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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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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Fox’s Tucker Carlson gets exclusive access to Kyle Rittenhouse and his defense team during trial

Fox’s biggest star, Tucker Carlson, secured exclusive access to Rittenhouse and members of his defense team during the trial. The arrangement was not revealed until after the not-guilty verdict was handed down on Friday. Carlson shared a promo video on

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Closing arguments delivered in Charlottesville Unite the Right civil trial

In Thursday’s closing arguments, attorneys representing the plaintiffs told the jury that the defendants prepared for the “Battle of Charlottesville” and messages sent between them and their actions after the violence were proof of a conspiracy. “It’s up to you

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‘A jury should reflect the community:’ The racial breakdown of the jury for the trial for Ahmaud Arbery’s killing

A traditional “Batson challenge” is usually brought up in criminal cases of Black defendants being tried before all-White juries when there’s a belief that prosecutors are excluding jurors based on race. The “reverse Batson” follows the same principle but instead

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