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Supreme Court will decide whether criminal cases must have 12 jurors in Florida case
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether states can use juries made up of only six…
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Technology
Social media companies face legal reckoning over mental health harms to children
[ad_1] For years, social media companies have disputed allegations that they harm children’s mental health through deliberate design choices that addict kids to their…
Technology
Arguments to begin in landmark social media addiction trial set in Los Angeles
[ad_1] LOS ANGELES — The world’s biggest social media companies face several landmark trials this year that seek to hold them responsible for harms…
Entertainment
‘Dances With Wolves’ actor Nathan Chasing Horse convicted on sexual assault charges
[ad_1] LAS VEGAS — A Nevada jury on Friday convicted “Dances With Wolves” actor Nathan Chasing Horse of sexually assaulting Indigenous women and girls…
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‘Dances With Wolves’ actor Nathan Chasing Horse convicted on sexual assault charges
[ad_1] LAS VEGAS — A Nevada jury on Friday convicted “Dances With Wolves” actor Nathan Chasing Horse of sexually assaulting Indigenous women and girls…
Technology
Meta, TikTok and YouTube face landmark trial over youth addiction claims
[ad_1] Three of the world’s biggest tech companies face a landmark trial in Los Angeles starting this week over claims that their platforms —…
Finance
‘A Team’ of real estate brokers faces sex crimes trial in New York
[ad_1] NEW YORK — The brothers operated in the glitz and glamour of the Hamptons and South Beach. Two were high-end real estate brokers…
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Prosecutor argues New York prison guard’s inaction contributed to inmate’s death
[ad_1] UTICA, N.Y. — A New York prison guard who failed to intervene as he watched an inmate being beaten to death should be…
Entertainment
‘Dances with Wolves’ actor Nathan Chasing Horse standing trial in Las Vegas
[ad_1] LAS VEGAS — The jury trial for Nathan Chasing Horse, the former “Dances with Wolves” actor accused of sexually abusing Indigenous women and…
Entertainment
Harvey Weinstein says jurors were bullied into convicting him. A judge is set to rule
[ad_1] NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein returns to court Thursday, seeking to get his latest sex crime conviction thrown out…
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Judge convicted of obstructing immigrant arrest resigns as GOP threatens impeachment
[ad_1] Embattled Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan, who was convicted of obstruction last month for helping an immigrant evade federal officers, has sent her resignation…
Entertainment
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs seeks immediate release from prison in appeals argument
[ad_1] NEW YORK — Lawyers for hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs urged a federal appeals court in New York late Tuesday to order his…
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Advocates raise alarms after Wisconsin judge Hannah Dugan found guilty of obstruction
[ad_1] MADISON, Wis. — Defenders of a Wisconsin judge found guilty of felony obstruction for helping a Mexican immigrant evade federal officers raised alarms…
Finance
Jury says Johnson & Johnson owes $40M to 2 cancer patients who used talcum powders
[ad_1] A Los Angeles jury awarded $40 million on Friday to two women who claimed that talcum powder made by Johnson & Johnson caused…
Entertainment
Fugees rapper sentenced to prison over illegal donations to Obama campaign
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — Grammy-winning rapper Prakazrel “Pras” Michel of the Fugees was sentenced on Thursday to 14 years in prison for a case in…
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Federal jury awards $80 million to estate of NY man wrongfully convicted of murder
[ad_1] BUFFALO, N.Y. — A federal jury awarded $80 million Wednesday to the estate of a Buffalo man whose conviction in a 1976 murder…
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Jurors to hear closing arguments in Ohio trial of officer charged in killing
[ad_1] COLUMBUS, Ohio — Closing arguments in the murder trial of an Ohio officer charged in the shooting death of a pregnant Black mother…
Entertainment
Actor Danny Masterson asks for rape convictions to be tossed over lawyer errors
[ad_1] LOS ANGELES — LOS ANGELES (AP) — “That ’70s Show” actor Danny Masterson filed a petition Monday for his two rape convictions and…
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Alleged plot to bribe a juror with $100,000 upends former heavyweight boxer’s NYC drug trial
[ad_1] NEW YORK — Three men were arrested Monday for allegedly trying to pay up to $100,000 in cash to a juror at the…
Entertainment
Harvey Weinstein prosecutors say defense’s jury misconduct claims are ‘implausible’
[ad_1] NEW YORK — Prosecutors urged a judge on Wednesday to reject Harvey Weinstein ’s claims that his June sexual assault conviction was marred…