Courts & Law
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Florida woman sentenced to 25 years in prison for fatally shooting black neighbor
Lorincz faced a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison, but was sentenced to 25 because she had no previous criminal record.
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California judge pushes Menendez brothers resentencing hearing back to January 30
Judge Michael Jesic said that he did not expect to be ready for the case by the initial hearing in December, and pushed the hearing back until January 30 "out of respect for the new administration."
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Top New York federal prosecutor Damian Williams to resign next month
U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams announced that he would resign just before midnight on Dec. 13. His deputy, Edward Kim, will replace him as acting U.S. attorney, until a new one is confirmed.
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Judge who threw out Trump's classified docs case will oversee second assassination attempt case
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon was randomly assigned the case
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Judge to approve selling off Infowars media platform and assets to make Sandy Hook lawsuit payments
The order comes after family members of the victims sued him for his conspiracy theories around the shooting, which they claimed resulted in bullying and harassment. One family said a follower of Jones threatened to dig up their dead son's grave.
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Judge allows Jack Smith to present extensive evidence in Trump J6 case
Chutkan ruled that she needs the substantial filing because the Supreme Court's recent decision told her to carefully review the evidence and facts of the case.
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Ryan Wesley Routh charged with attempted assassination of Trump at Florida golf course
The case was randomly assigned to Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee who oversaw and threw out the federal classified documents case against the former president, per CNN.
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FTX co-conspirator Caroline Ellison sentenced to two years in prison
The sentence is notably larger than the prosecution's recommendation of three years of probation, and the defense's also request for no prison time. But Ellison pleaded guilty to conspiracy and financial fraud charges in December of 2022.
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Son of would-be Trump assassin arrested for child pornography possession
"A review of the SD card located in Device-1 revealed that it contained hundreds of child pornography files," wrote prosecutors in the criminal complaint. "These files include videos from a known child pornography series created outside the state of North Carolina."
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Trump lawyers compare DOJ request to file lengthy Jan. 6 legal brief to special counsel report
Prosecutors argued that Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity in July require the judge to decide which allegations and evidence against Trump to allow in the case.
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Federal jury only finds one person liable over Texas 'Trump Train' highway bus confrontation
Democrats on the Biden-Harris campaign bus said at the time that Trump supporters in cars and on bikes harassed their bus for approximately 90 minutes on Oct. 30, 2020. The campaign bus was traveling from San Antonio to Austin for an event at the time.
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Judge delays Menendez sentencing in corruption case until January 2025
He was originally scheduled to be sentenced at the end of October, but the sentencing will now be delayed until Jan. 29.
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Colorado supermarket shooter found guilty of murdering 10 people in 2021
The Colorado jury convicted Ahmad Alissa on 10 counts of first-degree murder, which stemmed from the 10 deaths at a Kings Sooper supermarket on March 22, 2021. He was also convicted on other attempted murder charges.