Tag: Trials
EXPLAINER: Who are Americans on trial in Ghosn’s escape
TOKYO — Americans Michael Taylor and his son Peter Taylor go on trial in Tokyo on Monday on charges they helped Nissan's former chairman,...
Judge rejects new trial for Indiana man in murder-for-hire
MUNCIE, Ind. — A central Indiana judge has rejected a new trial for a man convicted in the 1993 murder-for-hire slaying of a woman...
Defense rests its case in Colorado school shooting trial
DENVER — One of the suspects in a fatal attack at a suburban Denver high school in 2019 had become such a chronic drug...
Trial begins for Marine accused in soldier’s hazing death
NORFOLK, Va. — To hear a military prosecutor tell it, U.S. Marine Mario Madera-Rodriguez was tasked with smashing open the bedroom door of a...
Man who slapped French President Macron to go on trial
VALENCE, France — A 28-year-old man who slapped French President Emmanuel Macron will be tried on Thursday, facing possible jail time and a fine...
R. Kelly seeks to shake up defense team ahead of NYC trial
NEW YORK — Jailed R&B singer R. Kelly wants to shake up his legal defense team two months before he is set to go...
Chauvin juror: Bodycam footage, expert led to conviction
MINNEAPOLIS — One of the jurors who convicted Derek Chauvin of murder in George Floyd ’s death says expert testimony about asphyxiation and the...
Lawyers: Avenatti’s deserves leniency in Nike extortion case
NEW YORK — Michael Avenatti should spend no more than six months behind bars after a jury concluded he tried to extort $25 million...
March trial schedule set for 3 ex-officers in Floyd’s death
MINNEAPOLIS — A more detailed trial schedule for three former Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting in the death of George...
Trial begins for professor accused of hiding ties to China
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A jury trial began Monday in the case of a University of Tennessee professor charged with hiding his relationship with a...