Boston bomb suspect influenced by Al Qaeda: expert witness
BOSTON (Reuters) – Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was heavily influenced by al Qaeda literature and lectures, some of which was found on his laptop, a counterterrorism expert testified at his trial on Monday.
Washington state auditor says federal probe may be linked to a past business
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Washington state auditor Troy Kelley, whose home was searched last week by U.S. Treasury Department agents, said on Monday he was aware federal investigators had questions about his former company’s finances but was puzzled as to wh…
Chicago police use stop-and-frisk excessively: ACLU report
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The Chicago Police Department defended its policing tactics on Monday after the American Civil Liberties Union reported what it said were excessive stop-and-frisk searches compared with other U.S. cities.
New Orleans judge declares Robert Durst major flight risk, denies bail
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – Robert Durst, the real estate scion awaiting extradition to California to face a murder charge, was denied bail on Monday after a judge deemed him to be a potential danger to others and a likely flight risk.
Madoff feeder fund settles; victims’ recovery tops $10.6 billion
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The trustee recovering money for Bernard Madoff’s victims on Monday announced a settlement to recoup $93 million from a “feeder fund” that sent client money to the swindler’s firm, boosting the total sum raised to roughly $10.65 bi…
Protesters call for charges in San Francisco police shooting
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Protesters rallied outside a San Francisco police station on Monday, calling for prosecutors to reverse course and file charges against officers who shot and killed a man who pointed a stun gun at them in a city park, firing a…
Franklin Templeton files opening brief in appeal of Stockton, CA, bankruptcy exit plan
(Reuters) – The holdout creditor in Stockton, California’s bankruptcy case filed its opening brief in an appeal of the city’s reorganization plan on Monday, claiming “no bondholder has ever received so little in the history of municipal bankruptcy.”
Zimmerman blames Obama for racial tensions after Trayvon Martin shooting
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – George Zimmerman, acquitted of murder charges in the shooting death of an unarmed black teen in Florida, said in a videotaped interview that President Barack Obama stoked racial tensions in the case.
Arkansas moves to resume executions after 10-year hiatus
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) – A decade after the last execution in Arkansas, a ruling by the state’s Supreme Court has moved the state back on a path to resuming capital punishment by lethal injection.
U.S. justices voice support for criminal justice reform
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two members of the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday voiced support for efforts in Congress to reform the American criminal justice system, criticizing the reliance on mandatory minimum sentences in recent decades and the penal system…
