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Hate crime charge from spitting incident dismissed
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A judge has dismissed hate crime and other charges against a white woman who spat on a Black woman during competing protests at the Connecticut state Capitol in 2021. The victim, Keren Prescott, says the outcome Friday is like being spit on once again. The defendant, Yuliya Gilshteyn, was allowed to enter a special probation program for first-time offenders. It let her avo[...]
May ’24 trial date set in Trump documents case
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Florida has set a trial date for next May for former President Donald Trump in a case charging him with illegally retaining hundreds of classified documents. The May 20, 2024, trial date was set Friday by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon. It is a compromise between a request from prosecutors to set the trial for this coming December, and a request from defen[...]
Racist texts by officers might violate anti-discrimination law
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Racist text messages between members of a San Francisco Bay Area police department will be the subject of a court hearing on possible violations of a state law aimed at stamping out racism in the criminal justice system. Antioch Police Department officers have been asked to testify in Friday's hearing on the heavily redacted texts made public in April by the Contra Costa Cou[...]
Experts: Court unlikely to approve Alabama redistricting plan
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Experts say plans for a second congressional district in Alabama that gives a voice to Black voters are unlikely to win court approval. They say the Republican-backed plans don't include a high enough share of Black voters to give their preferred candidate a chance of winning. The plaintiffs who won the Supreme Court case that led to Alabama's current special session have[...]
Moore: NC House unlikely to proceed with education overhaul
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's Republican House speaker says a sweeping education proposal that would take away power from superintendents and the State Board of Education is unlikely to advance this session. The 26-page bill would require parental permission for children to access libraries, extracurricular activities and mental health services. House Speaker Tim Moore said he does not e[...]
Warrant details items sought in Shakur slaying
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas-area home searched by police investigating the killing of rapper Tupac Shakur in 1996 is tied to Duane "Keffe D" Davis. He's an author and the uncle of a long-dead suspect. He says he's one of the only surviving witnesses to the shooting. No arrest has ever been made. Davis has said he and his nephew were in a car from which fatal shots were fired. The nephew died in[...]
GOP legislators negotiate over new casinos, video gambling
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Top North Carolina General Assembly leaders say proposals to authorize up to four new casinos in the state and to legalize video gambling machines are being discussed as this year's chief legislative session winds down. House Speaker Tim Moore and Senate leader Phil Berger said Thursday the ideas have yet to reach the level of formal legislation to be voted upon. The state c[...]
Chauvin to ask US Supreme Court to review conviction in Floyd murder
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An attorney for former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin says they'll ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review his second-degree murder conviction in George Floyd's killing. The Minnesota Supreme Court on Tuesday denied without comment Chauvin's petition for his case to be heard, maintaining his conviction and 22 1/2-year sentence. Chauvin's attorney said Wednesday the most[...]
Video: Oklahoma judge uses phone during trial over fatal beating of toddler
CHANDLER, Okla. (AP) — A newspaper reports that a new judge in Oklahoma is facing scrutiny after courtroom video showed her scrolling through social media and texting throughout the murder trial for a man accused in the fatal beating of a 2-year-old. Security video obtained by The Oklahoman shows Lincoln County District Judge Traci Soderstrom texting or messaging for minutes at a time during jur[...]
Runner-up in ’20 lieutenant governor’s primary running for governor in ’24
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Former North Carolina legislator Andy Wells is running for the Republican nomination for governor next year. The real estate developer and manager from Hickory now sits on the state Board of Transportation. He announced his bid on Thursday. He finished second to Mark Robinson in a crowded 2020 Republican primary for lieutenant governor — a job Robinson eventually won. Now [...]
Senate committee backs stronger ethical standards for Supreme Court justices
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court would have to abide by stronger ethics standards under legislation approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee. It comes in response to recent revelations about donor-funded trips by justices. The bill faced united opposition from Republicans and has little chance to make it through the full Senate. The legislation would set ethics rules for the court and a pro[...]
Court decision makes Illinois first state to eliminate cash bail
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois became the first state in the nation to eliminate cash bail as a condition of pretrial release from jail on Tuesday. The state Supreme Court upheld the constitutionally of the law abolishing it. The 5-2 ruling overturns a Kankakee County judge's opinion in December that the law violated the constitution's provision that bail be a condition of release from jail p[...]
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Commentary
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- Lawyers Weekly debuts new and improved web experience
- US Supreme Court bites back at parody’s use of the First Amendment
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