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Portland
fromwww.theguardian.com
42 minutes ago

Falsely charged with a crime, no way to fight it: inside Oregon's court crisis

Oregon faces a public defender shortage, causing significant delays and hardships for defendants awaiting legal representation.
fromBoston.com
11 hours ago

Suffolk County corrections officer arraigned on child rape, human trafficking charges

Kielczweski was allegedly involved in 'numerous sexual assaults' and made child sexual abuse material (CSAM) of a 15-year-old boy, police and prosecutors said in a press release on Facebook.
Boston food
#murder
#domestic-violence
Law
fromwww.amny.com
4 days ago

Landmark ruling: Prosecutors cannot force domestic violence survivors to waive past-trauma hearing

Survivors of domestic violence cannot be forced to waive DVSJA hearings as part of plea agreements, according to a ruling by the New York Court of Appeals.
New York City
fromwww.amny.com
3 days ago

Bronx pepper-spray attack: Woman blasts man with chemical during subway argument | amNewYork

Transit police are searching for a woman who pepper-sprayed a man during a subway dispute in the Bronx.
fromABC7 Los Angeles
3 days ago

Soldier appears in court on federal charges tied to online betting

Gannon Ken Van Dyke was part of a highly classified team that planned and carried out an operation in Venezuela that led to the capture of Nicolas Maduro.
US news
fromLos Angeles Times
4 days ago

Dementia patient beaten, set on fire and killed in downtown L.A., prosecutors say

"This case involves an elderly man who was disoriented and living with dementia, conditions that made him particularly vulnerable. The level of violence alleged here is brutal, callous and extreme."
Los Angeles
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
6 days ago

Sexual Assault Survivors Are Not Responsible for Their Own Suffering

The effects of trauma from sexual abuse in adolescence are long-lasting and profoundly alter development.
#sexual-assault
NYC LGBT
fromBrooklyn, NY Patch
1 month ago

Former NYPD Officer Charged With Raping Woman

A former NYPD officer was indicted on rape and sexual abuse charges for allegedly assaulting a woman in a vehicle after a Brooklyn party in September 2025.
US politics
fromAbove the Law
6 days ago

Meet The New Prosecutor On The Brennan Case. He Already Called The Defendant A 'Real Traitor.' - Above the Law

A pattern emerges where career prosecutors are replaced by loyalists in politically charged cases, undermining legal integrity.
#manslaughter
London politics
fromwww.bbc.com
1 week ago

Manslaughter trial told punch was 'defensive'

A football fan claims he threw a punch in self-defense, resulting in the death of another man during a night out in London.
London politics
fromwww.bbc.com
1 week ago

Manslaughter trial told punch was 'defensive'

A football fan claims he threw a punch in self-defense, resulting in the death of another man during a night out in London.
Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
1 week ago

Man pleads guilty in Lindsay, Ont., break-in case that caused self-defence firestorm | CBC News

Michael Kyle Breen pleaded guilty to breaking and entering, while the resident who confronted him faced initial charges that were later dropped.
Intellectual property law
fromAbove the Law
1 week ago

Turning Defense Into Offense - Above the Law

Jack Hughes' game-winning goal exemplifies a successful transition from defense to offense, paralleling patent litigators' proactive strategies against infringement allegations.
US news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

ICE agent charged with assault in Minnesota for allegedly pointing gun at motorists

An ICE agent has been charged with assault for allegedly pointing a gun at people in a car on a Minneapolis highway.
#assault
fromIndependent
1 week ago
Boston food

Man assaulted partner in row after she found him watching pornography in same bed as their sleeping son

fromnj
2 months ago
New York City

N.J. man accused of trapping, assaulting woman in alleged Staten Island roadway attack

fromIndependent
1 week ago
Boston food

Man assaulted partner in row after she found him watching pornography in same bed as their sleeping son

Boston
fromBoston.com
1 month ago

2 Boston men accused of assaulting man who hit their car while trying to park

Two men face assault charges after allegedly beating a man who accidentally hit their vehicle while parking.
Law
fromABA Journal
1 month ago

Lawyer among 3 people charged in alleged attack on 2 Jewish men

Three men, including a lawyer, face charges for assaulting two Jewish men in San Jose, California.
fromnj
2 months ago
New York City

N.J. man accused of trapping, assaulting woman in alleged Staten Island roadway attack

fromNew York Daily News
2 weeks ago

Suspects in stray bullet slay of Brooklyn baby Kaori Patterson-Moore indicted for murder

"What makes this case so devastating, is not only was a 7-month-old girl stolen from us, but she was not the intended target," Brooklyn D.A. Eric Gonzalez said Tuesday.
Brooklyn
fromwww.cbc.ca
1 week ago

Murder charges to be withdrawn in Kenneth Law case, lawyer says | CBC News

Crown prosecutors are withdrawing all 14 murder charges laid against Kenneth Law, who is accused of selling a toxic substance to individuals at risk of self-harm.
Law
#domestic-abuse
UK news
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days ago

Man whose wife killed herself cleared of rape and manslaughter

Christopher Trybus was acquitted of domestic abuse and sexual violence charges related to his wife Tarryn Baird, who later took her own life.
UK news
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days ago

Man whose wife killed herself cleared of rape and manslaughter

Christopher Trybus was acquitted of domestic abuse and sexual violence charges related to his wife Tarryn Baird, who later took her own life.
NYC LGBT
fromAdvocate.com
3 weeks ago

How a 'trans panic' defense changed the outcome of two murders

D. F. McLaughlin's murder in 1986 highlights the dangers of transphobia and remains a significant yet overlooked case in the fight for justice.
#nypd
UK news
fromwww.bbc.com
1 week ago

Armed boy shot dead in stairwell, court told

A teenager fatally shot a 14-year-old boy during a chase in Woolwich, London, leading to ongoing investigations and multiple arrests.
fromFortune
3 weeks ago

The quadruple amputee cornholer's shooting was in self-defense, lawyer says | Fortune

The truth here is that he would have been a murder victim if he had not acted immediately in defense of his life, according to defense attorney Andrew Jezic.
US news
NYC politics
fromwww.amny.com
1 month ago

City moves to end legal defense of Adams in sexual assault suit | amNewYork

New York City's Law Department moved to stop taxpayer-funded defense of former Mayor Eric Adams in a sexual assault lawsuit, arguing his alleged 1994 actions fall outside the scope of public employment.
Law
fromABA Journal
1 month ago

Drug convictions bar lawyer from bench but not from practicing law

Felony drug convictions prevent lawyer from becoming a judge but allow him to continue practicing law in Montana.
fromsfist.com
2 months ago

Suspect Arraigned In Tenderloin Homicide Is Claiming Self-Defense

The video then allegedly shows Mr. Alatini shoot the victim in his back. What we did see is a brandishing of a firearm prior to the victim ever displaying pepper spray and/or using that pepper spray. So actually in that sense, it would support the victim having used some form of self defense.
San Francisco
Liverpool FC
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Footballer pleads not guilty to assaulting woman

Former Bournemouth and Liverpool player Jordon Ibe pleaded not guilty to assaulting a woman causing actual bodily harm in Lambeth on 14 December.
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

Drive-by murder accused was not at scene, jury told

Michelle Sadio, 44, died at the scene and two others were injured when shots were fired from a passing Kia as a crowd of mourners stood outside the River of Life Pentecostal Church following a wake in December 2024. On Monday, Tahjin Sommersall,19, told the court he had never even seen the car used in the shooting and had been in Wembley when the attack happened.
Miscellaneous
California
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago

Orange County sheriff's deputy shot fiancee 9 times, prosecutors say

An Orange County Sheriff's deputy turned herself in and was charged with voluntary manslaughter for fatally shooting her fiancée in their apartment six months after the incident.
fromBoston.com
1 month ago

Someone allegedly struck her ex's new girlfriend with a car in Newton. Now both women are facing charges.

According to a police report filed in court, Pimentel-Lugo said she was leaving her boyfriend's house that night when she saw Sanchez's car parked nearby on Lagrange Street. She got out to confront Sanchez, and the two women allegedly began fighting in the street, with Sanchez landing some punches and Pimentel-Lugo retrieving a baseball bat to hit Sanchez with it.
Boston
#murder-trial
SF parents
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Attorneys spar in case of man accused of killing pregnant girlfriend in brutal domestic violence' case

A man accused of strangling his pregnant girlfriend faces prosecution arguing for first-degree murder conviction based on premeditation and deliberation, while defense contends manslaughter is appropriate given his mental state.
SF parents
fromwww.ocregister.com
1 month ago

My dad tried to kill me,' dying California girl tells first responders, prosecutor says

An 81-year-old man is on trial for fatally stabbing his 11-year-old stepdaughter and attempting to kill his wife during a 2018 attack at their Garden Grove home.
London politics
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Dealer admits beating vulnerable man to death

A drug dealer admitted to manslaughter after beating a vulnerable former chef to death in a north London flat used for illegal drug dealing operations.
NYC parents
fromPadailypost
1 month ago

Police, school district write checks to settle teen's suit alleging excessive force by police

Atherton town government and Sequoia Union High School District settled a lawsuit for $560,000 with a student after police forcibly detained him at school over a toy water gun incident.
New York City
fromYahoo News
2 months ago

NYPD cop arrested after slapping civilian, menacing another filing complaint: D.A.

NYPD officer Quran McPhatter was indicted on assault, official misconduct, menacing, and attempted coercion after on-duty incidents, including a video of him confronting a complainant.
California
fromwww.berkeleyside.org
2 months ago

Berkeley Tesla stun gun defendant, shot in later standoff, is exonerated

Ricardo Gonzalez Ruiz was acquitted of a misdemeanor assault charge for flashing a stun gun at a Berkeley Tesla protest while facing separate felony charges.
Boston food
fromBoston.com
1 month ago

Prosecutors to drop domestic assault charge against Patriots' Christian Barmore

Massachusetts prosecutors dropped a domestic assault charge against New England Patriots defensive lineman Christian Barmore due to insufficient evidence and the complainant's unwillingness to travel for trial.
SF parents
fromwww.ocregister.com
1 month ago

Lookout convicted for notorious California honor roll murder' says he didn't believe killing would actually happen

A man convicted as a lookout in a 1992 honor roll student murder seeks to overturn his conviction, arguing he believed the killing plan was fantasy rather than a genuine plot.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

I was so scared': US trial witnesses allege Alexander brothers worked together to rape women

But a far nastier picture of their high life has been on display in court for the past few weeks, where the three brothers are on trial for sex trafficking. Prosecutors have accused each of the three brothers of violent, forcible rape of at least 10 women each and in some cases of threatening them if they spoke of their experiences.
New York City
Law
fromwww.cbc.ca
1 month ago

ANALYSIS | Withdrawn charges in Stronach sex assault trial raise questions about prosecution | CBC News

Frank Stronach's sexual assault trial has been reduced from 12 counts involving seven complainants to seven counts involving four complainants, with the Crown dropping five charges and discarding testimony from three complainants.
US news
fromAbove the Law
2 months ago

Law Professor Arrested On 50 Counts In Child Sexual Abuse Materials Case - Above the Law

A Barry University law professor, Glen‑Peter Ahlers, was arrested on 50 counts of unlawful possession of materials depicting the sexual performance of a child and held on $100,000 bond.
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months ago

South San Francisco man shot by police charged with assaulting, resisting officers

Luis Adrian Francisco Manzo has been charged with one count of assault on a peace officer with a deadly weapon and four counts of resisting an officer with enhancements for use of a deadly weapon, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney's Office. Francisco Manzo, 28, appeared in court Friday to surrender on an arrest warrant, and was denied bail by San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey B. Jackson on the basis that he still poses a threat to public safety, prosecutors said.
California
UK news
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

Man appears in court charged with murder of student

An 18-year-old man has appeared in court charged with murder after De Montfort University student Khaleed Oladipo was fatally stabbed near the campus.
fromBoston.com
2 months ago

Prosecutors charging four children with murder in fatal Providence attack

Prosecutors are charging four children between 11 and 12 years old with murder and conspiracy to commit felony assault in the Jan. 19 attack that eventually killed a 51-year-old man on Manton Avenue in Providence. According to a statement from the Providence Police Department, two of the children were arraigned in Family Court on Tuesday. Prosecutors will arraign the two other youths later this week.
US news
fromAbove the Law
1 month ago

Lawyer Convicted Of Systematic Sexual Abuse Of Children - Above the Law

Bishop was found guilty on 24 counts of committing lewd acts on three minor victims, all described in court documents as victims under the age of 14. The span of these offenses covers multiple years. Evidence admitted at trial showed that Bishop possessed more than 600 images of child sexual abuse material depicting two of the minor victims.
Law
fromESPN.com
1 month ago

Jurors: Prosecutors failed to prove Miami football murder case

They don't deserve that because I think they were misled [by police]. I mean, somebody did it. But they didn't have what it took to prove that it was Rashaun. ... They presented us with a motive that was flaccid ... there wasn't enough there.
US news
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Woman's death in home prompts murder investigation

This is a tragic incident in which a woman has lost her life. We are working to establish the full circumstances of what happened, and we are keeping an open mind to pursue all lines of inquiry. We urge anyone who was in the area of Bath Road, who may have seen or heard anything unusual, to come forward.
UK news
US news
fromSun Sentinel
2 months ago

Boxer Gervonta Davis arrested on attempted kidnapping and battery charges

Gervonta "Tank" Davis is jailed in Miami on charges of attempted kidnapping, false imprisonment and battery related to an Oct. 27, 2025 incident.
Law
fromCurbed
1 month ago

The Alexander Brothers Are Guilty on All Counts

Three brothers were convicted on all ten sex-trafficking counts after a jury found them guilty of drugging and sexually assaulting multiple women over decades.
Law
fromABA Journal
1 month ago

Attorney indicted for trying to kill her husband of more than 25 years

Alabama attorney Sara Baker was indicted for allegedly attempting to poison her husband of 30 years with fentanyl on three separate occasions in September 2025.
fromIndependent
1 month ago

Man who beat defenceless 'drunken bowsie' to death after lewd comment to his mother convicted of murder

A scaffolder who meted out a "volley of violence" on a defenceless "drunken bowsie" in response to his mother being insulted with lewd requests for sex has been found guilty of murder by a Central Criminal Court jury this afternoon.
Law
fromSocial Media Explorer
2 months ago

The Role of Witnesses in Strengthening Your Injury Case - Social Media Explorer

Witnesses play a crucial role in personal injury cases, often serving as the backbone of the evidence presented in court. Their testimonies can provide essential context and details that may not be captured through physical evidence alone. In many instances, the accounts of witnesses can corroborate the claims made by the injured party, lending credibility to their narrative. This is particularly important in personal injury cases, where the burden of proof lies with the plaintiff. A strong witness can help
Law
fromwww.amny.com
1 month ago

Alexander brothers prosecutors rest early, alleging defense intimidated victims out of testifying | amNewYork

Prosecutors alleged intimidation tactics by defense attorneys resulted in two victims backing out of taking the stand. On Friday, the government referenced their earlier accusation of defense attorneys of hiring an investigator to pose as an insurance agent in January and talk to neighbors of a woman planning to testify, including asking about her minor children.
Law
Law
fromSocial Media Explorer
2 months ago

What to Expect From the Legal Process After a Catastrophic Accident - Social Media Explorer

Thorough initial investigations and timely legal representation are essential to gather evidence, document circumstances, and shape effective legal strategy.
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