CNN — Here’s a look at controversial police encounters that have prompted protests over the past three decades. This select list includes cases in which police officers were…
Read more Controversial Police Encounters Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Randy Roedema, one of the Aurora, Colorado, police officers who arrested Elijah McClain, an unarmed 23-year-old Black man who died after he was subdued by police…
Read more One officer who arrested Elijah McClain convicted of criminally negligent homicide; second officer acquitted | CNNA version of this story appears in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. CNN — Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez…
Read more Does the US prosecute more Republicans or Democrats? Here’s some data | CNN PoliticsTokyo, Japan CNN — When Kaneko Miyuki reported her sexual assault as a seven-year-old in Japan, she remembers the police laughing at her. “I was already confused and…
Read more Why Japan is rethinking its rape laws and raising the age of consent from 13 | CNNCNN — South African prosecutors have dropped a murder charge against Zolile Sekeleni, the father of the girlfriend of high-profile convicted murderer Thabo Bester, who is accused of…
Read more Murder charge dropped against co-defendant in case of killer accused of faking his own death in South Africa | CNNCNN — Prosecutors have dropped all charges against a Black man who was beaten by multiple sheriff’s office employees while he was in custody at a Georgia jail…
Read more Charges dropped against Black inmate beaten in Georgia jail cell, DA says | CNNWashington CNN — Criminal charges have been dropped against an Afghan national who served with the US military in Afghanistan and was apprehended after fleeing to the US…
Read more Charges dropped against Afghan soldier who was detained seeking asylum at US border with Mexico | CNN PoliticsCNN — A former Harvard fencing coach and a Maryland businessman were both acquitted of conspiring to get the businessman’s two sons admitted to Harvard in exchange for…
Read more Former Harvard fencing coach and Maryland businessman are both acquitted of bribery charges | CNNCHICAGO — A Chicago police officer was found not guilty Tuesday in the February 2020 shooting and wounding of an unarmed man during a struggle at a downtown…
Read more Officer acquitted in man’s shooting at Chicago train stationLOS ANGELES — Rape allegations against actor Danny Masterson were so riddled with contradictions and inconsistencies that prosecutors in their case implicated the Church of Scientology to help…
Read more Defense: Masterson rape case plagued by contradictionsPHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia City Council member and his wife have been acquitted of corruption charges in federal court. Jurors deliberated for five days before finding Councilman Kenyatta…
Read more Philadelphia councilman, wife acquitted of fraud chargesBOULDER, Colo. — Dean Schiller had just left a Colorado supermarket after shopping last year when he heard gunshots and saw three people lying face down. The independent,…
Read more Man who filmed shooting response acquitted of obstructionROME — A judge in Milan on Monday acquitted five members of the Legion of Christ religious order and their lawyers of attempted extortion in a case in…
Read more Judge acquits Legion priests in abuse-linked extortion case
