-court convictions for murdering Ahmaud Arbery have been
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
Oath Keepers Leader Stewart Rhodes To Remain In Jail Until Capitol Attack Trial
The leader of the Oath Keepers, a far-right militant group that took part in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, will remain in jail until his trial on charges of seditious conspiracy and obstruction of justice. Stewart Rhodes was arrested
2 of the officers involved in George Floyd’s death will testify during federal civil rights trial
Former officers J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao told US District Judge Paul Magnuson they planned to testify in their own defense. Thomas Lane, the rookie officer who held down Floyd’s legs during the fatal restraint, also planned to take
Opening statements begin in federal hate crimes trial of Ahmaud Arbery’s killers
The jury was finalized Monday morning and consists of eight White jurors, three Black jurors and one Hispanic juror, according to details provided in court. Three White people and one Pacific Islander have also been selected as alternates. Opening statements
Sarah Palin–NYT Libel Trial Goes to Jury
Sarah Palin leaves during her lawsuit against the New York Times at the United States Courthouse in New York City, February 10, 2022. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters) Jury deliberations began on Friday for former Alaska governor Sarah Palin’s libel suit against the New
Judge delays Vanessa Bryant’s trial, urges parties to settle outside court
A federal judge has postponed Vanessa Bryant’s trial against Los Angeles County alleging that cops and firefighters shared graphic photos of the remains of Kobe Bryant and their 13-year-old daughter taken at the helicopter crash site. U.S. District Judge John
Hate Crimes Trial to Proceed After Arbery Killers Withdraw Guilty Pleas
Court documents and hearings over the past two years have hinted at some of the details that the federal jury may hear. An F.B.I. agent this week said that Travis McMichael’s cellphone contained racist messages referring to Black people as
Jury Begins Deliberations in Ghislaine Maxwell Trial
Ghislaine Maxwell attends her trial for sex trafficking next to defense attorney Christian Everdell in a courtroom sketch in New York City, December 20, 2021. (Jane Rosenberg/Reuters) The jury in the trial of Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell began deliberations
Elizabeth Holmes nears end of her time on the stand in her criminal trial
Each side sought to portray vastly different portraits of Holmes to the jury. Prosecutors tried to show that the onetime billionaire lied to investors and attempted to conceal that Theranos devices could not deliver what she had promised. Her own
Boulder King Soopers shooting suspect incompetent for trial
DENVER — A judge ruled Friday that a man charged with killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket earlier this year is mentally incompetent to stand trial and ordered him to be treated at the state mental hospital to see
Jury Chosen in Trial of Kimberly Potter, Officer Who Fatally Shot Daunte Wright
“He was considered to be more of a trouble child,” one juror said during jury selection, describing what she had heard in the news. That juror, a teacher and the only Black juror, said the killing of Mr. Wright reminded
Second Osundairo Brother Testifies in Smollett Trial, Says He Was Trying to ‘Curry Favor’ with Actor
Olabinjo Osundairo testified Thursday in the trial of Jussie Smollett, the former star of the TV show Empire. Smollett is accused of conspiring with Oundairo and his brother to stage a hate crime against himself in 2019. (Cook County Courthouse
Defense Casts Jussie Smollett as ‘Target’ of Osundairo Brothers as Hoax Hate Crime Trial Kicks Off
Chicago, Ill. — The prosecution and defense provided opening statements Monday night in the criminal case against Jussie Smollett, the former star of the television show Empire who is accused of staging a racist and anti-gay hate crime against himself