The first incident occurred in July 1995, when authorities said Benjamin broke into a sleeping woman's home and "pulled a sheet over her head." Benjamin tied the woman up, raped her and stole cash and jewelry from her home, then fled, according to the district attorney's office. More than a year later, he similarly broke into another woman's home while she was asleep, prosecutors said.
Haney said by phone Thursday he took an interest in Rinderknecht's case because there were things I knew about this case factually and things that didn't make sense to me. It's a very strange case, he added. Haney said prosecutors were using Rinderknecht as a scapegoat and said the attempt to hold him criminally liable for the failure of others is preposterous. There were blatant failures by governmental agencies that were intervening causes between the Lachman and Palisades fires, he said.
Islamabad Additional and Sessions Judge Mohammad Afzal Majoka formally indicted 22-year-old Umar Hayat with murder and stealing Yousaf's phone. According to AP news agency and Pakistani news outlets, Hayat plead not guilty to all charges against him. According to Pakistani media outlet Dawn, Hayat contended that all accusations against him were "based on falsehood." Afzal Majoka adjourned the session, with the next hearing slated for September 25.
The indictment, unsealed Monday in U.S, District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, arose from an inquiry into whether lawyers were "judge-shopping" - looking for sympathetic judges - in a case challenging Alabama's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth. On May 20, 2022, three federal judges in Alabama questioned Charles, asking if he had called any judge's chambers about the assignment of the case, according to the indictment. Charles said he had not. But he "later amended his answers to state he actually called a judge's clerk," Reuters reports. "He apologized for his earlier response."
It's a long standing joke that the standard of proof for a grand jury (where only the government has an opportunity to present evidence) is so low that prosecutors could secure an indictment against a ham sandwich. It's not a particularly funny joke, mind you, but it is widely known in the legal profession. What *is* funny as hell is that the Department of Justice has failed to secure an indictment against a man accused of throwing a sandwich.
Gordon's abrupt firing came despite his recent achievements, including top performance reviews and successfully handling a major indictment against businessman Leo Govoni.
