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PONTIAC, Mich. — The mother of the Oxford High School shooter on Tuesday was convicted on four counts of involuntary manslaughter, capping an emotional 11-day trial that some legal experts viewed as a possible precedent setter for holding parents criminally responsible for their children's actions. As the 12-member jury read its verdict Tuesday afternoon in Oakland County Circuit Court, Jennifer Crumbley, with her hands clasped on a table in front of her, showed little reaction but closed her eyes and looked down. Jurors deliberated for 11 hours before arriving at a decision tied to the killin......

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division has confirmed it has opened two separate investigations into Colleton County Clerk of Court Rebecca “Becky” Hill, who rose to fame during the trial of former-lawyer Alex Murdaugh. One investigation concerns Hill’s alleged interactions with the jury during Murdaugh’s trial for the murder of his wife, Maggie, and son Paul in Colleton County in early 2023, according to a SLED spokesperson. The second investigation concerns allegations that Hill used her elected position for personal gain. The investigations, first confirmed by FITSNews,......

Donald Trump Jr. is slated to take the witness stand on Monday as the defense team launches their case in the fraud trial against former President Donald Trump. Trump’s eldest son will be called to testify in Manhattan Supreme Court after the Trump legal team last week made a long-shot bid at shutting the whole trial down with a claim that New York Attorney General Tish James hasn’t provided enough evidence. Trump, his adult sons and the Trump Organization are accused of having swindled banks, insurers and others by illegally inflating their worth and the value of their assets to pump up their......

NEW YORK — Defense attorneys in next year’s long-awaited Jam Master Jay murder trial say two juries are one too many. A Brooklyn Federal Court filing Friday by lawyers for defendant Jay Bryant challenged a prosecution motion to simultaneously try all three accused suspects in the high-profile case, with one set of jurors hearing the case against their client while a second separate panel determines the fate of co-defendants Ronald “Tinard” Washington and Karl Jordan. “The government simply can’t accept that it must try Mr. Bryant separately and instead filed the instant motion,” the defense ar......

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Attorneys for convicted murderer and disbarred attorney Alex Murdaugh on Wednesday asked the South Carolina Supreme Court to remove Judge Clifton Newman from handling all future appeals, hearings and trials in the Murdaugh case. The attorneys’ unusual motion — called a writ of prohibition — alleged that since Newman was a participant in various matters that will be in dispute at an upcoming hearing involving alleged jury tampering at Murdaugh’s trial, he should not be allowed to preside over that or other hearings in which Murdaugh is seeking a new trial. Murdaugh is seeking a......

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The lead detective is once again at the center of rapper YNW Melly’s double murder case as jury selection continues. Melly’s legal team urged Broward Circuit Court Judge John Murphy to allow Miramar Police Detective Mark Moretti to sit through another deposition, or a sworn interview with a witness. Under Florida law, witnesses can’t be deposed more than once unless the state and defense agree — or a judge rules to allow the second interview. Murphy will rule on the request at a hearing Thursday morning. In the filing, defense attorney Raven Liberty argued that there ar......