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Black Lives Matter protesters raise questions around Lake County Prosecutor | The Crusader Newspaper Group
Members of Black Lives Matter-Gary and their allies from around Lake County held a press conference and protest on Wednesday, April 7, 2021 accusing Lake County Prosecutor Bernard Carter of a lack of accountability and transparency in dealing with police killings. The event focused on the case of
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Justice in Taylor’s death fell victim to ‘law and order’ politics – Florida Courier
There will be no justice for Breonna Taylor. Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron made sure of that. He failed to make the case that Taylor’s life mattered. So, a grand jury in Louisville, Kentucky, did what panels in the police shootings of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and Eric Garner
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VIDEO: Black Press USA- NNPA LIVE STREAM: Bill Cosby Trial Coverage | Dallas Weekly
The state Supreme Court is hearing Bill Cosby's appeal and there is growing sentiment that Cosby's lawyers have presented a compelling argument for overturning the guilty verdict that resulted in Cosby's imprisonment.
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Derek Chauvin Trial will be long and drawn out | Chicago Defender
Derek Chauvin trial lawyers following Friday’s announcement that the Minneapolis City Council voted unanimously to award George Floyd’s family a record $27 million to settle their wrongful death civil lawsuit, moved for the cop charged with killing Floyd are asking for a delay, implying that the
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No calm before this storm – marches, protests precede ‘trial of the century’ (photos) -
A pall hangs over Minneapolis this week—and to a lesser extent over Minnesota and the nation—as many hold their collective breath in anticipation of the Derek Chauvin trial. Source
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Juror #76: Black juror’s rejection reveals flaws in system -
What the courts have never acknowledged is that you can’t easily separate race from lived experience. Source
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Grand Juror Speaks After Judge Ruling in Breonna Taylor Case
LOUISVILLE, Ky (AP) — A grand juror who won a court fight to speak publicly about the Breonna Taylor investigation took issue Tuesday with statements by Kentucky's attorney general and said the jury was not given the option to consider charges connected to Taylor's shooting death by police. The
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Feds Decline Charges Against Officers in Tamir Rice Case - Black Voice News
Michael Balsamo and Eric Tucker | Associated Press The Justice Department says it will not bring federal criminal charges against two Cleveland police officers in the 2014 killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, saying video of the shooting was of too poor a quality for prosecutors to
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Man on trial over murder of Kaneville machine operator - Stabroek News
The trial of Rayan Carter who is accused of the 2018 murder of former Kaneville machine operator, Ishwar Ramanah, is currently underway before Justice Navindra Singh and a jury at the High Court in
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Cigarette ban: Hope for smokers as FITA launch court appeal
Tobacco industry giants FITA will fight back against the government, as the cigarette ban now heads to one of the highest courts in the land.
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Court overturns Boston Marathon bomber's death sentence
BOSTON, United States -A federal appeals court on yesterday tossed the death sentence of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the man convicted in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.A three-judge panel of the 1st US Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a new penalty-phase trial, finding that the judge who oversaw the case
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Will We See Justice? Derek Chauvin Case Heads to the Jury. | Chicago Defender
The fate of Derek Chauvin, the former police officer who kneeled on the neck of George Floyd for 9 minutes and 29 seconds, is in the hands of the jury.   In closing arguments, the prosecutor said Derek Chauvin’s pride and ego were key to his mindset when Chauvin murdered Floyd in front of horrified
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Appeals court vacates agreement to resentence Black inmate - TSDMemphis.com
by Kimberlee Kruesi -  NASHVILLE — A Tennessee trial court judge improperly reduced a Black inmate’s death sentence to life in prison last year, a state appeals court has ruled. Abu-Ali Abdur’Rahman (AHB’-dur-RAK’-mahn) was scheduled to be executed in April, but the judge resentenced him last fall
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Former Gov. Rick Snyder, Other State Officials to Face Criminal Charges in Connection to the Flint Water Crisis | Chicago Defender
Former Gov. Rick Snyder is among some other state officials who will be dealing with criminal charges in connection with the Flint Water Crisis, according to a 7 Action News report. Snyder was governor at the time of the crisis. The charges are coming from Attorney General Dana Nessel, but these
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Minnesota AG Keith Ellison Says They Have To ‘Move Carefully’ In Charging Other Three Officers In George Floyd Killing
They watched George Floyd die.
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Palo Conteh is not guilty of treason – says Jury
In conclusion yesterday addressing the Jury, Dr Abdulai Conteh said this:  “Mr Foreman, members of the jury, we urge and pray that in this trial you will reject the prosecution’s case of treason against the 1st Accused for a woeful lack of evidence and on the offences under the Small Arms
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Federal grand jury indicts 4 ex-cops involved in George Floyd death - TheGrio
A federal grand jury has indicted the four former Minneapolis police officers involved in George Floyd’s arrest and death, accusing... View Article The post Federal grand jury indicts 4 ex-cops involved in George Floyd death appeared first on TheGrio.
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Make better use of bench trials chief justice urges attorneys
Chief Justice Bryan Sykes says some defence lawyers could be violating their clients' constitutional right to a fair trial in a reasonable time, if they fail to rethink their approach to having matters heard by the court. He is...
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Liberia: Weeks Left Hanging
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Dallas Weekly News: Ep. 83- Governor says virus tests may increase as schools reopen | Dallas Weekly
Today in Dallas Weekly News, Governor says virus tests may increase as schools reopen, Texas Court holds jury trial in traffic crime case over zoom, and the Dallas city hospital report.
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Suspects in church killing for court next week - Getaway car driver set to make plea deal
Two of three men charged in connection with the brazen daylight shooting death of 51-year-old Andrea Lowe-Garwood during a church service last month are to make their first appearance in the Trelawny Parish Court on February 15, while their co-...
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What we know about the jurors selected so far in Derek Chauvin's trial | The Atlanta Voice
The jurors selected so far this week in Derek Chauvin's trial in the death of George Floyd are unnamed and unseen on camera, but we do know basic details about them. Five men and one woman have been chosen to serve during the trial in Minneapolis. The jury selection process, which began Tuesday at
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Trump's justice department once again protects the powerful at the expense of the powerless - Dallas Examiner
By MARC H. MORIAL National Urban League “Anyone with decent vision can see from the parking-lot video of the shooting that the claim that Loehmann was able to repeatedly warn Tamir warrants
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Guvamombe case takes new twist
BY CHARLES LAITON THE tribunal record containing proceedings and a determination which absolved former chief magistrate, Mishrod Guvamombe from charges of criminal abuse of office has gone missing, Justice Felistas Chatukuta heard yesterday as the trial of the former top magistrate continued at the
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Derek Chauvin's Defense Attorney Argues Jury Maybe Influenced by Daunte Wright Shooting, Judge Unconvinced: 'This is a Totally Different Case'
The judge in Derek Chauvin's murder trial has denied defense attorney Eric Nelson's request to sequester the jury after the weekend shooting death of a […]
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Kentucky Judge Orders Transcripts Released from Breonna Taylor Grand Jury | Dallas Weekly
Releasing the recording instead of the transcript might not satisfy Taylor’s family or a grand jury member who filed legal claims demanding the release of recordings, transcripts, and the judge to make a binding declaration that the panel has a right to disclose information about the process.
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Minneapolis Judge Reinstates Third-Degree Murder Charge Against Derek Chauvin
A Minneapolis judge on Thursday granted prosecutors’ request to reinstate a third-degree murder charge against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd, The Associated Press
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NORMAN-A jury gave the death penalty to the man convicted in the brutal 2018 murder of a 27-year-old woman. Joseph Fidel Alliniece, 32, showed no emotion as Cleveland County District… The post MURDERER GETS DEATH PENALTY! appeared first on The Black Chronicle.
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