Tag: Juries
Virginia jury awards $300k to Black woman injured by officer
RICHMOND, Va. — A jury in Virginia has awarded $300,000 in damages to a Black woman who sued a police officer for excessive force...
Lawyer: North Dakota man disturbed when he killed mom, cop
FARGO, N.D. — The attorney for a man charged with killing his mother and a North Dakota police officer during a shootout with law...
Alabama jury recommends death for man convicted of killing 5
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Jurors recommended the death penalty on Tuesday for a man convicted of killing his wife, her unborn child and three other...
Prosecutors will ask grand jury to probe building collapse
SURFSIDE, Fla. — Prosecutors in Florida will pursue a grand jury investigation into the deadly collapse of an oceanfront condominium building, officials said Tuesday.
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Newspaper gunman insanity case starting after three years
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Three years after the deadliest attack on a newsroom in U.S. history, residents who were shaken by the assault on their...
Juror in Scott Peterson trial didn’t disclose being a victim
LOS ANGELES — A woman who eagerly sought to be a juror in the murder trial of Scott Peterson and who voted to sentence...
29-year-old man convicted again of murdering 6-week-old son
COVINGTON, La. — A 29-year-old New Orleans man has been convicted a second time of murdering one of his infant twin sons in the...
Key events since George Floyd’s arrest and death
MINNEAPOLIS — A timeline of key events that began with George Floyd's arrest on May 25, 2020, by four police officers in Minneapolis:
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Texas grand jury issues no indictments in Black inmate death
McKINNEY, Texas — A grand jury in Texas has declined to indict eight jailers over the in-custody death of a Black man who died...
Case to make GEO pay detainees minimum wage ends in mistrial
SEATTLE — A trial over whether the GEO Group must pay minimum wage — instead of $1 a day — to immigration detainees who...
