Prosecution News

Cornel West won't face charges after DC arrest

By theGrio

1:23 PM on 10/17/2011

WASHINGTON (AP) - Prosecutors on Monday decided not to press charges against the group. They were arrested Sunday...
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Jackson doc told police of singer's need for sleep

By theGrio

10:38 AM on 01/11/2011

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Houston-based cardiologist has pleaded not guilty and his attorneys have said he didn't give Jackson anything that should have killed him...
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Prosecutor: Defense will claim MJ killed himself

By theGrio

4:43 PM on 12/29/2010

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Attorney J. Michael Flanagan said a huge amount of the anesthetic Propofol was found in Jackson's body but his client has said he gave him only 25 milligrams of the drug...
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Prosecutors seek more suspects in teen's stomping

By theGrio

12:38 PM on 11/10/2010

VIDEO - Douglas County District Attorney David McDade said Wednesday prosecutors are "sorting out the numerous varying versions of what took place"...
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Prosecutor: Man had gun used in 4 Boston killings

By theGrio

8:33 AM on 10/13/2010

BOSTON (AP) - Of the four people who died, one was a young mother and her 2-year-old son...
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Why we will march for Heather Ellis

By Dr. Boyce Watkins

8:54 AM on 10/26/2009

OPINION - The greater concern is that Heather's dilemma is not the root of the problem - it is merely a symptom...
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Megan Williams' story is simply unbelievable

By Dr. Boyce Watkins

3:23 PM on 10/21/2009

OPINION -- The reality is that this case is about as weird as they come, and the rest of us should simply sit back and wait for the truth...
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Heather Ellis' story tells us why the justice system is broken

By Dr. Boyce Watkins

8:00 AM on 10/20/2009

OPINION - Heather Ellis' case is only a symptom of a larger, equally problematic issue.
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Hofstra rape accuser recants after video surfaces

By theGrio via AP

11:45 AM on 09/18/2009

MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) -- A Hofstra University freshman who had claimed she was raped by five men in a dormitory bathroom changed her story after prosecutors confronted her with the revelation that a video of the encounter may have been recorded, a prosecutor said Thursday...
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