While 62 year-old Johnny Hollman Sr. died after being tased by former Atlanta Police Department officer Kiran Kimbrough on Aug. 10, jarring body camera footage of the incident was just released on Nov. 22. On Friday, the Georgia NAACP issued a statement and said Hollman’s death “is not an isolated …
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A judge ruled Monday that A$AP Rocky must proceed to trial on two felony gun assault charges linked to his alleged shooting of former friend A$AP Relli on a California curbside two years ago. The judge said prosecutors only had to present a “scintilla” of evidence to convince the court …
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On Friday, after more than three days of deliberation, a jury found Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty in the homicides of two people and wounding of a third who he shot with an AR-15 during a night of protests against police brutality last year in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Earlier in the trial, …
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Jussie Smollett, who faces felony disorderly conduct charges over what prosecutors allege was staging an attack in 2019 while in Chicago, is headed to trial, as Chicago’s WTTW reports. On Tuesday, Cook County Judge James Linn said jury selection for the case will begin on November 29th. Smollett has pleaded …
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The Supreme Court rejectedAdnan Syed’s bid for a new trial in the murder of Hae Min Lee, the case that was at the center of the podcastSerial. On Monday, the Supreme Court left in place a 4-3 ruling by Maryland’s highest court that rejected Syed’s bid for a new trial, …
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Brandon Clark, the man suspected of murdering 17-year-old Bianca Devins and posting photos of her body on Discord and Instagram, has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder. He faces a sentence of 25 years to life in prison. Clark, 21, is accused of killing Devins in the early morning hours …
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Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán, who is facing a 17-count indictment in Brooklyn Federal Court that could send him to jail for life, announced Monday that the he will not be testifying on his own behalf. Speaking to the court for the first time, Guzmán stood at the defense table to …
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More than a decade after wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein signed a plea agreement that protected him from prosecution for allegedly molesting dozens of underage girls, his accusers were to finally have their day in court. Before jury selection was set to begin on Tuesday, a last-minute settlement kept Epstein out …
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