Recent Updates
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Mayor’s husband pleads not guilty to drug, weapons counts
Criminal Law 05/20/2021The husband of Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren pleaded not guilty to criminal drug and weapons charges Thursday, a day after a police search of the house he shares with the mayor. Timothy Granison appeared via video in Rochester City Court from the Mon...
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Most virus-related restrictions lifted for Kentucky courts
Law Firm News 05/18/2021Kentucky’s Supreme Court has ended most coronavirus-related restrictions for the state’s court system effective immediately, Chief Justice John D. Minton Jr. said Tuesday. The high court entered administrative orders eliminating most heal...
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Judge: Pretrial release OK for man accused in Capitol riot
Court Watch 05/14/2021A judge has ruled that one of two Oregon brothers accused in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol will be released from custody Friday to a third-party guardian, where he will be on home detention and GPS monitoring pending his trial. U.S. District J...
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Brooklyn man gets 20 years in prison in subway terror case
Criminal Law 05/12/2021A Brooklyn man who prosecutors say twice pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group and encouraged deadly “lone-wolf” attacks in New York City’s subways and elsewhere was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years in prison.Zachary Clark&rs...
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Former lawmakers sue over Supreme Court election changes
Court Watch 05/10/2021A lawsuit has been filed to challenge a legislative proposal to change the way Supreme Court justices would be elected in Montana.A Roman Catholic nun, a former court clerk and three former state lawmakers are among those challenging the constitution...
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Albanian officials want ex-minister tried over deadly blast
Criminal Law 05/06/2021Albanian prosecutors on Thursday asked Supreme Court judges to allow the trial of a former defense minister over a massive munitions disposal factory blast that killed 26 people in 2008, more than a decade after the case against him was dropped.The S...
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Ex-soldiers acquitted of 1972 murder of Official IRA leader
Legal News 05/03/2021Two former British paratroopers accused of the 1972 murder of an Official IRA leader in Belfast were formally acquitted Tuesday after the veterans’ trial collapsed. Joe McCann, 24, was allegedly evading arrest when he was shot dead by paratroop...
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Judges hear arguments over Census’ contentious privacy tool
Class Action 05/02/2021The fight over whether the U.S. Census Bureau can use a controversial statistical technique to keep people’s information private in the numbers used for drawing political districts on Monday was going before a judicial panel which must decide i...
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Slain girl’s grandmother wants caseworkers deemed ‘reckless’
Personal Injury 04/28/2021The grandmother of a 2-year-old girl who was beaten and starved to death wants to file a wrongful death lawsuit against three caseworkers who oversaw the girl’s care, and has taken her case to the Ohio Supreme Court.During oral arguments Wednes...
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Nevada inmate fighting on several fronts to avoid execution
Court Watch 04/24/2021A convicted Nevada mass murderer is mounting a range of legal challenges to a bid to schedule his execution in early June, including questioning whether the district attorney in Las Vegas really wants the lethal injection carried out at a decommissio...
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COVID-19 concerns raised at St. Louis death penalty trial
Law Firm News 04/23/2021Attorneys for a St. Louis man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend, her mom and his baby boy are asking the Missouri Supreme Court to delay his capital murder trial for two weeks after two potential jurors tested positive for COVID-19.Jury selection ...
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Supreme Court rejects lingering 2020 election challenge case
Criminal Law 04/17/2021The Supreme Court on Monday said it will not hear a case out of Pennsylvania related to the 2020 election, a dispute that had lingered while similar election challenges had already been rejected by the justices. The high court directed a lower court ...