By The Admin on May 12, 2009
A Louisiana prosecutor says he’s reached a plea deal with seven former college students accused of sending two fellow marching band members to intensive care after a violent hazing incident.
East Baton Rouge Parish district attorney Hillar Moore says the seven agreed to plead guilty to hazing and conspiracy charges Tuesday.
Moore says they will probably be [...]
Posted in Criminal Justice, Education
By The Admin on May 12, 2009
A lawyer for John Allen Muhammad says the sniper mastermind never should have been allowed to act as his own lawyer for part of his 2003 capital murder trial.
Jonathan Sheldon told a federal appeals court Tuesday that the failure of Muhammad’s trial attorneys to tell a judge about their client’s mental health issues violated his [...]
Posted in Criminal Justice
By The Admin on May 4, 2009
Carol Forsloff, Digital Journal
The election of the first black President didn’t and likely won’t change police tactics regarding how blacks are treated by police. At least they won’t change for awhile.
Barack Obama was elected to the Presidency on November 4, 2008. The following month near the border of Mississippi and Alabama an African star athlete [...]
Posted in Criminal Justice, Race
By The Admin on March 31, 2009
A gun possession case against New York Giants star Plaxico Burress was adjourned Tuesday until June, but his attorney said the matter could be resolved sooner if a plea agreement can be reached.
Burress accidentally shot himself in the leg with an unlicensed gun at a Manhattan nightclub last year.
The star receiver, wearing a gray suit [...]
Posted in Criminal Justice
By The Admin on January 28, 2009
Odell B. Ruffin, Washington Informer
- As the Maryland General Assembly meets from Jan. 14 through Apr. 13., Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) is aggressively pushing for the repeal of the state’s death penalty. O’Malley’s pursuit to eliminate capitol punishment in the state directly followed the release of the Maryland Commission on Capitol Punishment’s Final Report to [...]
Posted in Criminal Justice
