Tag: Legal proceedings
UK police officer admits killing woman abducted on walk home
LONDON — A British police officer pleaded guilty Friday to murdering a 33-year-old woman Sarah Everard, who was abducted as she walked home from...
Marilyn Manson surrenders on New Hampshire assault warrant
LOS ANGELES — Rocker Marilyn Manson surrendered to police in Los Angeles last week in connection with a 2019 arrest warrant out of New...
Former Pennsylvania prosecutor sentenced in sex case
TOWANDA, Pa. — A Pennsylvania county prosecutor who pleaded guilty to pressuring clients for sex when he was a defense attorney was sentenced Friday...
Guantanamo prosecutor retires as 9/11 trial remains elusive
WASHINGTON — The Army general who spent the past decade leading an oft-stalled effort to prosecute five men held at the Guantanamo Bay detention...
Man accused of killing Indiana cop hears charge in hospital
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — A man accused of killing an Indiana police officer heard the charge Friday from a hospital bed where he is...
Dozens of states target Google’s app store in antitrust suit
SAN RAMON, Calif. — Dozens of states are taking aim at Google in an escalating legal offensive on Big Tech, this time in a...
Lawyers granted slight delay in opening of R. Kelly trial
NEW YORK — Lawyers for R&B singer R. Kelly were granted a little more time Thursday to prepare his defense for his upcoming sex-trafficking...
Man whose case helped end death penalty in Illinois dies
CHICAGO — A former Illinois death row inmate whose exoneration became an incentive to end the death penalty in the state has died, his...
Judge is asked to change ‘trauma’ wording in Chauvin memo
MINNEAPOLIS — Prosecutors have asked the judge who handled former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin’s murder trial in George Floyd’s death to rewrite his...
More states agree to settlement plan for opioid-maker Purdue
More than a dozen states have dropped their longstanding objections to OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma's reorganization plan, edging the company closer to resolving its...