Tag: Trials
EXPLAINER: Did mask hamper Chauvin’s image at murder trial?
MINNEAPOLIS — The mask that former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was required to wear during most of his trial in George Floyd...
DeSantis signs Florida’s anti-riot bill, cites Chauvin trial
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida's top Republicans cited events in cities around the country — but not the Jan. 6 riots in Washington — as...
Leaders of Proud Boys ordered jailed on Capitol riot charges
A federal judge on Monday ordered two leaders of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group to be arrested and jailed while awaiting trial on...
Pig’s head left at former home of Chauvin defense witness
SANTA ROSA, Calif. — Vandals left a pig’s head at the one-time California home of a use-of-force expert who testified on behalf of the...
Italy judge weighs Salvini trial for 2019 migrant standoff
ROME — A judge in Sicily on Saturday began weighing whether to put former Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on trial for having refused to...
EXPLAINER: How is ‘reasonableness’ key to Chauvin’s defense?
CHICAGO — Attorneys and witnesses have used the words “reasonable” or “unreasonable” often at the trial of the former Minneapolis police officer charged with...
US deports woman who lied about role in Rwandan genocide
CONCORD, N.H. — A woman who served a 10-year sentence in U.S. prison for lying about her role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide to...
Mexico orders 30 marines to stand trial in disappearances
MEXICO CITY — Prosecutors in Mexico said Thursday a court has ordered 30 marines to stand trial in the cases of people who disappeared...
Judge: R. Kelly to be moved to NYC for sex-trafficking trial
NEW YORK — A federal judge gave the green light Thursday to move jailed R&B singer R. Kelly to New York City to go...
Court: Man entitled to new trial in killing of woman, 94
ELKHART, Ind. — A mentally disabled man convicted of killing a 94-year-old woman nearly 20 years ago is entitled to a new trial, the...
