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US authorities charge Michigan police member over fatal fugitive arrest operation

JURIST

Michigan State Police Detective Sergeant Brian Keeley was charged on Tuesday with second degree murder or involuntary manslaughter of Samuel Sterling by Michigan Attorney General. Alternatively, Keeley has been charged with involuntary manslaughter, which is a felony with a fifteen-year sentence.

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Michigan Legislators Face Calls For Possible Criminal Charges After Meeting With President Trump On Certification

JonathanTurley

Now, the Michigan Attorney General and others are suggesting that Republicans who oppose certification or even meet with President Donald Trump on the issue could be criminally investigated or charged. In my testimony, I went into historical and legal detail to explain why this theory was never credible.

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A Criminal Case Fifty Years In The Making

The Crime Report

A very bold and impressive broad-gauged indictment that few, if any legal pundits, saw coming. Ergo, there were no misdemeanor charges, only first-degree felonies. Carroll and Trump sought to combine the two legal cases into one, however, District Judge Lewis A. This lawsuit stems from two lawsuits filed by E.

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Here come the indictments. When will the trials come? Not before summer 2024

The Crime Report

We do know from reading the New York Times that the indictment contains 34 separate charges or “counts” including multiple felonies, which likely will involve some kind of tax violation or federal campaign crimes. This indictment has been a long time coming. It is un-American. DROP THIS SICK WITCH HUNT, NOW!

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Silencing the Roar of Trump’s Legal Troubles: Biden’s Missed Opportunities to Defend Democracy

The Crime Report

Nor was there any discussion or even mention of the devastating ruling on Tuesday against Trump and his family confirming what attorney Michael Cohen –Trump’s former fixer — had testified before Congress on February 27, 2019 that the “business empire” was nothing more than a racket. 6 that the U.S. would not suddenly attack China.”

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Trump v. Cohen Is Another Lawsuit About The Plaintiff-In-Chief Weaponizing Civil Litigation

The Crime Report

The civil lawsuit accuses Cohen of violating his attorney-client relationship by testifying as a key witness before a Manhattan grand jury, revealing “confidences” and “spreading falsehoods” which resulted in Trump being charged on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. As James D.

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The ‘Assembly-Line’ Justice of Plea Bargaining

The Crime Report

In 1916, at a single Ford plant in Highland Park, Michigan, workers also reported almost 200 severed fingers and 75,000 other injuries. This despite the fact that we know myriad innocent people charged with felonies plead guilty. Somil Trivedi is Senior Staff Attorney with the ACLU Criminal Law Reform Project.

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