MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A sexual assault trial starts Monday for a New Hampshire man whose arrest more than seven years ago kicked off one of …
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The U.S. Justice Department has struggled to secure felony convictions against most of the 102 protesters arrested since last year for assaulting federal authorities in four major cities. Of those arrests, the Associated Press found that 41% were dismissed and 34% pleaded down to misdemeanors. The government didn't win any of the 12 felony assault cases that went to trial. The Justice Department maintains that each case is based on facts and federal prosecutors are right to prioritize cases against people accused of assaulting federal officers.
One of the organizers who says she was sexually abused by Latino labor leader César Chavez decades ago has sued nonprofits tied to him. A complaint was filed last week in Southern California. It is the first step to a lawsuit since the explosive allegations surrounding Chavez in March. The New York Times also first reported the complaint Wednesday. An attorney for the woman says she continues to suffer from anxiety and depression. The César Chavez Foundation and the United Farm Workers Foundation are both named as defendants.
MIAMI (AP) — Social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate must remain in custody as they fight extradition to the United Kingdom, where th…
Erik and Lyle Menendez will face a parole board again in March 2027 after getting an early parole suitability hearing. They were initially eligible for a hearing in August 2028. The brothers were sentenced to life in prison for fatally shooting their parents in 1989. Last year, the parole board rejected their parole petitions. A Los Angeles judge also denied a petition seeking a review of their convictions based on new evidence of alleged abuse by their father. Their family says they have worked to take responsibility and heal from past trauma.
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Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky says he agrees with his lawyers’ decision not to go forward with testimony from an accuser who wants to recant allegations that Sandusky sexually abused him years ago. Sandusky appeared in court remotely Tuesday in his latest bid to secure a new trial. The 82-year-old Sandusky has been serving a decades-long prison sentence since he was convicted of 45 counts of sexual abuse in 2012, after eight young men testified. Sandusky’s lawyer, Jerry Russo, told reporters that courts frown on granting new trials based on a witness recantation. Instead, Russo says he plans to take Sandusky’s broader claims for a new trial to federal court.
BRUSSELS (AP) — A quarter of a century after the Al-Qaeda attacks on the United States, jihadist groups still pose a major threat to security …
The Chinese government is pressing for answers after a Chinese man died hours after being taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs E…
Singer D4vd has lost his private lawyers and entered a new not guilty plea. He's facing charges of murder, sexual abuse and dismemberment of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. It's not clear why his high-profile attorneys, Blair Berk and her colleagues, withdrew. They were replaced by a public defender. The judge on Monday denied a request from the public defender to delay the arraignment and scheduled a status conference for October. Despite earning millions from his music, the indie-pop singer, born David Burke, qualified for a court-appointed lawyer. A trial date has not been set.
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BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — A judge has granted a hearing to explore claims that a man wants to recant allegations of sexual abuse years ago by Pen…