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Mother of Daunte Wright Speaks to Judge Before Sentencing of Kim Potter
Former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter was sentenced to two years in prison for first- and second-degree manslaughter in the death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright. Potter says that she mistook her gun for her taser and shot Wright at a traffic stop in April last year.
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Justice Department Urges Judge to Halt Texas Abortion Law
A federal judge is deciding whether to block the nation’s most restrictive abortion law, which has banned most abortions in Texas since early September and sent women racing hundreds of miles to get care outside the state
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Maryland Judge About to Be Arrested by FBI, Kills Himself, Officials Say
A Maryland Eastern Shore judge who was about to be arrested at his home on federal charges of sexual exploitation of a child was found dead Friday, officials said.
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U.S. Marshals Service Lacks Resources to Protect Federal Judges Even as Threats Surge 81%, Report Says
A DOJ watchdog says threats to federal judges and prosecutors have skyrocketed even as the U.S. Marshals Service faces budget and staff shortfalls.
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Trailblazing Former San Diego Judges Reflect
NBC 7’s Jacke Crea had a chat with two retired Black judges who had to fight through racism and discrimination on their way to becoming trailblazers in their profession.
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Montana Judge Blocks Actions by Trump's Former Land Boss
A Montana judge blocked three land-use plans that would have opened most U.S.-owned lands in the state to energy development
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NY Judge: Postal Service Must Process Election Mail in a Timely Manner
The U.S. Postal Service must live up to its responsibilities to timely process election mail by treating it as a priority, a New York judge ordered on Monday, adding that the agency’s workers should be permitted to make extra deliveries and work overtime near the November presidential election.
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Ex-Hubby of ‘Real Housewives of NJ' Star Hired Mobster to Assault Her Boyfriend, Feds Allege
“Real Housewives of New Jersey” star Dina Manzo’s ex-husband and an alleged member of an organized crime family were charged by federal prosecutors Tuesday with conspiring to assault Manzo’s then-boyfriend in an incident in 2015. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Jersey said Thomas Manzo and John Perna faces multiple charges over the assault on her now-husband, David Cantin...
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Judge: US Must Free Migrant Children From Family Detention
A federal judge has ordered the release of children held with their parents in U.S. immigration jails and denounced the Trump administration’s prolonged detention of families during the coronavirus pandemic
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Trailblazing Judge Hangs Up His Robe
People in Alexandria turned out Friday to celebrate the retirement of the circuit court’s first Black judge. News4’s Northern Virginia bureau chief Julie Carey reports.
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Judge Sets June 4 Hearing for Suspects in Arbery Slaying
A Georgia judge has scheduled a court hearing next week for three men charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery
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Judge Orders Inspection of DC Jail
Inspectors will soon check the conditions inside the D.C. jail after concern about the spread of the coronavirus among inmates. News4’s Scott MacFarlane reports.
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Judge Rules Head of Immigration Agency Was Unlawfully Named
A federal judge has ruled that Ken Cuccinelli was unlawfully appointed to lead the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency and, as a result, lacks authority to give asylum seekers less time to prepare for initial screening interviews
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Maryland Police Officer Accused of Raping Woman in Custody Held Without Bond
An attorney for a former police officer accused of raping a woman he had in custody says his client is innocent and asked for his release. Prince George’s County Bureau Chief Tracee Wilkins reports a judge denied the request.
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Man Gets 9 Years in Prison in ‘Ghost Guns' Case
A judge sentenced a man to 40 years in prison with all but nine years suspended in an illegal firearms case.
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Maryland Man Sentenced in ‘Ghost Gun' Operation
A Silver Spring man will spend almost a decade in prison in a case of mass production of illegal guns. Investigators call the fire arms ghost guns because they can’t be traced. News4’s Meagan Fitzgerald reports those weapons landed in the hands of some of the most dangerous criminals in the community.
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Brazil's President Criticizes Leonardo DiCaprio Over Amazon Fires
Without offering proof, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday said actor Leonardo DiCaprio had funded nonprofit groups that he claimed are partly responsible for fires in the Amazon this year. Bolsonaro’s remarks about the American actor were part of a wider government campaign against environmental nonprofit groups operating in Brazil. DiCaprio’s environmental organization Earth Alliance has pledged $5 million to...
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Willie Veasy Celebrates Thanksgiving at Home After 27 Years Behind Bars
Willie Veasy celebrated this Thanksgiving at home with his family. Until last month Veasy spent decades in prison for a murder he didn’t commit. The NBC10 Investigators have been following his story and we’ve checked in with Veasy to see how he’s doing.
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Librarians Need Restraining Orders Against Threatening, Violent Patrons
Libraries are built for reading and research, and librarians are trained to help patrons find what they need. But staffers at San Diego city libraries are also coping with threats to their safety and occasional violence, according to court records and interviews. At least 16 city library department employees have asked judges for protection from unruly patrons, according to documents...
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Fired Navy Leader Highly Critical of Trump in SEAL Case
Richard Spencer, who was fired at Navy secretary for his handling of a SEAL war crimes case championed by President Donald Trump, wrote Wednesday that the commander in chief “has very little understanding” of how the American military works. The extraordinary accusation came in an opinion piece published on The Washington Post’s website Wednesday evening, three days after he was...