A Massachusetts judge declared a mistrial Monday after jurors said they could not reach a unanimous decision in Karen Read’s trial on murder charges. Prosecutors accused Read, 44, of murdering her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe, after a night out drinking in 2022 by intentionally backing over him with her car. Read’s lawyers claimed […]
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They were secret for 16 years. Now a judge has released the Epstein grand jury records
A Palm Beach County judge has released the grand jury records in the 2008 Jeffrey Epstein criminal case. The records contain nearly 200 pages, including the testimony of at least one girl who was molested by Epstein, a New York financier who abused hundreds of underage girls at his Palm Beach mansion for decades. Epstein […]
Judge issues special instructions, tells Karen Read jurors to resolve ‘fundamental differences’
DEDHAM, Mass. (AP/Boston 25) — A judge ordered the jury in the Karen Read murder trial to continue deliberating Monday after they said for a second time that they were deadlocked. Jurors had told Judge Beverly Cannone on Friday that they were deadlocked, only for her to ask them to continue deliberating. They returned after the weekend […]
Trump immunity ruling hands big decisions to Judge Tanya Chutkan
By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling on Monday sends the federal case accusing Donald Trump of attempting to overturn his 2020 defeat back to Judge Tanya Chutkan for critical decisions that will shape the future of the historic prosecution. Chutkan, a judge on the U.S. District Court in […]
Search of ex-Florida GOP chairman’s phone in rape probe was illegal, judge rules
A Sarasota judge has ruled that law enforcement officials violated former Florida Republican Party Chairman Christian Ziegler’s rights during their investigation into an alleged sexual battery and video voyeurism. In a 46-page order posted early Monday morning, Sarasota County Circuit Court Judge Hunter Carroll declared that search warrants that allowed investigators to comb through Ziegler’s […]
Judge acquits 28 people accused in Panama Papers case, including law firm co-founder
PANAMA CITY (AP) — A judge has acquitted 28 people accused of money laundering in an international case known as the Panama Papers, including the co-founder of a law firm that authorities say was at the center of a conspiracy to hide money linked to illegal activities. Jürgen Mossack founded Mossack & Fonseca with then […]
Judge orders prison term for Vero Beach woman guilty in Medicare fraud scheme
FORT PIERCE – A Vero Beach woman indicted by a federal grand jury in connection to a multimillion-dollar Medicare fraud scheme was ordered Thursday to serve six months in prison, court records show. Pamala Ann Seymour, 60, who was owner and operator of Need A Brace LLC and Orthotics Now, Inc., both of Fort Pierce, […]
Judge temporarily blocks Georgia law that limits people or groups to posting 3 bonds a year
ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked part of a Georgia law that restricts organizations from helping people pay bail so they can be released while their criminal cases are pending. U.S. District Judge Victoria Marie Calvert blocked part of Senate Bill 63 from taking effect on Monday after a hearing in […]
Ohio judge overturns jury verdict in ‘exceptional’ murder case
After nearly 15 years on the bench as a Franklin County Common Pleas Court judge, there aren’t many firsts left for Mark Serrott. But on Thursday, Serrott granted a new trial for a man who had been found guilty of murder by a jury in May. LaRoy Robinson, 49, had been scheduled to be sentenced […]
Visa, Mastercard can likely handle settlement much bigger than $30 billion, judge says
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge said Visa and Mastercard can likely withstand a “substantially greater” settlement with merchants who said they overpaid on swipe fees than the $30 billion accord she rejected this week. U.S. District Judge Margo Brodie in Brooklyn made her assessment in an 88-page opinion released on […]
Judge denies Bruce Childers’ effort to be placed on Escambia Supervisor of Elections ballot
After weighing all the testimony following a long afternoon in court, Circuit Judge Jennifer Frydrychowicz said in ruling to leave retired Escambia Attorney Bruce Childers off of the local election ballot that she simply could not bring herself to reverse the decision of a sitting county constitutional officer. “I do not find any basis in […]
Kentucky judge rules against Jewish women who challenged state’s abortion ban
A Jefferson County judge has ruled against three Jewish women who argue that Kentucky’s near-total abortion bans infringe on their religious freedom and their ability to safely carry out a pregnancy. Jefferson County Circuit Judge Brian Edwards on Friday issued an order tossing out a lawsuit brought by Louisville residents Lisa Sobel, Jessica Kalb and […]