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Mistrial Declared in Case of Kansas City Police Officers’ Wrongful Arrest of Black Teenager
Tyree Bell, who was 15 years old, spent three weeks in jail before police reviewed their dashcam footage and realized he wasn’t the suspect.
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R. Kelly Found Guilty of All 9 Charges, Including Racketeering and Sex Trafficking
The racketeering charge alone holds a 20-year potential sentence; Kelly’s sentence will be announced May 4.
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R.Kelly’s New York Trial Nears End as Prosecutors Begin Closing Arguments
While the prosecutorial team spent nearly five weeks presenting their case, the defense, in contrast, spent less than three days.
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Texas Grand Jury Declines to Indict the 8 Officers Involved in Marvin Scott III's Death
Scott died in March while being held in custody at a Collin County jail.
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McMichaels Attorneys Want to Exclude Jailhouse Phone Calls, Including One That Appears to Refer to Ahmaud Arbery Shooting as a 'Good Deed'
On Wednesday, attorneys for Greg and Travis McMichael, two of the three men involved in the death of Ahmaud Arbery, asked a pre-trial judge to allow Arbery’s past arrests into evidence because apparently the victim’s past is supposed to shed some kind of light on why he fought back against his attackers lynchers pursuers instead…
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Derek Chauvin's Lawyer Seeks New Trial
Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder for killing George Floyd weeks ago, but his defense lawyers are already trying to get a new trial. Eric Nelson said in a four-page document that a number of errors were made during the trial, including mistakes made by Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill, prosecutorial and juror misconduct, intimidation…