Legal
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Connecticut Supreme Court Revives Lawsuit Against Gun Manufacturer Brought by Families of Sandy Hook Victims
The Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled by a 4-3 decision to revive a lawsuit brought by the families of Sandy Hook alleging that firearm manufacturer Remington recklessly marketed its Bushmaster AR-15-style weapon for “illegal, offensive purposes.” Remington’s gun was used by Adam Lanza to murder 26 faculty and children at Sandy Hook Elementary School. A…
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70 Party Guests Were Arrested for Less Than an Ounce of Marijuana. Now, They're Suing
Members of the “the Cartersville 70”—the dozens of young people who were arrested at a 2017 house party in Cartervsille, Ga., for what turned out to be less than an ounce of marijuana—are filing a suit against city officials, claiming the search and mass arrest violated their constitutional rights. No charges were pressed against the…
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Man Charged in Murder of 9-Year-Old Trinity Love Jones Was Dating Jones’ Mother, According to Police
Prosecutors in Los Angeles have charged 38-year-old Emiel Hunt with the murder Trinity Love Jones, the 9-year-old girl whose remains were found in a duffel bag near a horse trail in Hacienda Heights, Calif. Hunt briefly appeared in a Pomona courtroom Tuesday, according to CBS Los Angeles. He remains behind bars with a bail set…
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North Carolina State Supreme Court Appoints First Black Woman Chief Justice
Chief Justice Cheri Beasley, the first black woman supreme court justice to lead the state Supreme Court, was sworn in this past weekend in front of more than 1,000 people, according to the Fayetteville Observer. Beasley, appointed to the state’s highest court in 2012 by Democratic governor Beverly Perdue, was sworn in by Associate Justice…
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Rapper Who Once Said 'Slavery Is a Choice' Chose to Sign Oppressive Contract and Is Now Seeking 'Freedom'
Kanye “Slavery Is a Choice” West seems to be having struggles getting out of a binding situation of his own … within his own industry. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Kanye filed a lawsuit against EMI (of Universal Music Group) in Los Angeles Superior Court in late January, in regard to his music publishing contract.…
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Black Mom Singlehandedly Breaks Up Confederate Group in South Carolina
Hate groups emboldened by the presence of the first candy peanut to tie its own shoes in the White House should be warned: Black Americans tend to have black moms. And black moms tend to get what they want. Circuit court judge Judge Alex Kinlaw Jr. found in favor of a black mother in South…
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R. Kelly Pleads Not Guilty to All 10 Counts of Aggravated Sexual Assault
R. Kelly has pleaded not guilty on all 10 counts of aggravated sexual abuse, via his attorney Steve Greenberg, according to CNN. The Chicago native appeared in court on Monday, just a couple of days after his bond was set at $1 million. Cook County State’s Attorney Kimberly Foxx confirmed the alleged abuse took place…
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Does a New Supreme Court Ruling Mean Police Can No Longer Use Asset Forfeiture to Enrich Their Departments?
In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution limits the ability of state and local police to seize and keep cash, property, and other assets that may have been used to commit crimes, particularly when it’s used to enrich police departments. Written by Ruth Bader Ginsburg on her first day back at…
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New Orleans Rapper C-Murder Denied Retrial Despite Recantations by Two Witnesses
According to Associated Press, No Limit Record rapper C-Murder, born Corey Miller, has been denied a retrial in connection to his conviction for the murder of 16-year-old fan Steve Thomas at a nightclub. Miller, the younger sibling of rapper Master P, is currently serving a life sentence in the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola after…
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Alabama Public Defender Accused of Creating ‘Law & Order: Special Racist Unit’
The man in charge of defending indigent citizens in the criminal justice system of one of America’s blackest cities has been accused of filling his office with racists who toss around the n-word like it’s 1799…or 1899…or, well, it’s Alabama, so 1999, too. David Luker was appointed as the Jefferson County Public Defender in 2016,…