Criminal law – United States
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Calvin Duncan’s story is one of perseverance, injustice, and an unrelenting pursuit of justice—not just for himself, but for countless others. After being wrongly convicted of murder in 1985 due to a mistaken eyewitness identification, he spent 28.5 years in the Louisiana State Penitentiary, commonly known as Angola. The prison, which occupies 18,000 acres of…
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Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter has filed a lawsuit against his former sexual assault accuser, Jane Doe, along with her attorneys, Anthony Buzbee and David Fortney, and Buzbee’s law firm, alleging that the accusations against him were knowingly fabricated and motivated by financial gain. The lawsuit, filed on Monday, comes after Jane Doe voluntarily dismissed her previous…
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Trump-appointed interim U.S. Attorney in Washington, D.C., Ed Martin has demoted several senior prosecutors who worked on high-profile cases related to the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and Trump allies, including Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro. The decision, which permanently reassigns at least seven experienced prosecutors to handling low-level misdemeanors in D.C.…
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The mother of Ramon McGhee, a man who died in custody at the Shelby County Jail, has filed a federal lawsuit alleging severe neglect by jail staff. Civil rights attorney Ben Crump has been retained by the family to seek justice for McGhee, who was found unresponsive in his cell at 201 Poplar on January…
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Authorities in Birmingham, Alabama, have charged 22-year-old Damien McDaniel in connection with 14 murders spanning a 14-month period. His alleged crimes accounted for 8.6% of all violent deaths in the city last year, marking one of the most extensive murder cases in Birmingham’s recent history. McDaniel remains in custody without bond as investigations continue, reports…
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After a high-profile three-week trial, rapper A$AP Rocky, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, was acquitted of all charges in his 2021 felony shooting case. A jury at the Los Angeles Superior Court delivered the not-guilty verdict on February 18, bringing an end to a legal battle that could have resulted in a lengthy prison…
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Houston attorney Tony Buzbee has dropped a civil lawsuit accusing Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter and Sean “Diddy” Combs of sexually assaulting a teenage girl. The case was dismissed with prejudice, preventing it from being refiled. Jay-Z, who strongly denied the allegations, called the lawsuit a “money grab” and criticized the legal system for allowing baseless claims.…
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Taylor Wright, a former police officer turned private investigator, dedicated her career to solving crimes. But in a shocking twist of fate, she became the victim of a crime that stunned the Florida legal community—a murder orchestrated by her own close friend, Ashley McArthur, a crime scene investigator-turned-business owner. Wright disappeared on September 8, 2017,…
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Tom Goldstein, the renowned Supreme Court litigator and founder of SCOTUSblog, was arrested Monday after prosecutors argued he posed an “urgent risk of flight” due to his undisclosed cryptocurrency transactions, according to court filings. Federal prosecutors allege that Goldstein, who was charged in January in a 22-count indictment for tax fraud and making false statements…
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The U.S. Department of Justice has directed federal prosecutors to drop the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. The case, which accused Adams of bribery and campaign finance violations, had made him the first sitting NYC mayor in modern history to face federal indictment. According to an internal memo obtained by Bloomberg…
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