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Justice Department Mum on Future of Real ID Conspiracy Case
Officials at the Justice Department declined to comment Monday on what the future may hold for two individuals once affiliated with the Motor Vehicles Bureau, now that the V.I. Supreme Court has rejected their bid to have conspiracy and embezzlement charges facing them dismissed.
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Grand Juror In Breonna Taylor Case Says Prosecutors Didn’t Think Additional Charges Would ‘Stick,’ Batted Down Questions About Them
After a Kentucky judge ruled on Tuesday, Oct. 20, that grand jurors who heard evidence in the Breonna Taylor case could speak publicly, one juror revealed
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Trial of Louchee set over 2003 murder outside Blue Iguana
The trial of Mark Louchee who is accused of shooting and killing Collis De Abreu outside of the Blue Iguana nightclub nearly 18 years ago, is set to commence on Monday, March 8th. The article  Trial of Louchee set over 2003 murder outside Blue Iguana appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Louisville Police Officer Says Breonna Taylor Shooting Was 'Not A Race Thing' : Updates: The Fight Against Racial Injustice : NPR
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Judge Tosses Out Jussie Smollett's Double Jeopardy Claim
CHICAGO (AP) — A Cook County judge on Friday shot down actor Jussie Smollett’s attempt have the criminal charges against him dropped, telling the actor that the new charges against him do not violate his right against double
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Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896) was a landmark constitutional law case of the US Supreme Court decided in 1896. It upheld state racial segregation laws for public facilities under the doctrine of separate but equal.[1] The decision was handed down by a vote of 7 to 1 with the majority opinion
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Third Breonna Taylor Grand Juror: Cops 'Got Slap on the Wrist' | Dallas Weekly
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) _ A woman who sat on the Breonna Taylor grand jury said she believes their investigation was incomplete and that prosecutors wanted to give police 'a slap on the wrist and close it up.' The woman is the third grand juror to speak anonymously about the September
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'Blue Wall' dented; Minneapolis jury verdict shows a Black life mattered - TSDMemphis.com
by Stacy M. Brown - Black Lives Matter. George Floyd’s life mattered. A mixed-race jury in Minneapolis returned a guilty verdict against former police officer Derek Chauvin on Tuesday, April 20, potentially sending the ex-cop to prison for the rest of his life. The panel, which included six Whites
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Grand Jury Drops Rape Case Against Mystikal
Not that this situation's behind him you can bet Mystikal will be hitting the road in an effort to recoup all that paper he lost fighting the case. Just watch your step whenever you're performing, b.
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Officers in Breonna Taylor Case Escape Indictment - Voice and Viewpoint
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia After 194 days, months of protests, and a $12 million civil settlement, the family of Breonna Taylor did not receive the justice they have desperately sought. On Wednesday, Sept. 23, a Grand Jury failed to indict the
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Jury selection delayed in George Floyd murder trial - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… than eight months after that African-American man’s death in custody … Floyd’s arrest – including an African-American cop and an officer of … with the death of an African-American citizen. The possible inclusion of …
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Corrine Wins On Appeal! – Free Press of Jacksonville
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in Atlanta in a 7-to-4 decision last Thursday, granted former outspoken Democrat Corrine Brown a new trial in a fraud case. This case, which involved overzealous prosecutors, a biased judge, and unethical FBI agents, ruined the decades-long career of
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Rwanda: Lawmakers Seek Inquiry Into Unfair Court Judgments
The Office of the Ombudsman assessed 1,091 cases that people had submitted to it over injustice they claimed was committed in court
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Policeman convicted of chopping man to death loses appeal
A policeman who was convicted of chopping a man to death in Portmore, St Catherine in 2007 has lost his appeal. In handing down its decision yesterday, the Court of Appeal ordered that the sentence of Andrew Watkis must begin from June 2018. ...
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Sounds About White: Darren Wilson Will Not Be Charged For Murder of Michael Brown
The fight for justice for Michael Brown has come to a devastating end after a grand jury declined to prosecute the officer responsible for his death for the murder. On Thursday (Jul 30), six years after the murder that sparked protest around the globe, a county prosecutor announced Thursday that
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Hung jury in murder case against cook, lover - Stabroek News
Cook Alexis Turpin and her lover Stephon Barlow are now likely to face a fresh trial over the 2016 murder of Turpin’s partner, Sherwin Johnson after a jury was unable to arrive at a verdict. The article Hung jury in murder case against cook, lover appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Cop freed of murder in retrial
Police Corporal Vince Edwards was on Wednesday found not guilty of the 2009 killing of Tyrone Powell in a judge-alone murder retrial in the Home Circuit Court. The policeman was arrested and charged with murder following an incident in Cooreville...
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Brothers acquitted of murdering Brazilian miner - Stabroek News
Brothers Phillip and Fidel Williams were yesterday afternoon acquitted of the 2016 murder of Brazilian gold miner, Naldinho De Costa Souza. The article Brothers acquitted of murdering Brazilian miner appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Former Gov. Rick Snyder, Other State Officials to Face Criminal Charges in Connection to the Flint Water Crisis | Chicago Defender
Former Gov. Rick Snyder is among some other state officials who will be dealing with criminal charges in connection with the Flint Water Crisis, according to a 7 Action News report. Snyder was governor at the time of the crisis. The charges are coming from Attorney General Dana Nessel, but these
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Feds Decline Charges Against Officers in Tamir Rice Case - Black Voice News
Michael Balsamo and Eric Tucker | Associated Press The Justice Department says it will not bring federal criminal charges against two Cleveland police officers in the 2014 killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, saying video of the shooting was of too poor a quality for prosecutors to
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4 ex-cops indicted on US civil rights charges in Floyd death - The Sacramento Observer
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal grand jury hasindicted the four former Minneapolis police officersinvolved in George Floyd’s arrest and death, accusing them of willfully violating the Black man’s constitutional rights […] The post 4 ex-cops indicted on US civil rights charges in Fl
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Officers in Breonna Taylor Case Escape Indictment - Houston Forward Times
After 194 days, months of protests, and a $12 million civil settlement, the family of… The post Officers in Breonna Taylor Case Escape Indictment appeared first on Houston Forward Times.
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Namibia: Date Set for Hearing to Combine Fishrot Cases
[Namibian] AN APPLICATION by the state to have the two Fishrot fishing quotas corruption cases now pending in the Windhoek High Court joined into one matter is due to be heard on 12 July.
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Man Who Pointed Assault Rifle At Black Lives Matter Protesters Looking At Possible Senate Run
Mark McCloskey and his wife were indicted on charges of unlawful use of a weapon.
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Kentucky governor wants AG to release 'everything' in Breonna Taylor case - TheGrio
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear is calling for his state's attorney general, Daniel Cameron, to release 'all information' related to the... View Article The post Kentucky governor wants AG to release 'everything' in Breonna Taylor case appeared first on TheGrio.
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Necessary health measures in place ahead of restart of criminal trials - High Court assures - Stabroek News
The Supreme Court of Judicature is moving ahead with the planned restart of criminal trials, which have been on hold since the local COVID-19 outbreak in March of this year and it is assuring that all necessary arrangements have been made to ensure the safety of court
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Camille Cosby On Husband Bill Cosby’s Appeal and What She Thinks #MeToo Gets Wrong
The wife of embattled comedian and actor Bill Cosby is remaining in solidarity with her husband and is happy with him winning the right to appeal his 2018 sexual assault
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Nebraska man who fatally shot BLM protester commits suicide after indictment - Face2Face Africa
Jake Gardner, the White Nebraska bar owner who fatally shot Black Lives Matter protester, James Scurlock, outside his establishment on May 30 during an altercation has committed suicide days after he was indicted on a manslaughter charge by a grand jury. In a statement released by the Hillsboro
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Trio found guilty of murdering Crabwood Creek man - Stabroek News
Three men who were on trial before Justice Jo Ann Barlow and a jury at the High Court in Berbice for a murder committed on a Crabwood Creek man in 2015 were yesterday found guilty. The article Trio found guilty of murdering Crabwood Creek man appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Senegalese allege racism in Diack corruption verdict | Africanews
Senegal and the sporting world has been shaken after the former head of the world athletics body, Lamine Diack, was found guilty of corruption by a Paris
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