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In a new book, Edward Humes raises question after troubling question, pointing to frustrating subjectivity and the power of damning narratives that feed the ponderous process of criminal justice.

Chicago Tribune

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The “Dreadhead Cowboy” will not be able to call Mayor Lori Lightfoot as a witness during his criminal trial, a Cook County judge ruled Monday. Adam Hollingsworth, who gained national fame and adoration last year attending protests and community event

Sunday Tribune

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IT HAS been nearly six years since a Phoenix schoolboy allegedly lost control of the vehicle he was driving, on a narrow street, and ploughed head-on into four workmen on the roadside. Both the legs of one workman were amputated, above the knee, due

The Marshall Project

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The Pakistani witnesses, one after another, told the same story. For two years, Hamid Hayat never left their rural hamlet for more than a few days. He wasted his time playing video games and cricket instead of studying. He certainly never left to tra

MAXIM New Zealand

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In my line of work, positive thinking will get you killed faster than negative thinking will because it denies risk and is driven by emotions rather than by logic. And this is true in every situation. So, instead of trying to always think positively,

WHO

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For Willie “Timmy” Donald, February 27, 1992, was just an ordinary Thursday. Then 23, he spent a carefree afternoon with his older sister and her fiancé, tagging along as they went car shopping at multiple dealerships in the suburbs around their Gary

The Atlantic

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The chances that the criminal cases against the former president will be successful are slim to none, and that will only embolden him and his followers.

Chat

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On a rainy night in February 1991, Neda Mae Carter, then 38, said goodbye to her mum Zella before heading out. Less than two hours later, police responded to a call that an unconscious woman had been spotted in a Brooklyn park. At the scene, police f

MAXIM Australia

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In my line of work, positive thinking will get you killed faster than negative thinking will because it denies risk and is driven by emotions rather than by logic. And this is true in every situation. So, instead of trying to always think positively,

Who Do You Think You Are?

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The first column notes the date that any order has been made, and the second should contain the name of the justice who was responsible, although it is omitted here. The parties and complainants are listed, with the plaintiff first followed by the de

Pick Me Up

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She was a young mum who had lost her way, but Kelli Kramer was turning her life around. Kelli, 31, adored her nineyear-old son Aiden, but while she’d struggled with addictions, he’d gone to live with her parents. But by 2018, Kelli was back on track

Writing Magazine

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Crime, whether true life or fictionalised, is big business and is one of the most popular genres. Readers cannot get enough of murder, intrigue and a good old whodunnit. So this month it’s time for your writing group to think about the criminal world

Sunday Independent

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THE family of Palesa Madiba sighed with relief when the South Gauteng High Court convicted Dumisani Mkhwanazi for the August 2013 murder of the University of Johannesburg student who disappeared after spending a weekend at his home in Phiri, Soweto.

NPR

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Benjamine Spencer's case illustrates how difficult it can be for some prisoners in Texas to prove they did not commit a crime without new and unassailable evidence, such as DNA.

The Atlantic

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Every morning, long before dawn, Benjamine Spencer slips out of his bunk, dresses quietly in his white uniform, and heads to his job. He tiptoes so as not to wake up the 110 men in his dorm room—men who have been convicted of murder, rape, drug traff

Los Angeles Times

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Johnny Depp has won his defamation lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard, a Virginia jury decided Wednesday, with cheers going up outside the courtroom from the crowd of Depp supporters who gathered there. Inside the courtroom, a black-clad Heard kept

Pick Me Up

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Picking her 16-year-old son, Kevon, up from school in Macon, Georgia, Latoya Watkins knew instantly that he was in a bad mood. ‘Everything OK?’ she asked him, but he wasn’t in the mood to chat. When they arrived home, Kevon headed straight up to his

Chicago Tribune

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CHICAGO - A Cook County jury has convicted Corey Morgan of orchestrating the gang revenge slaying of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee just weeks after Morgan's mother and brother were shot in 2015. The verdict comes a day after a separate jury convicted co-def

Futurity

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People who sleep between witnessing a crime and looking at suspects in a police lineup are much less likely to wrongly pick an innocent person—at least when the real perpetrator isn’t there. Some 70 percent of wrongful convictions in the United State

Chicago Tribune

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CHICAGO - The controversy surrounding former Chicago police detective Reynaldo Guevara heated up Monday as one man who claimed he was framed for a murder won a new trial and another filed a federal wrongful conviction lawsuit alleging Guevara fabrica

PC Gamer

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1 Check the autopsy report. It updates automatically as more details get revealed. 2 Press every part of a testimony. Witnesses can reveal more info that you can use. 3 Read the description of every piece of evidence – you might have missed somet

Chat

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When student Jackson Weller transferred to the University of New Mexico in 2018, it was the start of a promising new career with their baseball team, the Lobos. Jackson had grown up playing the sport, and his new coach Ray Birmingham had high hopes f

Newsweek

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Louis Scarcella was once a well-respected detective, known for cracking tough cases. Now he’s accused of fabricating confessions, among other things.

Sunday Independent

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THE adage “justice delayed is justice denied” is acquiring new meaning in an indecent sexual assault case involving the nephew of renowned golfing legend Gary Player that is still not concluded after 14 years. The sentencing of Andrew Da Luca, which

Chicago Tribune

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CHICAGO - Long after Demetrius Johnson completed his sentence for a 1991 killing, his attorneys sought in September to have that conviction thrown out, alleging he was framed by a notorious ex-Chicago police detective while citing newly uncovered doc

Chicago Tribune

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The most delicious moment in the opening round of public impeachment hearings in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday came after overcaffeinated Ohio Republican Rep. Jim Jordan concluded an impassioned demand for the anonymous whistleblower to testify. "Th

Chicago Tribune

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CHICAGO - Corey Morgan may not have fired the bullets that killed 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee, but he had the motive to help orchestrate the revenge slaying, a Cook County prosecutor said Thursday as closing arguments got underway in the Leighton Criminal

APC

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Check the autopsy report. It updates automatically as more details get revealed. Press every part of a testimony. Witnesses can reveal more info that you can use. Read the description of every piece of evidence – you might have missed something.

Post South Africa

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A TONGAAT businessman accused of causing the deaths of three friends who were carpooling nine years ago, was last week found guilty of culpable homicide. Shalan Sewshanker, 33, drove through a red traffic light on the R102 near Ottawa on June 15, 201

NPR

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Franklin Gebhardt was sentenced to life in prison plus an additional 20 years for brutally murdering Timothy Coggins. Prosecutors said Gebhardt killed Coggins for socializing with a white woman.