Supreme Court Justice Denny Chun ruled today that ex-NYPD officer Peter Liang will not be granted a re-trial for the murder of Akai Gurley. Liang, who shot and killed the unarmed 28-year-old father of three in November, 2014, was indicted by a grand jury on manslaughter, assault, and other criminal charges in …
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Despite the efforts of Bill Cosby’s defense team to stop the sexual assault case against their client from going to trial on the grounds that a prosecutor had granted immunity to Cosby 11 years ago, a judge ruled Wednesday that a prosecutor is not bound by the decision of his …
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Via HuffPost Crime: ‘The manslaughter trial of a New York City police officer who fired the bullet that killed an unarmed black man in the darkened stairwell of a housing project is due to begin on Thursday. Officer Peter Liang is also charged with reckless endangerment, official misconduct and other …
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Still 71 years after the fall of the Third Reich, Germany has criminal proceedings scheduled to try around a dozen former SS officers. Next month the trial of Hubert Zafke has been set, a former medical orderly at Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp from August 15, 1944 to September 14, 1944. The …
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In mid-December the FBI arrested former police chief James Burke of Suffolk County, NY shortly after his resignation. He is being held without bond while his abuses of power are investigated; they range from civil rights violations for torturing a prisoner to conspiracy charges. Before Burke is tried, retired sergeant Scott …
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Ex-South Carolina cop Michael Slager has been in jail since his arrest in April for the murder of Walter Scott. Cell phone video evidence received national attention for depicting a white cop murdering a black American. Expect major delays in his trial, since the same prosecutor will first be in …
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Despite over forty women coming forward with stories of sexual abuse, Bill Cosby has until today only faced civil charges. An arrest warrant has been served for the first criminal charge against the entertainer. Cosby appeared at an arraignment in Philadelphia today facing allegations of felony sexual assault for a …
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A pastor in a small local Lowell church was found guilty for years of sexual abuse toward a young girl, including aggravated rape. His wife was found guilty of assault and battery as well as reckless endangerment for her role in the abuse. Read on in The Lowell Sun
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Justice served for victim of suspended cop Michael Thomassie in sentencing trial. Thomassie was convicted of raping the daughter of his then-girlfriend repeatedly while she was between the ages of seven and nine.
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The trial will begin in March 2016 and until then the 24-year-old accused will remain out on bail.
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The maximum charge for officer William Porter will be involuntary manslaughter if the court finds he “acted in a grossly negligent manner,” severely out of line with the behavior of “a reasonable police officer.”
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