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Trials

Man who shot ex-Saints star Will Smith receives 25-year prison sentence for manslaughter

Smith was a key member of the Super Bowl-winning Saints team in 2010.

New York’s highest court overturns Harvey Weinstein’s landmark #MeToo rape and assault convictions

The state's high appeals court ordered a new trial for Weinstein in part because a judge allowed women to testify about other uncharged sexual assaults and "prior bad acts" at his 2020 trial.

Backpage executives acquitted of previous prostitution, money laundering convictions

A federal judge spared the former executives of the classified ads website of more than half the convictions they were handed by a jury in November.

Finger guns in court

HARRISBURG, Penn. — The Pennsylvania Superior Court upheld the sentencing of a criminal defendant who formed his hand in the shape of a gun and pointed it at a testifying witness during trial. The court had enough evidence to convict him of criminal contempt.

Colorado judge sentences serial suer to 12 years in prison

A jury in March found Brett Nelson guilty of criminal extortion, conspiracy and retaliation.

Jury begins deliberations in San Diego antifa conspiracy case

Defense attorneys for Jeremy White and Brian Lightfoot claim their clients did not participate in a conspiracy to violently disrupt right-wing protesters in San Diego in 2021.

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