Criminal Law
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A Former Chicago Officer Who Killed Laquan McDonald Is Released From Prison
Former Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke left prison on Thursday after serving less than…
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Two Suspects Are in Custody Following a Deadly Minnesota Shooting
Two suspects are in custody in connection with a shooting in Richfield, Minnesota, that left…
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Judge Finds a Maine Man Not Criminally Responsible For Killing a Christmas Tree Farmer
A judge on Wednesday accepted the defense contention that a man accused of killing a…
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Four Men Are Charged in Connection With Michael K. Williams’ Fatal Overdose
Four men face charges that they were members of the drug distribution crew that supplied…
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Avenatti Will Not Testify at His Fraud Trial
Michael Avenatti, who is representing himself in his own fraud trial over allegations that he stole book proceeds…
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Prosecutors Ask the Judge in the Daunte Wright Case to Exceed Sentencing Guidelines
Prosecutors involved in the case of the former officer who killed Daunte Wright argued in a court…
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The DOJ Will Not Reopen the Investigation Into Tamir Rice’s Death
The Justice Department has said it will not reopen the federal investigation into the 2014…
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Bill Cosby Asks the Supreme Court to Dismiss a Prosecutor’s Appeal
Lawyers for Bill Cosby asked the Supreme Court on Monday to turn away an appeal brought by…
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A Montana Man Is Sentenced to a State Hospital For His Mother’s Killing
A Montana judge sentenced a Billings man to 75 years custody of the state health…
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A New Jersey Court Considers Parole of a Man Convicted in a 1973 Murder
An octogenarian convicted of murdering a New Jersey state trooper nearly 50 years ago in…
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