David Bunevacz, a former decathlete and competitor for the Philippines national team in the Southeast Asian Games, has pleaded guilty to two charges related to a scheme to defraud cannabis-industry investors. Bunevacz was arrested in April, accused of setting up fake cannabis vaping businesses and deceiving investors into giving him …
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On May 15, 1999, Regina McKnight gave birth to a stillborn five-pound baby girl at Conway Medical Center in South Carolina. She named her Mercedes. Five months later, McKnight — an unhoused Black woman — was arrested on charges of homicide by child abuse after her daughter’s autopsy indicated that …
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Delia keeps a framed hand-drawn picture beside her bed to remind herself that she got away. “You escaped. You are safe,” it says, in English and Spanish. At 25, Delia has been free from the sex trade for about eight years now, but she told a Brooklyn courtroom that sometimes …
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UPDATE (2/3):Travis McMichael, one of Ahmaud Arbery‘s killers, reaffirmed his plea of not guilty on hate-crime charges Thursday, The New York Times reports. His decision to plead not guilty comes after a federal judge rejected a plea deal on Monday, where McMichael would have pleaded guilty to one hate crime …
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Kamala Harris released an ambitious criminal-justice and public safety reform plan on Monday morning, presenting a platform that represents how far her politics on her area of greatest expertise have progressed leftward and away from the “tough on crime” approach she took during her long tenure as a prosecutor in …
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