Latest Juries News
Nearly $100 million awarded to the family of a man fatally shot in his apartment by an officer
DALLAS (AP) — The family of a man shot and killed by a Dallas police officer who said she mistook his apartment for her own was awarded nearly $100 million Wednesday in a federal civil trial. The jury found after a three-day trial that ex-officer Amber Guyger used excessive force...
Sig Sauer ordered to pay $11 million to Philadelphia man wounded by pistol that went off by itself
A Philadelphia jury awarded $11 million on Wednesday to a man whose holstered Sig Sauer pistol went off by itself while he was going down the stairs, causing a serious leg injury — the second major verdict this year against the embattled gun manufacturer over its P320 model. After...
Prosecution ends in case against 2 remaining defendants in Young Thug trial
ATLANTA (AP) — After almost a year of testimony in a sweeping gang and racketeering indictment against Young Thug and an initial other 27 defendants, prosecutors rested their case Tuesday in the longest trial in Georgia's history. Both Deamonte Kendrick, also known as Yak Gotti,...
Texts reveal details of an effort to bribe a juror in a fraud case, prosecutors say
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A new court document details what federal prosecutors in Minnesota say was a frantic effort by defendants to get a juror to vote for an acquittal in a pandemic fraud case. Mukhtar Shariff is among five people convicted in the case earlier this year. In a...
Steve Bannon's trial in a border wall charity scheme case delayed until February
NEW YORK (AP) — Steve Bannon 's border wall fundraising trial was postponed to February as prosecutors disclosed Monday that the former Trump White House strategist himself once suggested the nonprofit venture was “a scam.” Bannon — who recently finished serving federal...
Sean 'Diddy' Combs is trying to obstruct justice from jail, prosecutors say
NEW YORK (AP) — Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has tried to reach out to prospective witnesses and influence public opinion from jail in a bid to affect potential jurors for his upcoming sex trafficking trial, prosecutors claimed in a court filing urging a judge to reject his latest bail request. ...
Conviction and 7-year sentence for Alex Murdaugh's banker overturned in appeal of juror's dismissal
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The banker who prosecutors said helped Alex Murdaugh move millions of dollars around to avoid detection of his thefts in exchange for a share of the money had his conviction and seven-year prison sentence overturned on appeal Thursday. Three judges from the...
Nevada trial set for ‘Dances with Wolves’ actor in newly-revived sex abuse case
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former “Dances with Wolves” actor Nathan Chasing Horse is set to stand trial early next year in Las Vegas on charges that he sexually abused Indigenous women and girls, a significant development in the sweeping criminal case after more than a year of stalled court proceedings...
Prosecutors say some erroneous evidence was given jurors at ex-Sen. Bob Menendez's bribery trial
NEW YORK (AP) — Some evidence that a federal judge had excluded from the bribery trial of former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez was inadvertently put on a computer given to jurors, federal prosecutors revealed Wednesday, though they insisted it should have no effect on the Democrat’s conviction....
What happens to Donald Trump’s criminal conviction? Here are a few ways it could go
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s election victory created a conundrum for the judge overseeing his criminal case in New York. Can he go ahead and sentence the president-elect, or would doing so potentially get in the way of Trump's constitutional responsibility to lead the nation? ...
