Texas officer acquitted of assault in fatal 2019 shooting

The verdict upset Turner’s family. Her family and Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said jurors were prevented by the judge from hearing evidence related to past encounters Turner and Delacruz had and his knowledge about her struggles with mental illness. “This is not fair, and we are tired of it,” said Antoinette Dorsey-James, Turner’s […]

Former Virginia Tech football player acquitted after beating man to death he says he thought was a woman

Last week a jury acquitted a former Virginia Tech football player who had been accused of fatally beating a man he says he initially believed was a woman from a Tinder match. 19-year-old Isimemen Etute was found not guilty of a charge of second-degree murder in the 2021 death of Jerry Smith, 40, of Blacksburg. […]