Tag: Trials
West Virginia woman cleared in false abduction trial
<p>HUNTINGTON, W. Va. — A West Virginia woman was cleared on Monday of charges that she made up a story about an Egyptian man...
Judge orders 4 months pre-trial detention for Bolivia’s Áñez
LA PAZ, Bolivia — A judge in Bolivia on Sunday ordered former interim president Jeanine Áñez held for four months in preventative detention following...
EXPLAINER: What is the impact of racially diverse juries?
<p>CHICAGO — Questions around race have been central to the murder case against the former Minneapolis police officer who leaned on George Floyd's neck...
Court: Defendant in teacher slaying has route to state funds
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Georgia's highest court opened a door Monday for taxpayer funds to help cover the legal defense of a man awaiting trial...
Diverse jury so far for ex-cop’s trial in Floyd’s death
<p>MINNEAPOLIS — The jurors seated so far in the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd's death are a diverse...
Ex-Mali coup leader won’t stand trial for 2012 killings
BAMAKO, Mali — The man who overthrew Mali’s president in 2012, former Gen. Amadou Haya Sanogo, will no longer stand trial on charges he...
West Virginia woman cleared in false abduction trial
HUNTINGTON, W. Va. — A West Virginia woman was cleared on Monday of charges that she made up a story about an Egyptian man...
Appeals court upholds conviction in Black partygoer’s death
<p>RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina appeals court upheld the murder conviction Tuesday of a white man who fired a shotgun at an unarmed...
EXPLAINER: What is the impact of racially diverse juries?
CHICAGO — Questions around race have been central to the murder case against the former Minneapolis police officer who leaned on George Floyd's neck...
EXPLAINER: What’s behind some Chauvin jury questions?
<p>Potential jurors in <a href="https://apnews.com/article/lawyer-ex-officer-wants-jury-hear-2019-george-flyod-arrest-e2c0d37026319a1987cdca47b93b33a0">the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer</a> accused in George Floyd's death have been asked many predictable questions. Attorneys...