El Paso juries returned not guilty verdicts in several criminal cases, including unrelated trials involving charges of murder and sexual abuse of a child. An El Paso jury also acquitted a woman of intoxicated manslaughter and convicted her of misdemeanor driving while intoxicated in a fatal 2021 crash, while another woman was sentenced by a […]
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Rallies and debates used to define campaigns. Now they’re about juries and trials
NEW YORK (AP) — Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump has been sitting for hours a day in a Manhattan courtroom, where his hush-money trial is nearing its end. On Monday, a trial is set to begin in Wilmington, Delaware, for President Joe Biden‘s son Hunter, who is accused of lying on a federal gun purchase […]
Judge dismisses murder charges against Punaluu man after 2 hung juries
Mar. 27—There will be no third murder trial Aug. 5 for Ray T.K. Sheldon for allegedly fatally shooting a 31-year-old acquaintance nearly five years ago, the night of April 19, 2019, outside Sheldon’s Punaluu home, then dragging his body to a banana patch behind his house. There will be no third murder trial Aug. 5 […]
Juries keep doling out massive awards in defamation cases — but it might not be enough to stop people like Trump
Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, and Alex Jones were ordered to pay massive damages in defamation cases. Legal experts say social media incentivizes people seeking notoriety to make defamatory claims. But it also means the damages from defamation can be far greater. Former president Donald Trump on Friday was slapped with an $83.3 judgment after a […]
Legal expert says Jack Smith can get “devastating” Trump evidence: Juries “eat it up”
A recently discovered recording that reportedly includes audio of former President Donald Trump and RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel conspiring with Michigan officials to subvert the 2020 presidential election will be the focus of special counsel Jack Smith’s prosecutorial evidence, according to MSNBC legal analyst Danny Cevallos. “There was a lot of talk this last week about, […]