Criminal Justice
1 of 2 Colorado officers convicted in Elijah McClain’s death after neck hold, ketamine injection
Officer Randy Roedema was found guilty by the 12-person jury of criminally negligent homicide and third-degree assault. Officer Jason Rosenblatt was found not guilty.
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ACLU sues Delaware for ‘deliberate indifference’ to medical care in prisons
The lawsuit cites numerous alleged examples of prisoners being denied care, including one man recently diagnosed with terminal cancer.
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‘Prophet of Doom’ who wounded 10 in subway shooting is sentenced to life in prison
Frank James pleaded guilty to terrorism charges earlier this year for the April 2022 mass shooting.
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Menendez tells Senate colleagues he won’t resign, remains defiant amid bribery charges
Speaking at a closed-door caucus luncheon on Thursday in the Capitol, Menendez echoed his previous public statements in response to last week’s indictment.
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"These buildings ... they don't need your protection,” Mike Africa Jr. said of police. “Who needs your protection is people like Eddie.”
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Judge dismisses all charges against Philly police officer Mark Dial after Eddie Irizarry killing
Dial was suspended after officials said he refused to cooperate with investigators. Police said Dial was fired in mid-September.
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Perdue Farms and Tyson Foods under federal inquiry over reports of illegal child labor
The two major poultry producers after reports that migrant children as young as 13 have been working overnight shifts to clean the companies' plants.
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Hundreds of families are affected by gun violence across Philadelphia each year — many cases go unsolved, leaving those left behind to grieve and fight for justice.
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Escaped Missouri inmate on the run since June captured in Chester County, Pa.
An "armed and dangerous" inmate who escaped a jail in Barry County, Missouri earlier this summer was arrested on Thursday in Avondale, Pennsylvania.
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Hunter Biden plans to plead not guilty in felony gun case
The president's son was indicted last week after a plea deal with federal prosecutors fell apart.
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Ray Epps, center of a Jan. 6 conspiracy theory, is charged with a misdemeanor over the Capitol riot
Epps says he was falsely accused by Fox of being a government agent whipping up trouble that would be blamed on President Donald Trump's supporters. Fox hasn't commented.
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As captured fugitive resumes sentence in the U.S., homicide in his native Brazil remains unsolved
Cavalcante allegedly shot a man in Brazil in 2017, but he stood to receive a considerably lighter sentence.
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A Jan. 6 rioter was convicted and sentenced in secret. No one will say why
Pennsylvania resident Samuel Lazar was arrested in July 2021 and had been jailed since then on charges in the Jan. 6 insurrection.
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Police release new age-progression photo of girl who vanished from N.J. park 4 years ago
In the four years since the Dulce Maria Alavez's disappearance, hundreds of interviews have been conducted and investigators continue to follow up on every tip reported.
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Hunter Biden indicted on federal firearms charges in long-running probe weeks after plea deal failed
President Joe Biden's son has also been under investigation for his business dealings.
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