(AP) — After reviewing new evidence, a Tennessee judge has overturned the conviction of a man serving life in prison for a 1998 slaying. The ruling Tuesday came nearly two weeks after the Davidson County District Attorney’s Office filed a motion to vacate the charges against Joseph Webster...
contending that he was evasive on the stand and had carefully crafted his answers to downplay his culpability. They noted that Martin and his attorney had attended a recent Jan. 6 trial McFadden presided over and studied how to craft a defense that might play to his previous rulings. ...
In a written ruling, the judge stated: "They must at least prove that such fraud is 'certainly impending'. They haven’t met that burden." Earlier this year the judge asked the Trump campaign to provide evidence of actual fraud, but the campaign declined, arguing it did not have ...
Thursday's hearing, following months of delays in the case, came a week after special counsel Jack Smith filed thenew indictmentthat revised the original Jan. 6 charges to reflect the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark ruling that Trump isentitled to immunityfrom criminal prosecution for official ...
On Jan. 12, 2023, the federal court denied that request, ruling the state court should continue to handle the case. Two weeks later, PNC filed a motion to dismiss, arguing against Joyce’s claims of negligence and breach of fiduciary duty, as well as the jeweler’s request for attor...
The plan represents a reasonable response to the financial condition of the segregated account and Ambac generally by addressing the serious of financial hazards to policyholders, creditors and the public,” wrote William Johnston, the Lafayette County judge overseeing the plan in a Jan. 21 ruling...
‘It feels like Joe McCarthy’: Weissmann reacts to FBI turning over list of worked on Jan 6th probe 04:36 ‘We pay his salary and he sounds like a cheerleader’: Nicolle Wallace on Mike Johnson’s capitulation 08:51 ‘Catastrophic to national security’:...
Tracy Jan, Globe Staff
Isn't every criminal sentencing hearing a "court ruling that imposes limits on those rights"? When the judge sentences someone to prison he denies them all the rights I listed in post #37. Is that an issue of concern for you? Then there are the most extreme cases...
His ruling does not mean Trump will be charged with a crime, or even investigated. But the opinion will increase pressure on the Justice Department to intensify its probe of the Jan. 6 riot, and potentially examine the conduct of Trump himself. While Attorney General Merrick Garland has vowed...