Erik and Lyle Menendez score major victory after judge rules resentencing bid can proceed
Erik and Lyle Menendez’s resentencing hearings can continue, a Los Angeles judge ruled Friday –bringing the brothers a step closer ...
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Karen Read asks Supreme Court justice for emergency stay of trial
Lawyers for Massachusetts murder suspect Karen Read are asking Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to put her trial on hold until ...
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Trump Against the Courts: Immigration Opens New Front in Long Battle
This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue. Want this ...
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White couple who forced black children to work as ‘slaves’ sentenced to hundreds of years in prison
A white couple from West Virginia were collectively sentenced to 375 years in prison for forcing their five adopted black ...
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Former ‘Squad’ Rep. Cori Bush’s husband indicted for allegedly collecting $20K in PPP loans fraudulently
The husband of former Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) allegedly bilked taxpayers out of more than $20,000 in a COVID loan ...
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Why Have Mississippi No-Knock Raids Been Approved Without Good Reason?
Header illustration source images from Monroe County search warrants, Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, Caleb Bedillion/The Marshall Project, thebroker/iStock; Ray Van ...
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Progressives’ pro-crime discovery law lets abusers walk scot-free
Abusers in New York are getting off scot-free, thanks to the state’s pro-criminal “discovery” rules and the progressive pols keeping ...
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Illinois landlord charged with 2023 hate crime and murder of Palestinian American boy set for trial
The trial of a suburban Chicago landlord accused of murder, attempted murder and a hate crime in a 2023 attack on ...
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California ‘Teacher of the Year’ Jacqueline Ma admits to abusing students
An award-winning California teacher broke down in tears in court as she confessed to sexually abusing two of her students, ...
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Collin Griffith acquitted in mom’s killing — 2 years after he was accused of shooting dad
A Florida teenager who stabbed his mother to death was acquitted after he argued it was self-defense, nearly two years ...
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