Tag: Court decisions
Police misconduct records secret, difficult to access
CARBONDALE, Illinois — Police misconduct records are either secret or difficult to access in a majority of states - 35 of them plus Washington,...
EXPLAINER: How will judge’s ruling affect Chauvin sentence?
MINNEAPOLIS — Derek Chauvin could face a much harsher prison sentence after a judge found several aggravating factors in George Floyd's death.
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Judge awards homeless man $150K in Missouri panhandling case
ST. LOUIS — A federal judge says a Missouri county cannot enforce ordinances that target panhandlers and violate their free-speech rights, and has awarded...
Mississippi court upholds life sentence for pot possession
JACKSON, Miss. — The Mississippi Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld a life sentence for a man convicted of a marijuana possession charge because...
Appeals court overturns conviction in racial slur case
<p>RICHMOND, Va. — The conviction of a retired U.S. Air Force officer who used a racial slur while speaking to a Black store clerk...
Men who chased, killed Ahmaud Arbery due in federal court
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Three Georgia men were scheduled to appear before a federal judge Tuesday on federal hate crime charges in the slaying of...
Former world track chief Diack back in Senegal after release
DAKAR, Senegal — Disgraced former world athletics head Lamine Diack returned home to Senegal late Monday after a local soccer club paid a bond...
Coroner rules victims in 1971 Belfast shooting were innocent
LONDON — A coroner in Northern Ireland has ruled that 10 people killed during a military operation in west Belfast 50 years ago were...
2 charged in police assault on Jan. 6 to remain behind bars
Two men charged in the assault of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who died after defending the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, must remain...
Judge: Police recordings to be released once appeals heard
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Audio recordings inadvertently made a decade ago of South Bend police officers must be released to the city council, a...