Judge says conditions for terrorism defendants are not unreasonable
Earlier this month, another judge in the District of Columbia's federal court upheld prosecutors’ use of the same obstruction charge in a separate case against two riot defendants. The case against Nordean, Biggs, Rehl and Donohoe is a focus of the Justice Department's sprawling i...
The judge in March had thrown out six counts of the indictment, a ruling that prosecutors are appealing. Even with a total of nine counts quashed, 32 counts remain, including an overarching racketeering charge brought against all of the defendants. Advertisement At issue in T...
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Nov. 23: The prosecution, in its rebuttal, calls Brian Andersen, Kitty Menendez’s brother. He says the Menendez parents were loving and caring, but their sons were brats. Dec. 6: Weisberg rules that the evidence does not justify a legal instruction giving jurors the option of outright acqu...
"Nowhere can this Court find or has been provided any authority allowing the use of a van or vehicle as an alternate absentee voting vehicle," the judge wrote. He rejected the argument from defendants that the use of mobile voting sites was allowable because there is no specific pro...
The fifth indictment was "in retaliation for defendants’ past success in having other charges dismissed,” Friedman said. "Such vindictive or retaliatory prosecution is a due process violation of the most basic sort.” Saima Mohsin, the acting U.S. attorney in Detroit, said she was disappointe...
which state officials swear to uphold, contain numerous clauses that impose myriad responsibilities on office holders. In the above described counts, McAfee concluded, the indictment is insufficient because it does not spell out which of these responsibilities were implicated by the defendants’ alleged...
It is unclear who will take over as the county sheriff following the arrest of Stines, who had been sheriff for about eight years. There are cameras inside the building and all witnesses will be interviewed, he said. “This community is small in nature, and we’re all shook,” Gay...
The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson attends the 2nd annual Attorney Benjamin Crump Equal Justice Now Awards at Courtyard by Marriott Los Angeles LAX/Century Boulevard on June 10, 2022.(Unique Nicole/Getty Images) McAfee is also presiding over allegations brought by a handful of co-...