WILSON COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — Law enforcement in Wilson County are teaming up to investigate after an armed robbery at a restaurant turned deadly Friday night. The Mt. Juliet Police Department said officers were sent to Cedar Creek Marina and Restaurant in the 9100 block of Saundersville Road on Friday, June 28 to respond to […]
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump downplayed his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol during the first presidential debate Thursday, saying some people “asked me to go make a speech,” minimizing his involvement in efforts to overturn the election and the summoning of thousands of his followers to Washington for what […]
In a tearful speech, Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao declared herself innocent Monday, speaking for the first time since her house was raided by federal authorities last week. The first Hmong mayor of the Bay Area city cast herself as the victim — not a criminal — in the probe and sought to link the “FBI intrusion,” as […]
A Comer man is facing animal cruelty charges in the wake of an investigation by the Madison County Sheriff’s Office and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Sheriff’s deputies on June 13 arrested Hershel Clint Canady Jr., 27, on 11 counts of cruelty to animals and one felony charge of theft by deception. Canady operates a […]
Israeli government accounts on the social media site X have been posting a video with a quote from a freed hostage, in which she says that “there are no innocent civilians” in Gaza, a claim that is sparking protests online because of the Palestinian death toll in the country’s military campaign in the region. The […]
A Missouri judge ruled Friday there is “clear and convincing” evidence that a woman imprisoned for more than four decades in Missouri is innocent. Attorneys for Sandra “Sandy” Hemme, now 64, immediately moved to free her from Chillicothe Correctional Center. If released, Hemme’s prison term will mark the longest known wrongful conviction of a woman […]
The Missouri Supreme Court has set an execution date — September 24th at 6 p.m. — for defendant Marcellus “Khaliifah” Williams, despite prosecutors insisting that he is completely innocent. It is not the first time the 55-year-old has faced execution. On two separate occasions, Williams’ execution was halted to conduct further investigation and DNA testing. […]
An Italian court has re-convicted Amanda Knox of slander, even after she was exonerated over the brutal 2007 murder of her British flatmate while the two were exchange students in Italy. The court in Florence found that Knox had wrongly accused an innocent man, the Congolese owner of the bar where she worked part-time, of […]
This story previously aired on Sept. 30, 2023. Josh Jones and Laura Keck have prosecuted hundreds of cases, but no case has troubled them quite like the murder of Becky Bliefnick. Josh Jones: You put yourself in the mind of Becky Bliefnick in the last moments of her life, the fear that she had to […]
Donald Trump fumed over the verdict in his criminal New York hush-money trial. A jury found Trump guilty of criminal charges related to a hush-money payment made to a porn star. Prosecutors said Trump falsified 34 documents to cover up the $130,000 payment. Former President Donald Trump, now a convicted felon, fumed over the verdict […]
Donald Trump is “innocent” and did not break the law, a lawyer for the former US president has told jurors during closing arguments as the landmark hush money trial moved closer to its conclusion. The arguments, expected to last the entire day, will give lawyers one last chance to address the Manhattan jury and to […]
Editor’s note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the Constitution and civics education written by Paul G. Summers, retired judge and state attorney general. The Fifth Amendment continues: “…(n)or shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due […]