Luigi Mangione, accused of stalking and murdering Brian Thompson, has garnered significant public support, exceeding $1.5 million in his crowd-sourced legal defense fund. Experts suggest his popularity, fueled by his looks and perceived opposition to the healthcare system, could influence jury selection and deliberations in his upcoming state and federal trials.
Shirley Firth, 93, is awaiting a retrial in the Dominican Republic for the 2019 murder of her daughter, author Lindsay de Feliz. Firth hopes new evidence will lead to a conviction after previous acquittals.
A man serving a 16-year sentence for the murder of his girlfriend, Chiara Poggi, has been granted semi-freedom. The decision comes as new evidence suggests another individual, Andrea Sempio, may be responsible, prompting a retrial request. The court considered his good conduct and remorse, despite his continued claims of innocence.
Japan's ruling coalition has proposed amendments to a government bill on the retrial system, incorporating opposition demands regarding evidence disclosure. The revised bill is expected to pass the Lower House committee on May 12 and is likely to be enacted during the current Diet session.
Japanese opposition parties are demanding revisions to a government-proposed amendment to the Criminal Procedure Law concerning the retrial system. The ruling coalition, however, has rejected these calls, leading to a potential stalemate in the Upper House.
Muhammad Amaad (26) and Mohammed Fahir Amaaz (21) won't face a second retrial for allegedly assaulting a police officer at Manchester Airport in 2024 after two juries failed to reach verdicts.
Japan's Diet begins deliberations on a bill to revise the Code of Criminal Procedure, aiming to reform the retrial system for convicted individuals. The proposed changes address issues like evidence disclosure by prosecutors and streamline retrial procedures, while retaining prosecutors' right to appeal retrial decisions under stricter conditions.
A jury has been discharged due to legal reasons in the trial of two prisoners accused of murdering disgraced former Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins. Rico Gedel and Samuel Dodsworth deny murder and possessing a makeshift knife. A retrial will be scheduled.
A man accused of a 1997 stabbing in Taiwan has been acquitted after a retrial. The High Court cited flaws in the original evidence, including identification procedures and polygraph tests, ruling there was insufficient evidence to exclude reasonable doubt.
Human rights activists rallied in Kanazawa on May 20th, urging for revisions to the criminal procedure law concerning retrials. They highlighted concerns about a government bill set for parliamentary debate, citing the "Fukui Incident" as an example of prolonged injustice and calling for legal reforms to aid victims of wrongful convictions.
A retrial jury in Liverpool Crown Court failed to reach verdicts on allegations that brothers Mohammed Fahir Amaaz (21) and Muhammad Amaad (26) assaulted Greater Manchester PC Zachary Marsden at Manchester Airport on 23 July 2024, leading to their discharge; the case is adjourned until 29 May for the Crown Prosecution Service to decide on a potential third trial.
Roni Cohen-Pavon, former CRO of Celsius, sentenced to time served + 1 year supervised release for fraud/conspiracy. Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm may face retrial in SDNY for money laundering & sanctions violations.
Richard Glossip, 63, cleared for release on $500,000 bond after US Supreme Court overturned his 1997 murder conviction due to prosecutorial misconduct; awaits retrial without death penalty
Judge’s ruling was not disclosed to jurors in two trials and can only now be revealed after reporting restrictions liftedFour Palestine Action activists convicted after a retrial over a violent protest at an Israeli arms manufacturer’s UK site face being sentenced as terrorists despite the jury not being told this.In an unprecedented move in a criminal damage case, the judge, Mr Justice Johnson, ruled before the first trial that there appeared to be a “terrorist connection” to the offences – even though the protest took place before Palestine Action was proscribed – but this could not be told to the jury. The finding and the restriction on telling the jury continued for the retrial. Continue reading...
A judge on Thursday delayed the retrial of former Hurricanes football player Rashaun Jones, who is accused of killing teammate Bryan Pata in 2006.
A Hong Kong appellate court has quashed the murder conviction of a jobless man who allegedly beat his girlfriend to death and hid her body under a mattress seven years ago, ruling that the trial judge had not properly directed the jury to fully consider the alleged perpetrator’s violent personality traits. The Court of Appeal on Thursday ruled in favour of Law Wai-man, who was found guilty of murdering his girlfriend Lau Lee-chi in 2019, overturning his conviction and ordering a retrial. Law,...
A jury has begun deliberating in the retrial of a former sheriff's deputy in Ohio charged with murder and reckless homicide in the fatal shooting of 23-year-old Casey Goodson Jr. in 2020
Harvey Weinstein's lawyers began cross-examining accuser Jessica Mann at his third rape trial in New York, questioning her complex feelings toward the former Hollywood producer. Mann, 40, alleges Weinstein raped her in a Manhattan hotel in 2013 and again in Beverly Hills in late 2013 or early 2014. Weinstein, 73, was initially convicted in 2020 but an appeals court overturned the verdict, and his first retrial ended in a hung jury.
Jessica Mann began testifying for the third time in a Harvey Weinstein case on Monday, alleging the former movie mogul raped her in a Manhattan hotel in March 2013. Mann, 40, who was trying to break into acting when she met Weinstein at a 2013 engagement party, is central to a retrial after her 2020 conviction was overturned. A jury failed to decide her part of a retrial last year, leaving only her rape charge to be tried again. Weinstein denies sexually assaulting anyone.
Prosecutors in the rape retrial of disgraced US movie mogul Harvey Weinstein told Tuesday how he wielded his power to prey on then-aspiring actress Jessica Mann. Weinstein, a central figure of abuse allegations that spurred the #MeToo movement, appeared at the New York courtroom in a wheelchair due to ill health. He is being retried on a count of third-degree rape against Mann that allegedly happened in 2013 in a Manhattan hotel room. Last June, a judge declared a mistrial on the charge after...
Opening statements begin Tuesday in Harvey Weinstein's New York rape retrial, nearly eight years after his arrest made him a central figure of the #MeToo movement. The 73-year-old former movie producer, currently incarcerated, faces a single charge related to a 2013 encounter in a Manhattan hotel with Jessica Mann, a hairstylist who alleges he assaulted her after she says she told him she didn't want to participate. Weinstein has been convicted on some charges and acquitted on others in trials on both U.S. coasts, but this particular rape charge has persisted through an overturned conviction and a jury deadlock.
