Tag: Court decisions
2 men guilty in kidnapping, slaying of Minneapolis Realtor
MINNEAPOLIS — A jury has convicted two men in the 2019 kidnapping and slaying of a real estate agent in Minnesota.
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Appeals court upholds guilty verdicts in NCAA bribes case
NEW YORK — The convictions of a sports business manager and an amateur basketball coach in a conspiracy to bribe top college coaches to...
Expert to study mental disabilty claim of death row inmate
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — An expert hired by a state prosecutors' office can conduct a mental evaluation of a Tennessee death row inmate who claims...
Appeals court upholds man’s conviction for threatening tweet
A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the conviction of a North Carolina man who posted an anonymous threat on social media to lynch...
Ex-House member who resigned amid scandal hit with $220K fee
LOS ANGELES — Former California congresswoman Katie Hill has been ordered to pay about $220,000 in attorneys’ fees to a British tabloid and two...
Murder suspect’s brother gets 12 years for hiding sibling
FORT WORTH, Texas — The brother of a Texas man accused of fatally shooting his two teenage daughters in 2008 has been sentenced to...
Arrest warrant stays sealed for Colorado man in wife’s death
DENVER — An arrest warrant affidavit for a Colorado man charged with murder in the death of his wife who disappeared last year will...
Court in El Salvador sentences former first lady to 10 years
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — A court in El Salvador sentenced the wife of former President Tony Saca to 10 years in prison for...
EU court provisionally restores immunity for 3 Catalan MPs
BRUSSELS — Three Catalan separatist members of the European Parliament on Thursday applauded a European court ruling to put on hold a decision by...
Judge: UK broke law by housing refugees in run-down barracks
LONDON — Britain’s High Court ruled Thursday that the Conservative government broke the law when it housed asylum-seekers in overcrowded, run-down conditions in a...