civil settlement
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The United States government has agreed to pay $5 million to the family of Ashli Babbitt, the woman fatally shot by a Capitol police officer during the January 6th, 2021 riot, in a rare unnegotiated settlement under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA). The news was highlighted this week by Georgia attorney Stephanie R. Lindsey…
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During the federal proceedings against music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, Cassandra “Cassie” Ventura, the plaintiff in a previously settled civil lawsuit, took the stand and delivered an emotional and detailed account of her past relationship with Combs. Her testimony, part of the prosecution’s case in an ongoing criminal trial, included…
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A 71-year-old man who spent nearly five decades in prison for a murder he did not commit has been awarded $7.15 million in a settlement after it was revealed that police falsified witness statements to secure his conviction. Glynn Ray Simmons, the longest-serving inmate in U.S. history to be exonerated, was wrongfully imprisoned for 48…
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