UPDATE July 3rd: Judge Brian M. Cogan has denied Joaquín Guzmán’s motion for an evidentiary hearing and a retrial, which his legal team requested based on allegations of juror misconduct. He will face sentencing later this month. **** Defense attorneys for convicted drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán have filed …
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A Sacramento judge has ruled that alleged Golden State Killer Joseph DeAngelo, 73, cannot afford a private defense attorney and will continue to be represented by a public defender. At a hearing on Thursday, December 6th, Sacramento Superior Court Judge Michael Sweet declared that DeAngelo is indigent after reviewing his …
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More than half of all female murder victims in 2017 were killed by an intimate partner or family member, according to a new study published by the United Nations office on Drugs and Crime. A total of around 87,000 women were killed by homicide worldwide last year, and about 50,000 …
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Police are struggling to put together the pieces of tragic mystery that stretches from Saudi Arabia, to sleepy Fairfax, Virginia, and finally the shores of the Hudson River in New York City, where the bodies of two young women were discovered, duct-taped together at the waist and ankles, face to …
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Two girls, ages 11 and 12, were arrested in Bartow, Florida, on Tuesday in a foiled plot to murder several of their classmates and drink their blood. (Rolling Stone has chosen to not name the individuals, due to their age.) Police say the girls were caught with several blades — …
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A Florida woman who has already spent nearly three years in jail for posting racy breastfeeding videos on YouTube was acquitted on 33 out of 34 charges earlier this week. A Tallahassee jury of six found Leigh Felten, 34, guilty of one count of lewd lascivious performance, a second-degree felony …
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