(© Kim Kelley-Wagner – Shutterstock) The 2017 Charlottesville Unite the Right white nationalist rally is the subject of the HBO documentary film “No Accident” debuting on Tuesday, Oct. 10 at 9 p.m. on HBO. The film runs 97 minutes. The rally led to the death of Heather Heyer, 32, of […] Read More
The chief justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court said this week the state must raise the reimbursement rate for attorneys who represent impoverished defendants. Chief Justice Holly Kirby said Tuesday the court would seek legislative budget funding to support an $80 hourly reimbursement rate for attorneys in the coming year, […] Read More
A new leader will helm the federal investigation into Mississippi’s $77-million welfare scandal after the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Todd Gee as the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi on Friday, Sept. 29. The office has not had a permanent leader since U.S. attorney Mike Hurst, a […] Read More
This article was produced for Verite News by Richard A. Webster, who covered Jefferson Parish as part of ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in 2021-22. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. In September, the Louisiana Supreme Court issued a ruling that […] Read More
Pool boy and his lawyer are taking on water A Macomb County pool builder who faces felony charges for taking money and not doing the work was in court this week. The guy Rob Wolchek put in the Hall of Shame didn’t really have anything to say, but his lawyer […] Read More
An Orange County nanny was convicted Tuesday of molesting 16 young boys and showing pornography to a 17th boy while they were under his care. Matthew Antonio Zakrzewski, 34, of Costa Mesa, was convicted by a jury of 34 felony counts, including lewd and lascivious acts with a minor under […] Read More
October 3, 2023 Benchmark Litigation has bestowed three Ward and Smith attorneys with the highly coveted title of “Labor and Employment Stars” in its 6th annual edition. Ken Gray, Will Oden, and Devon Williams have been recognized for their dedication to employment law in the annual guide. This means that they have been […] Read More
The trial of a 27-year-old drifter charged with fatally shooting a retired couple on a New Hampshire hiking trail began Tuesday with a prosecutor telling a jury that evidence will show that “he alone” is guilty of the grisly slayings, and a defense attorney countering police “got the wrong man.” […] Read More
Mike Kavanagh Different things make different kinds of people tick. No better example can be provided than by the personality contrast between Manny Nneji and Mike Kavanagh, the competitors in the November 7election for Ulster County’s next district attorney. Both men have served as the county’s chief assistant district attorney. […] Read More
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Attorneys for a drug suspect who was repeatedly punched, elbowed and kneed by officers in northeast Florida during a traffic stop said Tuesday that they are petitioning the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the case. Le’Keian Woods suffered a ruptured kidney, throws up whenever he eats […] Read More
