Taylor Swift Trial: Alleged groper testifies in front of superstar singer
Celebrity Justice
Former DJ seeking at least $3 million, Taylor Swift countersuing for a symbolic $1
Suicide
August 5, 2017
Conrad Roy’s mother sues Michelle Carter after light sentence for ‘texting suicide’: ‘We want to move on’
The mother of a suicidal teen who died after his girlfriend encouraged him to kill himself has filed a lawsuit against the woman convicted of manslaughter. Michelle Carter, now 20, was found guilty in June of involuntary manslaughter for the death of Conrad Roy, and faced up to 20 years in prison. The jury heard …
Trials
August 4, 2017
GUILTY! ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli who hiked life saving drugs by 5,000% convicted at securities fraud trial
Shkreli was arrested in 2015 on charges he looted a drug company he founded of $11 million in stock and cash to pay back hedge fund investors
Suicide
August 3, 2017
Justice? Woman who sent texts urging suicide only gets 15 months in jail
By DENISE LAVOIE, AP Legal Affairs Writer TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) — A woman who encouraged her suicidal boyfriend to kill himself in dozens of text messages and told him to “get back in” a truck filled with toxic gas was sentenced Thursday to 15 months in jail for involuntary manslaughter. Michelle Carter, now 20, was convicted …
Trials
July 25, 2017
Nancy Grace takes on Dan Abrams on GMA over kayak murder, after surprise ‘cheap plea deal’
‘The kayak sunk, Dan! Do you argue that the kayak went underwater?’
Trials
July 24, 2017
Trucker charged in horrific immigrant-smuggling case that left 10 dead
By NOMAAN MERCHANT, Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The driver of a broiling tractor-trailer found packed with immigrants outside a Walmart in San Antonio was charged Monday in the deaths of 10 of his passengers and could face the death penalty over the hellish journey. In outlining their immigrant-smuggling case against James Matthew Bradley Jr., …
Celebrity Justice
July 18, 2017
America’s ‘Number One Bad Guy’ O.J. Simpson set to walk free on parole?
The countdown is on: Thursday July, 20 at 1pm ET/10am PT
Celebrity Justice
July 18, 2017
TIMELINE: Key events in OJ Simpson’s fall from sports hero, movie star to convicted armed robber and kidnapper
Here’s a timeline of major events in the life of Simpson, now 70, who has been imprisoned in Nevada for armed robbery and faces a parole hearing Thursday
Trials
July 7, 2017
PICTURED: Smiles and thumbs up from woman accused of stabbing her four young children, husband to death
An immigration official says the woman entered the U.S. illegally
Celebrity Justice
July 6, 2017
Breaking: Bill Cosby to be retried for rape in November
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby’s retrial on charges he drugged and molested a woman more than a decade ago is set for November. An order signed Thursday by Judge Steven O’Neill says all parties must report to the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pennsylvania, on Nov. 6. Prosecutors found themselves back to square one …
Trials
June 28, 2017
Wisconsin wants ‘Making a Murderer’ inmate to stay in jail
By TODD RICHMOND, Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin attorneys asked a federal appeals court Monday to keep an inmate featured in the Netxflix series “Making a Murderer” behind bars while they fight a second ruling overturning his conviction. The state Department of Justice’s filing argues Brendan Dassey should remain in prison because his case …
Trials
June 27, 2017
Multiple jurors dismissed during “Pharma Bro” jury selection, some call him “snake” and “face of corporate greed”
One potential juror gestured as if wringing his neck