criminal law
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Sean “Diddy” Combs is continuing to fight his federal conviction under the Mann Act, arguing that prosecutors relied on the wrong legal definition of prostitution when securing his guilty verdict. According to new court filings, Combs’ legal team is asking U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian to either acquit him of the charges or grant him…
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The American legal landscape reflects a patchwork of state-level variations, shaped by demographics, geography, culture, and legislative priorities. While all fifty states recognize and prosecute the full spectrum of crimes, patterns emerge that reveal which offenses are most prevalent in certain jurisdictions. Understanding these trends not only informs policymakers but also helps legal practitioners, scholars,…
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A Black lesbian couple is calling for accountability and federal hate crime charges after a violent encounter in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, escalated into an alleged racially motivated attack involving firearms, threats, and a car crash that left one victim with serious injuries. Amylah Majors, 25, and her wife, Jamaria Gaskins, 24, say they were physically…
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Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters announced that Officer Bowers, who was seen on a viral video punching a man during a traffic stop recently, has been stripped of his police powers—despite the State Attorney’s Office determining that no criminal laws were broken by any officers involved in the incident. At a press conference, Sheriff Waters released…
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Nearly a year after his conviction, the 2024 murder of Taya Ashton, a 20-year-old Black transgender woman, continues to reverberate across the nation. DeAllen Price, the man who fatally shot Ashton in her Maryland apartment, was sentenced to 60 years in prison, with 12 years suspended, effectively handing him a 48-year sentence for a crime…
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As the high-profile racketeering and sex-trafficking trial of music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs rounds up its third week in federal court, some of the prosecution’s key allegations have come into sharper focus. However, significant unresolved issues could ultimately shape the outcome of a case the government has framed as a sprawling criminal enterprise fueled by…
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In a significant development in the ongoing federal investigation into Sean “Diddy” Combs, Regina Ventura, the mother of singer Cassie Ventura, took the stand Tuesday and testified that Combs allegedly threatened to release explicit videos of her daughter in 2011 unless he was paid$20,000. The testimony was delivered during federal proceedings scrutinizing alleged sexual misconduct,…
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Jury Selection Begins in Arizona Trial of “Doomsday Mom” Lori Vallow Daybell Jury selection is set to commence on March 31, 2025, in the Arizona trial of Lori Vallow Daybell, the Utah woman convicted in Idaho for the 2019 murders of her two children. In Arizona, she faces a charge of conspiracy to commit murder…
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A Virginia judge has granted a $25,000 bond to Erin Strotman, a former NICU nurse accused of abusing multiple newborns in her care, a decision that has sparked outrage among families of the affected infants. Strotman, 26, faces charges of malicious wounding and child abuse after surveillance footage allegedly captured her mishandling a newborn in…
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Two Estonian nationals have pleaded guilty in the United States to operating a $577 million cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme through their company, HashFlare. The scam deceived hundreds of thousands of investors worldwide, falsely promising cryptocurrency mining profits. How the Scheme Worked Between 2015 and 2019, Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turõgin, both 40, sold contracts through HashFlare,…
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