Doctor's lawyer wants molestation case tossed out after mistrial declared
The lawyer representing a doctor accused of child molestation wants the case thrown out after a judge on Friday declared a mistrial. Schneider said the judge ordered the mistrial following an outburst...
View ArticleMistrial declared in Bill Cosby sexual assault case after jury deadlocks again
Bill Cosby's trial on sexual assault charges ended in a mistrial today after jurors failed to reach a unanimous decision in a case that nevertheless helped destroy the 79-year-old comedian's image as...
View ArticleMistrial declared in Bill Cosby sexual assault case after jury fails to reach...
Bill Cosby's trial on sexual assault charges ended in a mistrial today after jurors failed to reach a unanimous decision in a case that nevertheless helped destroy the 79-year-old comedian's image as...
View ArticleProsecutor says Cosby accuser deserves verdict
UPDATE: 11:55 AM: Prosecutors in Bill Cosby's sexual assault case are praising the accuser and say she's "entitled to a verdict in this case." District Attorney Kevin Steele spoke to reporters after...
View ArticleProtecting Schools from Military Use
Introduction This report collects recent and historic examples of laws, court decisions, military orders, policies, and practice by governments, armed forces, non-state armed groups, and courts aimed...
View ArticleJudge declares mistrial in Cosby sex assault case
Norristown, Pa. — Bill Cosby’s trial on sexual assault charges has ended without a verdict after jurors failed to break a deadlock. Jurors deliberated more than 52 hours over six days before telling a...
View ArticleMistrial declared in Bill Cosby case after jury deadlocks again
Celebs Associated Press Bill Cosby's trial on sexual assault charges ended in a mistrial Saturday after jurors failed to reach a unanimous decision in a case that nevertheless helped destroy the...
View ArticleA Blank Check
Summary Because of the state of emergency, nobody will care if I kill you. I will just say I shot you while you tried to run away. -Police officer to a detainee, overheard by family members of another...
View ArticleMistrial declared in Bill Cosby trial; Prosecutors to retry sex assault case
NORRISTOWN, Pa. — Bill Cosby’s trial on sexual assault charges ended in a mistrial Saturday after jurors failed to reach a unanimous decision in a case that helped destroy the 79-year-old comedian’s...
View Article2015-2016 Insurer Annual Assessments (Arizona Department of Insurance)
(Source: Arizona Department of Insurance) NEWS: Insurer annual assessment statements were NOT mailed 7/9/2015 as previously planned. We expect statements will print 7/21/2015 and assessment payments...
View ArticleBill Cosby trial: Deadlocked jury to keep trying for a verdict on Day 10
NORRISTOWN, Pa. — The jury in the Bill Cosby sexual assault trial is still at an impasse — after some 40 hours of deliberations over four days — but they're returning Friday for a fifth day of trying...
View ArticleUTSA centennial honors renowned, late Congress Henry B. Gonzalez (UTSA - The...
(Source: UTSA - The University of Texas at San Antonio) Civic leaders honor renowned public figure Henry B. Gonzalez 05.04.16 Photo credit: Camille Garcia, Rivard Report On May 3, 2016, civic leaders,...
View ArticleThe Latest: Bill Cosby faces retrial in sex assault case
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial (all times local): 8 p.m. Prosecutors in Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial have vowed to try him a second time. A suburban...
View ArticleMistrial declared in Cosby case after jury deadlocks again
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Bill Cosby's trial on sexual assault charges ended in a mistrial Saturday after jurors failed to reach a unanimous decision in a case that nevertheless helped destroy the...
View Article“We Are in Tombs”
Summary “It was designed so that those who go in don’t come out again unless dead. It was designed for political prisoners.” –Ibrahim Abd al-Ghaffar, former warden, during a television interview in...
View ArticleInside The Nate Parker Rape Case
It was no simple wave. Minutes after bringing down the Sundance Film Festival house with the world premiere of Birth of a Nation, filmmaker Nate Parker invited the “family” of cast and crew (most had...
View ArticleBill Cosby jury deliberating on Saturday
Norristown, Pennsylvania (CNN)After 52 hours of deliberation, jurors in Bill Cosby's trial began their six day of deliberations Saturday morning. "We've been at this now for 10 days (including...
View ArticleCousin of the notorious Menendez brothers speaks out about molestation claims
By: Elizabeth Keatinge A cousin of the Menendez brothers is shedding new light on the infamous Beverly Hills murder case. The brothers were accused of brutally killing their parents, Jose and Kitty, in...
View Article“Special Measures”
Summary [We] have to become good at using… the rule of law to fight corruption, [and] to strengthen national anti-corruption legislation. –Chinese President Xi Jinping, addressing a major Central...
View ArticleVenezuela’s Humanitarian Crisis
Summary and Recommendations Venezuela is experiencing a profound humanitarian crisis. Severe shortages of medicines and medical supplies make it extremely difficult for many Venezuelans to obtain...
View ArticleCosby retrial date set for April
(CNN)Bill Cosby's retrial on aggravated indecent assault charges has been set to start April 2 in a suburban Philadelphia courtroom. Montgomery County Judge Steven T. O'Neill set the date in an order...
View ArticleRelentless
Summary We have followed the law in striking out and relentlessly pounding at illegal organizations and key figures, and resolutely followed the law in striking at the illegal organizations and key...
View ArticleHIGH COURT CLEARS DEPUTY MINISTER “NOT GUILTY OF RAPE”
Probably at the time Humu Baninna Bah claimed that she was being raped at a Kingtom residence she could not determine what constitutes the offence of rape or she knew it, but wanted to play a “fast...
View ArticlePolice said Malcolm and De’Marchoe killed a young mom in a drive-by. They...
TULSA, Oklahoma—De’Marchoe Carpenter was running out of time. He’d lost an appeal, Oklahoma’s governor twice denied him parole, and his post-conviction lawyers had just informed him that a key witness...
View Article“License to Kill”
Summary On the afternoon of October 14, 2016, four masked gunmen stormed the Manila home of Paquito Mejos, a 53-year-old father of five who worked as an electrician on construction sites. An occasional...
View ArticleGrounds for Concern
Summary On November 13, 2015 coordinated attacks in Paris at sites including a concert hall and sports stadium killed 130 people and injured hundreds. The extremist armed group Islamic State, also...
View Article“Bound by Brotherhood”
Summary This is what I have to say about the wounds on the body of the said accused. Since he was a hard core criminal, he refused to give any information. It was essential to get that information from...
View ArticleThe Latest: Cosby accuser thanks prosecutors after mistrial
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial (all times local): 12:35 p.m. Bill Cosby's chief accuser is thanking prosecutors for taking her case after a jury failed to agree...
View ArticleThis police shooting case is a 'political bomb' that nearly no lawyer would...
Demonstrators confront police officers during a protest in reaction to the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald in Chicago, Illinois, Nov. 27, 2015. It was April 2015 when Randi McGinn got the call. The...
View ArticleJudge declares mistrial in Cosby sexual assault case; prosecutors will retry...
UPDATE 10:40 AM: Prosecutors say they'll retry Bill Cosby on sexual assault charges after his first trial ended in a hung jury. Jurors deliberated more over than 52 hours over six days before telling a...
View ArticleThe Evolution Of Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs And The Bad Boy Family Through...
May 20 2016, 2:35 AM ET Share this article: The launch of VIBE was the definitive introduction of the power of Hip-Hop and culture to move the crowd. Before the Internet, before email, before social...
View ArticleAaron Johnson's Story as a Lifer in Alabama Prison Is Exhibit A in Why We ...
We have to rethink the cruelty of our incarceration system. Editor's Note: After three hung-jury mistrials, Aaron Lamont Johnson was convicted of murder and sentenced to life without parole for an...
View ArticleTop 10 Conservative Idiots #3-4: Everybodys Lawyering Up For The Weekend Edition
Top 10 Conservative Idiots #3-4: Everybodys Lawyering Up For The Weekend Edition Welcome back to the Top 10 Conservative Idiots! TTCI is on your side! We are back everybody! Yeah! You know theres a...
View ArticleMistrial declared in sexual assault case of entertainer Bill Cosby, but new...
REUTERS Bill Cosby arrives in court as the jury continues to deliberate his fate at his sexual assault trial. A US judge has declared a mistrial after a jury was "hopelessly deadlocked" on sexual...
View ArticleTrump’s Deadly Legacy: The First Six Months, Timeline of US Policy Changes,...
Note: With few exceptions, sources are from mainstream media. January 20, 2017 Trump Inauguration (Friday): – Trump signs first executive action canceling Obama’s FHA mortgage rate premium cuts...
View ArticleThe One Accuser Who May Finally Bring Bill Cosby Down for Good
The End of the Line “Hey, Bill!” someone shrieked as Bill Cosby entered the Montgomery County Courthouse, in Norristown, Pennsylvania, 20 miles outside of Philadelphia. It was May 24, 2016. After years...
View ArticleAmerica's Only Anti-Semitic Lynching
The only Jew ever lynched in the U.S., Leo Frank was in custody and appealing his conviction of the murder of Atlanta factory worker Mary Phagan when a mob caught up with him. When I was a young boy I...
View ArticleEvery 25 Seconds
Summary Neal Scott may die in prison. A 49-year-old Black man from New Orleans, Neal had cycled in and out of prison for drug possession over a number of years. He said he was never offered treatment...
View ArticleKRISTINE
It’s autumn of 2010 and I’m standing in the exact spot where ten-year-old Kristine Mihelich was found dead as fucking winter in 1977, her newly plum-colored face a muted beacon in the freshly fallen...
View ArticleMistrial declared in Bill Cosby's criminal trial as jury deadlocks
Norristown, Pennsylvania (CNN)The high-profile case accusing Bill Cosby of aggravated indecent assault ended in a mistrial Saturday after a Pennsylvania jury was unable to come to a unanimous decision....
View ArticleBill Cosby judge declares mistrial; prosecutor vows to retry case
NORRISTOWN, Pa — The jury in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial here declared itself still hopelessly deadlocked on Saturday and Judge Steven O'Neill declared a mistrial. O'Neill polled each of the 12...
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