‘Culture of brutality’ in Chicago jail charged in lawsuit
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Prisoners at Chicago’s Cook County Jail live in fear due to a “culture of brutality and lawlessness” that subjects them to physical abuse by guards, a civil rights lawsuit filed in federal court in Chicago said on Thursday.
Oklahoma House passes new abortion restrictions bill
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – The Oklahoma House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill on Thursday to apply new restrictions on abortions that lawmakers said are aimed at protecting women’s health but opponents say are designed to shut down clini…
October trial date set for accused Colorado theater gunman
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) – A Colorado judge on Thursday set a new trial date in October for James Holmes, the former neuroscience graduate student accused of killing 12 moviegoers in a shooting spree at a suburban Denver cinema in 2012.
Senate panel faults new U.S. law to fight offshore tax dodging
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate investigators have sharply criticized the implementation of a new Obama administration law meant to fight offshore tax evasion by Americans, saying that “gaping loopholes” in the law could let shell companies skirt it…
Unauthorized video of U.S. Supreme Court protest posted online
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – For the first time, video footage of U.S. Supreme Court proceedings has been recorded and posted online.
Islamic cleric plans to testify in own defense at New York trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Radical Islamist cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri plans to testify in his own defense at his trial on terrorism charges in New York in April, according to a letter to the judge overseeing his case.
‘Culture of brutality’ in Chicago jail charged in lawsuit
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Prisoners at Cook County Jail in Chicago live in fear due to a “culture of brutality and lawlessness” that subjects them to physical abuse by guards, charged a lawsuit filed in federal court in Chicago on Thursday.
Carjacking ring that resold vehicles in West Africa busted in New Jersey
TOTOWA, NJ (Reuters) – A group of 32 men was charged on Thursday with running an international carjacking ring that stole luxury vehicles in New York and New Jersey and shipped them to West Africa for resale, state authorities said.
New York librarian with tools to rape, kill woman was fantasizing -defense
NEW YORK (Reuters) – It ended up requiring two bags to carry all the tools he thought they would need to capture, torture, rape and kill the woman they had been watching.
Lawyers argue whether Kennedy’s drug-driving error was criminal
WHITE PLAINS, New York (Reuters) – Attorneys in the drugged driving trial of the daughter of assassinated U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy on Thursday debated whether Kerry Kennedy made a criminal mistake when she crashed her car in 2012 after inadverten…
