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Chaos on the streets of Liverpool tonight. When is Keir Starmer going to wake up? pic.twitter.com/GEe7yUUVkv — Tommy Robinson 🇬🇧 (@TRobinsonNewEra) August 3, 2024 The Telegraph newspaper reported Saturday that UK courts will operate for 24 hours to expedite prosecutions of those involved in a number of riots that have ravaged several UK cities. This …
A federal judge wrongly stopped a Jan. 6, 2021, defendant from striking a potential juror who admitted he could not view the defendant as presumptively innocent, a U.S. appeals court has found. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta [an Obama appointee] denied a request from lawyers for Thomas Webster, who was later convicted on multiple counts, …
Trial consultant Molly Murphy on Wednesday warned that potential questions from the jury could pose problems for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s efforts to secure a conviction of former President Donald Trump. Prosecutor Joshua Steinglass spent time during lengthy closing arguments Tuesday arguing the unproven claim that Trump violated federal campaign finance law by seeking to suppress …
The pinnacle of Trump sham trial, Jury Do Not Need Unanimity to Convict, 4-4-4 will get Trump convicted This is insane. New York Judge Merchan just told jurors that they DO NOT have to unanimously agree on what crime Trump is guilty of. It could be a 4-4-4 split. pic.twitter.com/lPrWlQYHau — End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) May …
Corrupt Judge Says Jury Can Convict Trump Without Agreeing on Crime. Closing arguments in former President Donald Trump‘s Manhattan “hush money” trial begin today, and the judge gave the jury the green light to convict him without agreeing on the underlying ‘predicate’ crime he committed. First, into the legal weeds: Trump’s being charged for labeling …
The United States is the most dangerous nation among industrialized states, and increasingly more dangerous than much of the developing world. As violent crime soars, our criminal justice system has revealed itself unable and unwilling to respond. This year it was announced that the national murder clearance rate, which tracks arrests of suspects but not …