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Apr 09 2024
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House Republicans postpone sending Mayorkas impeachment articles to Senate
Washington — House Republicans postponed sending the articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate until next week, amid concerns over the timing of an impeachment trial that Senate Democrats are expected to quickly move to dismiss. "To ensure the Senate has adequate time to perform its constitutional duty, the House will transmit the articles of
CBS News (Online)Apr 09 2024
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Jury clears Blair man accused of defrauding commodity investors
A federal jury in Omaha has cleared a Blair commodities trading adviser of wrongdoing at a civil trial where he was accused of a nearly $800,000 fraud. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission had sought restitution against Centurion Capital Management Inc. and Terry Svejda, its president and sole director. In a civil complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Omaha in 2021, the independent
Lincoln Journal StarApr 10 2024
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'Strategic move by Manhattan DA': Legal experts break down ex-Trump CFO’s 5-month perjury sentence
One of former President Donald Trump's closest business associates, former Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg, has been given another jail sentence — this time, five months after pleading guilty to two felony counts of perjury. The sentence was handed down in a Manhattan courtroom on Wednesday morning, April 10 and came only five days before jury selection is
AlterNetSep 11 2023
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Trial Of Accused Highland Park Shooter To Be Scheduled In December
WAUKEGAN, IL — The trial date for the accused Highland Park mass shooter will not be set until December at the earlier, the judge presiding over the case said Monday. Robert "Bobby" Crimo III, 22, has been charged with 117 felony counts for allegedly opening fire on last year's Fourth of July parade from rooftop, killing seven and wounding about 50 others. At a brief case management conference
Patch.comApr 10 2024
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Bill to upend split jury verdicts fails to clear committee in Louisiana Senate
A state Senate committee on Tuesday rejected a bill to allow new trials for hundreds of Louisiana prisoners who were convicted by non-unanimous juries, which voters outlawed in 2018 and the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional two years later. By a 4-3 vote, the Senate Judiciary B committee declined to advance a bill by Sen. Royce Duplessis, D-New Orleans, to add split jury verdicts to a
The Times-PicayuneApr 09 2024
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Wyoming Supreme Court rejects abortion ban constitutionality questions — for now - WyoFile
The Wyoming Supreme Court won’t rule just yet on the constitutionality of the state’s abortion laws. The high court on Tuesday declined to answer a series of constitutional questions posed by the Teton County judge who’s presiding over a legal challenge to a pair of statewide abortion bans passed last year. Both sides in that case have asked 9th District Judge Melissa Owens to rule in their
WyoFileApr 09 2024
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Fmr Joint Chiefs: Hawaii Ruling Imperils US Security
Two former chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff filed an amicus brief to the Hawaii Supreme Court last week with a warning that oil and gas products are "critical to national security, economic stability and military preparedness" after the court last year allowed a lawuit between the city of Honolulu and several U.S. energy firms to proceed to trial. Retired Gen. Richard B. Myers and Adm.
Newsmax (News)Apr 09 2024
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Some Jan. 6 rioters win early release, even before key Supreme Court ruling
In December, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a consolidated challenge by three men whose lawyers argue that the law — passed by Congress after the Enron scandal to criminalize document shredding by the collapsed company’s accounting firm — is limited to destroying evidence in governmental investigations. Fourteen of 15 trial judges upheld prosecutors’ use of the law to charge rioters who
Washington PostApr 09 2024
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Jurors in Trump NYC Case Can't Be Asked About Party, Voting
Potential jurors in former President Donald Trump's upcoming trial in New York City on charges of falsifying business records can't be asked about their political party, history of voting, or past political contributions, according to restrictions set by Judge Juan Merchan. However, they are facing a series of questions likely to indicate their political leanings, and both Democrats and
Newsmax (News)Oct 25 2023
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Day 3 of eye drop murder trial: Testimony from witnesses continues
WAUKESHA, Wis. — Day 3 of the eye drop homicide trial begins on Wednesday. Watch live from the courtroom below or click here: Previous reporting from day 2 of the trial: A jury heard opening remarks Tuesday in the trial of a Franklin woman accused of killing a family friend by poisoning her with eyedrops. 37-year-old Jessy Kurczewski has been charged with first-degree intentional homicide and
WTMJ 4 Milwaukee