Recent Updates
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Court rules Puigdemont must return to Spain for re-election
Criminal Law 01/26/2018Spain's top court said Saturday that Catalonia's fugitive ex-president must return to the country and be present in the regional parliament to receive the authority to form a new government.The Constitutional Court ruled that a session of Catalonia's...
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Warrant dropped for professor who spoke Hawaiian in court
Criminal Law 01/11/2018A judge dropped an arrest warrant Thursday for a University of Hawaii professor who refused to respond in court to English and spoke Hawaiian instead.Samuel Kaleikoa Kaeo was in court Wednesday facing a trial for charges connected to his participatio...
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Tennessee church shooting suspect due in court Monday
Criminal Law 10/20/2017The man accused of fatally shooting one person and wounding six others at a Tennessee church is slated for a court appearance.A preliminary hearing for 25-year-old Emanuel Kidega Samson is scheduled for Monday morning in front of a Davidson County ge...
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Court asked to dismiss cases tied to ex-drug lab chemist
Criminal Law 09/21/2017A petition is asking the highest court in Massachusetts to dismiss every case connected to a former state chemist who authorities say was high almost every day she went to work at a state drug lab for eight years.The state's public defender agency is...
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Academic accused in Chicago killing due in California court
Criminal Law 08/23/2017A Northwestern University microbiologist suspected in the stabbing death of a 26-year-old Chicago man is due in a California courtroom.Wyndham Lathem and Oxford University financial officer, Andrew Warren, were sought in a cross-country chase on firs...
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Court file: Michigan girl who killed toddler heard voices
Criminal Law 08/23/2017Court documents say an 8-year-old girl accused of killing a toddler at a home daycare in western Michigan earlier this year suffers from "serious mental health" issues, including hearing a demon's voice.The Department of Health and Human Services fil...
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Driver due in court after deaths of migrants in tractor-trailer
Criminal Law 08/09/2017The driver of a tractor-trailer turned deadly transporter for undocumented migrants is due to face criminal charges in a Texas court Monday in what police are calling a human trafficking crime.Authorities called to the San Antonio Walmart lot Sunday ...
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Ohio sheriff's deputy pleads not guilty to rape, kidnapping
Criminal Law 08/08/2017An Ohio sheriff's deputy has pleaded not guilty to charges for allegedly raping a 26-year-old woman inside his county-issued cruiser. Summit County deputy Antonio Williamson entered pleas Friday during an arraignment in the county court in Akron. He ...
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New Mexico women plead not guilty in federal fraud case
Criminal Law 07/25/2017The founders of a New Mexico guardianship firm have pleaded not guilty to federal charges that they embezzled millions of dollars from the trust accounts of their clients as part of a decade-long scheme.Susan Harris and Sharon Moore entered their ple...
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Indiana high court rejects appeal in malnourished teen case
Criminal Law 07/23/2017The Indiana Supreme Court has declined to hear the appeal of a central Indiana woman who pleaded guilty to neglecting her 15-year-old granddaughter, who was found covered in feces and weighing only 52 pounds.The court ruled unanimously last week not ...
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Court records outline hours before Virginia shooting
Criminal Law 07/23/2017Court records show a man shot by a Virginia State Police trooper in February appears to have been preparing for a fight in the hours leading up to the incident.The News Leader of Staunton reports that a text message sent by Shaun Riley, who has previ...
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Court: Worker's theft convictions stick after payroll slip
Criminal Law 07/21/2017A North Carolina truck driver will have his larceny convictions reinstated after the state Supreme Court ruled enough evidence was presented at his trial to find him guilty of stealing over $115,000 from his employer following a payroll mistake.The s...