May 6—The state Supreme Court on Monday affirmed John Powell’s convictions for the 2018 shooting deaths of three people and the burglary of a home in Northern New Mexico. In a unanimous decision, the court concluded there was sufficient evidence to support Powell’s convictions on three counts of first-degree murder and one count of aggravated […]
Child serial killer Lucy Letby is making a bid to challenge her convictions on four points, the UK Court of Appeal has heard. Lawyers for Letby are asking senior judges for the green light to bring an appeal against all her convictions at the hearing in London, which is expected to finish this week. The […]
Child serial killer Lucy Letby’s bid to challenge her convictions is set to be considered by the UK Court of Appeal. Lawyers for Letby will ask senior judges for permission to bring an appeal against all her convictions at the hearing in London, which is expected to finish this week. The nurse (34) had an […]
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu on Sunday reaffirmed his support for Donald Trump in the 2024 general election while standing by some — but not all — of his past criticism of the former president. In an interview on ABC News’ “This Week,” Sununu, a Republican who campaigned against Trump in the GOP primary before […]
On Jan. 6, 2021, Joseph Fischer allegedly entered the U.S. Capitol, along with more than 2,000 others, in the effort to stop the counting of the electoral votes that was already underway. Fischer wasn’t there in his official capacity as a police officer with the North Cornwall Township Police Department in Pennsylvania. He was there […]
In newly filed court documents, Michigan prosecutors are asking a judge to sentence the parents of school shooter Ethan Crumbley to at least 10 years in prison, alleging they have both showed a “chilling lack of remorse” after they were convicted for involuntary manslaughter. In two separate sentencing memorandums dated April 3, Oakland County prosecutors […]
BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts council on Wednesday approved Gov. Maura Healey‘s plan to pardon tens of thousands of people convicted of misdemeanor marijuana charges going back decades. The pardons approved by the Governor’s Council will take effect immediately, although it will take some time to update state criminal records, officials said. “Massachusetts made history […]
RICHMOND – The state Court of Appeals has upheld a Fishersville man’s first-degree murder conviction stemming from a 2020 shooting at an apartment complex in Staunton. In an opinion released Tuesday, a three-judge panel rejected JaQuez Eshaun Jerome Brown’s claim that the commonwealth did not produce adequate evidence to justify Brown’s sentence for the murder […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Attorneys are asking a U.S. appeals court to throw out the hate crime convictions of three white men who used pickup trucks to chase Ahmaud Arbery through the streets of a Georgia subdivision before one of them killed the running Black man with a shotgun. A panel of judges from the 11th […]
Child serial killer Lucy Letby will have the right to attend her appeal against her convictions via video link if given the green light to challenge them at the Court of Appeal at the end of April. Lawyers for Letby will ask senior judges for permission to bring an appeal against all her convictions at […]
LONDON (AP) — The British government will introduce legislation Wednesday to quash the wrongful convictions of hundreds of Post Office branch managers in England and Wales who were caught up in one of the United Kingdom’s biggest miscarriages of justice. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the legislation “marks an important step forward in finally clearing” […]
Governor Maura Healey plans to pardon simple possession cannabis convictions at the state level this week. “I think it’s great and I think it’s way past time,” said Devin Alexander, who grew up in Quincy. He says he was arrested for possession of marijuana in 2011 after getting pulled over while driving with friends. “It […]