One of the attorneys for Ahmaud Arbery’s killers worried that Al Sharpton's presence would influence the jury and wanted other famous Black people excluded.
By the time I got there, everything was cleaned up. That’s how it always was. Casings collected by the cops, or kicked by passersby into the storm drain; blood scrubbed off the sidewalk; witnesses with three days to vanish or make up a story about how they didn’t see what they saw. A boisterous boy with a huge smile—his high school yearbook photo was on all the 6 pm newscasts—shot dead through the face and lung. The police arrested Jacques. Not his real name, of course. They say he just stood up out of his car outside the nightclub and ...
May 14, 2022 Don Pumphrey, Jr. Criminal Defense Social Share · In some special cases of a crime or attempted crime, the defendant may not been in the right mental state. The defendant may have not even have been aware of what they were doing, or that any consequences could arise with their actions. In this rare occurrence, the defendant may be able to claim the insanity plea. The insanity plea may be able to get the defendant out of a guilty verdict, however, there are still additional consequ...
Mr. Genson, 78, represented everyone from alleged mob killers to R. Kelly in Chicago courtrooms. Prosecutors and fellow defense attorneys were in awe of his cross-examinations.
R. Kelly’s attorneys relied on a common defense tactic in the high-profile sex trafficking case: victim-blaming.
Trump hired one of the most famous criminal defense attorneys to represent him against E. Jean Carroll. Joe Tacopina's former clients include the rapper Meek Mill and Natalee Holloway's...
In the weeks and months after Marion “Suge” Knight barreled a truck into two men outside a famous Compton eatery, leaving one dead, defense attorneys and the rap impresario discussed...
Documents released Thursday suggest North Carolina’s attorneys have mounted a compelling defense against the NCAA's notice of allegations.
Kelly Meggs and other members of the Oath Keepers couldn’t have done one of the major things of which they’re accused by federal prosecutors: forcing their way into the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Jan. 6, 2021, through the famous Columbus Doors, a defense attorney says. The two sets of historic doors that lead into the Rotunda were opened by someone on the inside and not his client, according to defense attorney Jonathon Moseley. “The outer doors cast from solid bronze would require a bazooka, an artillery shell, or C4 military-grade explosiv ...
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