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Los Angeles Judge Declares Mistrial in Suge Knight Wrongful Death Case
The case is over a man run who was run over by Knight with a pickup truck in 2015.
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Mistrial Declared on Remaining 8 Rape and Kidnapping Charges Facing Ex-NFL Player Kellen Winslow II
A group of Southern California jurors found a charismatic former NFL player guilty of the rape of a homeless woman he befriended and of engaging in lewd and indecent conduct in front of two other women, but they could not agree on another eight charges involving another two women, and a judge on Tuesday declared…
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Former University of Cincinnati Police Officer Ray Tensing Will Not Face 3rd Trial in Shooting Death of Sam Dubose
It looks as if former University of Cincinnati Police Officer Ray Tensing is going to walk free after shooting and killing an unarmed black motorist two years ago. Hamilton County, Ohio, Prosecutor Joe Deters announced Tuesday that he was dropping the case against Tensing, who fatally shot 43-year-old Sam Dubose after two previous juries were…
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2 Jurors in Cosby Trial Refused to Convict: Report
A member of the jury in the Bill Cosby sexual assault and drugging trial is speaking out about the Bill Cosby verdict, and it seems that two jurors in particular were the reason a conviction could not be reached. In an interview with ABC News, a juror, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that…
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Cosby’s Lawyer Is ‘Confident’ That Sexual Assault Case Will End in Acquittal if Retried
Bill Cosby’s attorney is seemingly not bothered that prosecutors reportedly plan to retry his client, whose sexual assault case ended in a mistrial. Defense attorney Brian McMonagle has expressed confidence that if the case ends up being retried, Cosby will end up being acquitted. “What I would say to all of Mr. Cosby’s fans and…
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On Walter Scott, Michael Slager, Mistrials, and Serving on Jury Duty
I’m one of those people who never wanted to serve on a jury. I live in Washington, DC, and because of the population of this city, I feel like I get called in every two years, like clockwork. I’m never happy about this though I do use it, similar to voting in national elections, as…
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Mistrial in Murder Case Against Cop Who Fatally Shot Walter Scott
A judge declared a mistrial Monday in the case against now-former North Charleston, S.C., Police Officer Michael Slager, charged with fatally shooting an unarmed black man as the man ran away from him. According to ABC News, the jury was unable to come to a unanimous decision, with many reports speculating that there was one…
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Calif. Jury Deadlocks in Case of Man Who Spent 16 Years in Prison Before Murder Conviction Was Dismissed
A mistrial has been declared in the case of a California man who spent 16 years in prison before his murder conviction was overturned, the Los Angeles Times reports. The mistrial comes as a Compton jury deadlocked Tuesday on charges of mayhem and assault with a deadly weapon in the case against 42-year-old Reggie Cole,…