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Let the parade begin. Country stars are coming to U.S. Bank Stadium. Kenny Chesney was expected. After all, he’s country’s king of stadium concerts (he’s back again on May 4). But on Saturday, Chris Stapleton kicked off a run of three new country-affiliated stadium performers. Stapleton may be one of the most award-winning country artists […]
An appellate court has reversed a federal conviction against former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska, ruling that he should not have been tried in Los Angeles By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press December 26, 2023, 2:31 PM ET • 3 min read LOS ANGELES — An appellate court on Tuesday reversed a 2022 federal conviction against […]
Douglass Mackey, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Ann M. Donnelly to 7 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to interfere with potential voters’ right to vote in the 2016 election for the Office of the President of the United States. Douglass Mackey, also known as “Ricky Vaughn,” was previously […]
A Black man who spent more than 16 years in prison in Florida on a wrongful conviction has been fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy in Georgia during a traffic stop October 16, 2023, 5:33 PM ET • 4 min read KINGSLAND, Ga. — A Black man who spent more than 16 years imprisoned in […]
KINGSLAND, Ga. (AP) — A Black man who spent more than 16 years imprisoned in Florida on a wrongful conviction was fatally shot Monday by a sheriff’s deputy in Georgia during a traffic stop, authorities said. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation, which is reviewing the shooting, identified the man as Leonard Allen Cure, 53. Cure […]
A federal appeals court on Thursday overturned the sentence and the conviction of a Black man after a white federal judge in Michigan had said during a court proceeding that the man “looks like a criminal to me.” The remarks were made in 2020, two years after the man, Leron Liggins, was charged in Michigan […]
An appeals court says a Detroit federal judge violated the rights of a Black man when he said in court, ‘This guy looks like a criminal to me By ED WHITE Associated Press August 3, 2023, 4:01 PM ET • 2 min read DETROIT — An appeals court on Thursday overturned the drug conviction of […]
6th Circuit appeals court says Judge Stephen Murphy made ‘unacceptable remarks’ Defendant’s case will be reassigned for new trial (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court has overturned a Black man’s drug conviction and 10-1/2 year prison sentence, citing a Detroit judge’s “inappropriate remarks” before trial . . .
CNN — A Black man in Michigan had his drug conviction vacated due to a district court judge saying the man “looks like a criminal to me,” according to a federal appellate court ruling. Leron Liggins was sentenced to more than 10 years in federal prison in March 2022 by US District Court Judge . […]
NEW YORK, June 30 (Reuters) – The U.S. government has urged an appeals court to uphold Ghislaine Maxwell’s conviction and 20-year prison sentence for helping the disgraced late financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls. In a Thursday night filing with the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan, federal prosecutors said none of […]