By The Associated Press | December 6, 2023
Norman Beckwood, 29, of Memphis, entered a guilty plea to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, the U.S. Attorney's Office for Mississippi's Northern District said in a news release. U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock then sentenced Beckwood to 62 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release. He also was ordered to pay $10,620,452 in restitution to the Small Business Administration, the office said.
By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press | December 6, 2023
Civil rights attorneys Ben Crump and Harry Daniels told reporters Tuesday that the sum represents $1 million for every year Leonard Cure spent imprisoned in Florida on a wrongful conviction. He was killed just three years after Florida authorities set him free.
By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press | December 6, 2023
The lawsuit filed Monday says the officer's body camera video shows the tow truck driver straddling Johnny Hollman Sr. during the tussle Aug. 10, "appearing to sit with his full body weight" on Hollman's head and neck.
By Marianna Wharry | December 5, 2023
"Allowing the [c]ounty to forsake its duty because Mr. Batton acted in a manner that the jail was required to protect him from is 'unsupportable from a policy perspective,'" the opinion said. "Anything short of requiring a jail to protect its inmates from a reasonably foreseeable self-injury would render a jail's duty meaningless."
By Thomas Spigolon | December 5, 2023
"Every single count of the indictment relates to that political speech. We don't jail people for this in this country," said Christopher Anulewicz, attorney for Robert Cheeley.
By Avalon Zoppo | December 4, 2023
Appeals court grapples with the statutory definitions of "restricted grounds" and "knowingly."
Daily Report Online | Commentary|Expert Opinion
By Alexes Harris and Alex R. Piquero | December 4, 2023
At times, people are sentenced to pay without incarceration, but frequently people across the U.S. are sentenced to both jail time and fiscal penalties. ... But these fines and fees are often levied without any consideration for an individual's ability to pay—and can add up to thousands of dollars. Given the potential consequences of legal debt on people unable to pay, including the loss of the right to vote and further criminal infractions, we conducted a multistate study on the impact of fines and fees.
By Alexander Lugo | December 4, 2023
Manuel Rocha, the former U.S. ambassador to Bolivia, rejoined the firm in December 2022. According to federal prosecutors, he met in 2022 and 2023 with an undercover FBI agent and admitted to "40 years" of work on behalf of Cuba.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Barry Kamins | December 4, 2023
The New York Police Department has conducted thousands of automobile inventory searches. For the first time, however, the New York Court of Appeals has held that the police department's protocol authorizing these searches meets constitutional standards.
By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press | December 1, 2023
"Can you imagine the notion of the Republican nominee for president not being able to campaign for the presidency because he is, in some form or fashion, in a courtroom defending himself?" Trump lawyer Steve Sadow said during the Friday hearing, later adding, "That would be the most effective election interference in the history of the United States."
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