A federal judge ordered prosecutors to turn over unredacted discovery documents in the case against the 39, as defense attorneys argued nearly every name of law enforcement officers and witnesses had been redacted, making a legal defense functionally impossible.
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Army Veteran Released After Judge Rejects Federal Bid to Detain Protester in Cities Church Case
A federal judge rejected prosecutors’ request to detain U.S. Army veteran Ian Davis Austin, ordering his release from federal custody.
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A sentence, finally, but still no justice for Breonna Taylor
A federal judge rejected a one-day sentencing request from Trump’s DOJ for former Louisville officer Brett Hankison and imposed a nearly three-year prison sentence for his role in the 2020 raid that killed Breonna Taylor. Taylor’s family says the ruling offers a start — but not full justice.
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All six former ‘Goon Squad’ officers sentenced for violent civil rights offenses in Mississippi
Former Mississippi Sheriff’s Deputy Hunter Elward and Jeffrey Middleton were sentenced to 20-year and 17-and-a-half years in prison, respectively, for the torture of two Black men.
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Federal court rejects Alabama GOP’s defiant voting map, will draw new map that expands Black voting power
At issue in the Alabama case was whether the power of Black voters was diluted by dividing them into districts where White voters dominate.
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R. Kelly found guilty in New York of sex trafficking, racketeering
A federal jury in New York convicted R&B singer R. Kelly on multiple counts of racketeering and sex trafficking charges.