Criminal Law

YikYak Faces Criminal Investigation After Terroristic Threats Were Made at UNL

YikYak, the once-popular social media app that allows users to engage in anonymous discourse with…

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Machine Gun Kelly Will Not Face Criminal Assault and Battery Charges Due to Lack of Evidence

The “Bloody Valentine” singer, who was reportedly involved in a scuffle with a parking lot…

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A Tennessee County Illegally Sent Children to Jail by Charging Some With Non-Existent Crimes

For years, a suburban county near Nashville, Tennessee, illegally locked up children and in at…

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The Justice Department’s Files Lawsuit Against Alabama’s Prison System

Despite the newly passed prison construction bills, the Justice Department’s lawsuit against the state’s prison system…

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A New Mexico Prison Inmate Awarded Settlement After Stabbing Attack

A settlement reached last month in a federal lawsuit awards a total of $316,673 over…

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The Orange County District Attorney Launches Criminal Investigation into Amplify Energy After Oil Spill

A criminal investigation has been launched into the energy company that runs the pipeline that…

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A Protestor Receives a Two Year Prison Sentence for Setting a Fire Outside of a Seattle Police Precinct

A man was sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison for setting a fire outside…

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Two Men Are Charged With Kidnapping After Police Discover Nude Photos of a Missing Woman in a Cage

Two southern Missouri men have been charged in the kidnapping of a woman who went…

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Man Facing Capital Murder Charges in the Death of an Alabama Officer Is Acquitted on Another Federal Charge

Jurors acquitted a man on a federal charge in the slaying of an Alabama police…

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An Indiana Woman Is Resentenced to 41 Years for the Death of Her Two Children

A Gary woman whose 51-year sentence was thrown out in an apartment fire that killed two…

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