Tag: Court decisions
Jury awards $730K to Secret Service agent detained on duty
GREENBELT, Md. — A federal jury has awarded $730,000 to a Black Secret Service agent, finding that two white U.S. Park Police officers unlawfully...
Jury reaches verdict in Maryland newspaper shooting case
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The jury has reached a verdict Thursday on whether the man who killed five people at a Maryland newspaper is not...
Afghani man gets life for March stabbing rampage in Sweden
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — A 22-year-old Afghan asylum-seeker was convicted Wednesday of attempted murder and sentenced to life imprisonment for a knife attack that injured...
Court orders shorter sentence for ‘Tiger King’ Joe Exotic
DENVER — A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that “Tiger King” Joe Exotic should get a shorter prison sentence for his role in a...
Judge denies adding rape charges in Kristin Smart case
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — A judge has denied a prosecutor's bid to file rape charges against the man accused of killing California college...
Mexican court overturns acquittal of 1990s drug lord
MEXICO CITY — A Mexican appeals court has overturned the acquittal of 1990s drug lord Hector “El Güero” Palma, prosecutors said Tuesday, a development...
Notable sedition, treason cases in American history
CHICAGO — After Donald Trump supporters stormed Capitol Hill on Jan. 6 in a bid to halt the certification of Joe Biden’s election, many...
High court ruling gives immigrants facing deportation hope
BOSTON — Just a few short months ago, Lucio Perez moved out of the western Massachusetts church he’d lived in for more than three...
Judge agrees to free QAnon believer charged in Capitol riot
A federal judge agreed on Tuesday to free an Iowa man from jail more than six months after his videotaped confrontation of a police...
Chicago banker convicted in loans-for-Trump job scheme
NEW YORK — A Manhattan jury on Tuesday convicted a Chicago banker of criminal charges for enabling Paul Manafort to get $16 million in...