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Ahmaud Arbery Suspects
Want One Word Off Limits

Jan 4, 2021 10:05 AM CST

Ahmaud Arbery Suspects Want One Word Off Limits

They ask judge to prevent prosecutors from calling Arbery a 'victim' during trial

(Newser) - When the trial of the father and son accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery gets underway, the pair don't want jurors to hear one particular word in the courtroom: "victim." In a motion filed last week, lawyers for Gregory and Travis McMichael asked a judge to bar prosecutors...

Chad Daybell's Lawyer Loses Key Argument

Judge Decides How to
Try Lori and Chad Daybell

Nov 1, 2020 1:00 PM CST

Judge Decides How to Try Lori and Chad Daybell

The Idaho couple can be tried together in the deaths of her 2 children

(Newser) - Chad and Lori Daybell won't be tried separately. A judge ruled Thursday that the Idaho couple—who face similar charges in connection with the deaths of her two children—can have their trials combined, East Idaho News reports. This after Chad's lawyer, John Prior, and Special Prosecutor Bob...

Big Vaccine Trial Is Back
Despite 'Unwell' Woman

Sep 12, 2020 10:30 AM CDT

Big Vaccine Trial Is Back Despite 'Unwell' Woman

Oxford University's work with AstraZeneca resumes

(Newser) - Oxford University says trials of a coronavirus vaccine that it is developing with pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca will resume, days after being paused due to a reported side-effect in a patient in the UK, the AP reports. In a statement, the university said in large trials such as this "it...

He Was Tried 6 Times
for Murder. Now He's Free

Sep 5, 2020 6:30 AM CDT

He Was Tried 6 Times for Murder. Now He's Free

Charges dropped against Curtis Flowers for quadruple murder in 1996 in Mississippi

(Newser) - He's had six murder trials, spent nearly two dozen years behind bars, and been sentenced to death four times. Now, Curtis Flowers is officially free. The Black man from Mississippi was released on bail in December—after the US Supreme Court overturned his most recent conviction involving a 1996...

Now a Thing:
Jury Trial via Zoom

May 19, 2020 12:03 AM CDT

Now a Thing: Jury Trial via Zoom

Texas tries it out for what's believed to be the first time

(Newser) - For what officials believe is the first time since the US went into coronavirus lockdown, a virtual jury trial was held Monday. Lawyers in Texas' Collin County selected a jury from among the more than two dozen potential jurors who logged in to the videoconference, Reuters reports. They then served...

Guy Who Sought
Trial by Combat
Now Has an
Appointment

Mar 14, 2020 4:10 PM CDT

Guy Who Sought Trial by Combat Now Has an Appointment

A judge weighs in on the case of David Ostrom

(Newser) - An Iowa judge has ordered a psychological evaluation of a Kansas man who asked the judge to let him engage in a sword fight with his ex-wife and her attorney so that he can "rend their souls" from their bodies, the AP reports. David Ostrom, 40, of Paola, Kansas,...

Judge Trims
Charges
Facing
Holmes

Feb 12, 2020 5:30 PM CST

Judge Trims Charges Facing Holmes

Wire fraud count remains Theranos founder, but others are dismissed

(Newser) - Elizabeth Holmes, the Stanford dropout who founded the blood-testing company Theranos, still faces a trial in San Jose but now on fewer charges. US District Judge Edward Davila said Tuesday that he'll toss out any of the 11 counts against Holmes and Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani, former Theranos president,...

Jurors Get an Eyeful:
Nude Pictures of Weinstein

Feb 5, 2020 9:04 AM CST

Jurors Get an Eyeful: Nude Pictures of Weinstein

It's not clear why photos taken by Manhattan DA's office were passed around

(Newser) - Harvey Weinstein's rape trial took what the New York Post calls a "cringeworthy" turn on Tuesday, with jurors being shown at least five nude photos of the 67-year-old disgraced film producer, including one full-frontal shot. Per Reuters , a photographer for the Manhattan DA's office testified he took...

Sen. Alexander:
Why I Cast My
Deciding Vote

Feb 1, 2020 12:30 PM CST

Sen. Alexander: Why I Cast My Deciding Vote

The Tennessee Republican voted against allowing witnesses in the Trump impeachment trial

(Newser) - Can you put out a fire with gasoline? Sen. Lamar Alexander says you really can't. The Tennessee Republican is getting a lot of attention for his key vote to block witnesses from the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump, and now the press is quoting him on it. "...

WH Counsel: 'That's Fake,
That's Not the Real Call'

updated

Jan 25, 2020 12:45 PM CST

WH Counsel: 'That's Fake, That's Not the Real Call'

President Trump's legal team launches its defense in the Senate impeachment trial

(Newser) - Enter the defense. President Trump's legal team, led by personal lawyer Jay Sekulow and White House counsel Pat Cipollone, gave a two-hour presentation Saturday morning against impeaching the president, the Washington Post reports. This after House managers, led by Rep. Adam Schiff, argued that Trump had abused his power...

On Eve of
Weinstein Trial,
Cries of 'The
Rapist Is You!'

Jan 22, 2020 7:42 AM CST

On Eve of Weinstein Trial, Cries of 'The Rapist Is You!'

Mogul's move to get trial delayed fails as witness testimony set for Wednesday

(Newser) - Opening arguments and the first witness testimony should come Wednesday in Harvey Weinstein's criminal trial in New York, which brings with it the possibility of life in prison. A day earlier, Weinstein's defense team aired a strategy of injuring his accusers' credibility, claiming they boasted of having slept...

Pelosi Ends Blockade on
Articles of Impeachment

Jan 14, 2020 9:35 AM CST

Pelosi Ends Blockade on Articles of Impeachment

Sources say the House will vote Wednesday

(Newser) - The House is preparing to vote Wednesday to send the articles of impeachment against President Trump to the Senate to start the historic trial, several people tell the AP . Speaker Nancy Pelosi was meeting privately Tuesday at the Capitol with House Democrats about next steps, ending her blockade almost a...

Weinstein: Judge Should
Be Out Over Texting Jab

Jan 9, 2020 4:44 AM CST

Weinstein: Judge Should Be Out Over Texting Jab

Lawyers say judge made 'inflammatory' remark

(Newser) - Harvey Weinstein's sexual assault trial is in still in the jury selection phase , but the former Hollywood bigwig wants a new judge already. CNN reports that Weinstein attorney Arthur Aidala filed a letter Wednesday asking New York County Judge James Burke to recuse himself after making "prejudicial and...

As Weinstein
Trial Starts,
Big New
Charges

the rundown

Jan 6, 2020 1:10 PM CST

As Weinstein Trial Starts, Big New Charges

He is charged with rape in California as New York case is getting underway

(Newser) - The # MeToo movement was born of sexual misconduct and assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein from dozens of women—and on Monday, the disgraced film producer's criminal trial began in Manhattan. If convicted, Weinstein faces a long prison sentence. If acquitted, however, his legal trouble may not be over:...

Court: Sleeping Judge
Isn't Grounds for Retrial

Nov 28, 2019 4:54 AM CST

Court: Sleeping Judge Isn't Grounds for Retrial

Kansas Supreme Court decides against reversing man's conviction

(Newser) - The Kansas Supreme Court says a guilty ruling against a man accused of firearms charges shouldn’t be automatically reversed because the judge fell asleep during the first day of trial, the AP reports. The high court on Wednesday rejected a legal interpretation by the lower Kansas Court of Appeals...

'I Want a Trial,' Says Trump.
Here's What's Next

the rundown

Nov 22, 2019 9:43 AM CST

'I Want a Trial,' Says Trump. Here's What's Next

President expects Senate to clear him

(Newser) - "I want a trial." President Trump went on Fox & Friends Friday morning and said he looked forward to a Senate trial on impeachment to clear his name, reports Mediaite . After Trump made the statement, host Brian Kilmeade asked, "You want a trial?" And Trump doubled down:...

Man Who Killed Dad After
Allowance Cut Is Sentenced

Sep 28, 2019 12:30 PM CDT

Man Who Killed Dad After Allowance Cut Is Sentenced

Thomas Gilbert Jr gets life in prison

(Newser) - The trial that shocked New York's high society is over—and Thomas Gilbert Jr, accused of murdering his father over an allowance cut, got life in prison. Judge Melissa Jackson acknowledged the defendant's "mental issues" Friday but saw no excuse for shooting his 70-year-old father in the...

Rapper Testifies
That Cardi B
Is a Gang
Member

Sep 20, 2019 12:56 PM CDT

Rapper Testifies That Cardi B Is a Gang Member

Tekashi69 says Cardi B is a Blood

(Newser) - Cardi B, a gang member? A rapper said so Thursday in federal court and sparked a flurry of reactions from the media and Cardi B herself. Rapper Tekashi69, real name Daniel Hernandez, brought it up when testifying about two members of the Brooklyn gang Nine Trey Bloods who allegedly kidnapped...

A$AP Rocky Will Be Freed

Aug 2, 2019 1:20 PM CDT

A$AP Rocky Will Be Freed

But the rapper has to return for his verdict on Aug. 14

(Newser) - Rapper A$AP Rocky and two other US suspects will be freed from jail until Aug. 14, when judges are expected to announce a verdict in the assault case against them , a Swedish court announced Friday. It wasn't immediately clear from the decision by the Stockholm District Court whether the...

Outcry Dismissed,
Sweden Puts
A$AP Rocky
on Trial

Jul 30, 2019 6:32 AM CDT

Outcry Dismissed, Sweden Puts A$AP Rocky on Trial

Rapper's assault trial has started in Stockholm despite Trump's efforts to free him

(Newser) - It's been a long month for A$AP Rocky, detained by Swedish officials after allegedly attacking someone in a street fight at the end of June, and on Tuesday, the next phase of his overseas experience began. The 30-year-old American rapper, real name Rakim Mayers, pleaded not guilty at the...