Chicago man convicted of a 2003 murder has been released after his twin brother stepped forward and confessed after serving nearly 20 years CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago man convicted of a 2003 murder has been granted a new trial, years after his twin brother stepped forward and confessed to the crime. Kevin Dugar was […]
“We know that because of the unique position Eric is in, we have some very real safety concerns about where he would be housed if he were to be taken into custody on the day of the sentencing,” Hastings argued. She added, “I think it is a reasonable request just to have a feel so […]
Either choice amounts to a stiff sentence. Even if the judge allows a possibility of parole, the McMichaels and Bryan will have to serve at least 30 years in prison first. For Travis McMichael, who is 35, “that could make a significant difference,” said Page Pate, an Atlanta criminal defense attorney who isn’t involved in […]
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jurors on Thursday convicted a suburban Minneapolis police officer of two manslaughter charges in the killing of Daunte Wright, a Black motorist she shot during a traffic stop after she said she confused her gun for her Taser. The mostly white jury deliberated for about four days before finding former Brooklyn Center officer Kim Potter guilty of first-degree […]
An Ohio man has been convicted in the fatal shooting of two teens he found smoking marijuana inside a vehicle in his garage. Victor Santana, 65, of Dayton, Ohio will be sentenced later this month after being convicted of murder and felonious assault on Thursday. Santana shot the two 17-year-olds when he found them inside […]
A former police officer and NASA employee who allegedly used a racial slur against his mixed-race neighbor has been found guilty of the man’s murder according to PEOPLE. Michael Hetle was accused of first-degree murder in the March 3, 2020, fatal shooting of 24-year-old Javon Prather, who was standing on the 52-year-old’s Springfield, Va., doorstep […]
A white man has been convicted of a racist act against a Black family early last summer. The Department of Justice for the Western District of Virginia announced that a Marion man was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for burning a cross in the front yard of Black family in June 2020. 41-year-old […]
Former University Of Kansas student Albert Wilson will get a new trial after Judge Sally Pokorny agreed that his court-appointed trial attorney provided ineffective assistance of counsel, according to Fox4 KC. In 2019, Wilson was convicted of raping a 17-year-old girl that he met at a bar in Lawrence, Kansas, when he was 20. He was sentenced to […]