Criminal Law Tag

Sen. Ben Sasse on Michael Avenatti conviction: “Avenatti is a D-list attorney but a Grade-A scumbag”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 14, 2020 25 Comments

Michael Avenatti was convicted today of extortion against Nike. Avenatti represented discredited accuser Julie Swetnick in the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearings. Among the many enemies Avenatti made in going after Kavanaugh was Sen. Ben Sasse:

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Michael Avenatti found GUILTY in Nike Extortion Case

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 14, 2020 33 Comments

Infamous anti-Trump lawyer, and one-time possible Democrat presidential candidate, Michael Avenatti has been found guilty on all counts in the Nike Extortion case.

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“Handicap Spot” Trial Triggers #FakeNews Tsunami

Posted by Andrew Branca on August 19, 2019 102 Comments

The Florida “handicap parking spot shooting” trial of Michael Drejka starts this week, and accordingly news coverage of the case—by which, of course, I mean “media lying” about the case—can be expected to spike. An excellent example of such media lying is found in CNN. In today's post we step through that "news" report and fisk out the many lies within.

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Fifth Person Found Guilty in 2007 Christian/Newsom Torture Murders

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on August 14, 2019 62 Comments

On January 7, 2007, Channon Christian, 21, and Christopher Newsom, 23, were kidnapped, beaten, tortured, raped, and murdered in one of the most heart-wrenching and purely evil crimes in my memory.  The fifth person to be tried in relation to these heinous crimes was found guilty Tuesday, August 13, 2019.

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Famed Sex Crimes Prosecutor Linda Fairstein Being Purged After Netflix Program About ‘Central Park Five’

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 05, 2019 28 Comments

Linda Fairstein was the sex crimes prosecutor in New York City in 1989 when a young woman was attacked and raped in Central Park. The case drew national attention and a group of minority teens who were allegedly "wilding" in the park were convicted.

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Indictment: Michael Avenatti screwed Stormy Daniels (financially)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 22, 2019 30 Comments

We're losing track of all the indictments against Michael Avenatti.

• Feds Charge Michael Avenatti with Extortion, Embezzlement
• Avenatti IRS problems added to Extortion and Embezzlement charges
• Federal Grand Jury Indicts Michael Avenatti on 36 Counts, Which Includes 34 New Charges

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Former Cop Mohamed Noor Convicted of Murdering Justine Damond

Posted by Andrew Branca on May 01, 2019 41 Comments

This Case of the Week covers Somali refugee Mohamed Noor, who while a Minneapolis police officer shot and killed Justine Damond. Yesterday a jury convicted Noor of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter for that killing, reports the Minnesota Star Tribune and other news sources. (Noor was acquitted of the more serious charge of second-degree murder.)

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Palestinian terrorist Vallmoe Shqaire, who lied to gain U.S. citizenship, gets 9 months in prison, will be deported

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 26, 2019 17 Comments

In a case reminiscent of Rasmea Odeh, another Palestinian terrorist who concealed his terrorist past was indicted for obtaining naturalization by fraud. In the September 28, 2018, Indictment (pdf.), Vallmoe Shqaire was charged with one Count based on the following false statements:

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Massachusetts: Woman who attacked MAGA hat man now in ICE custody, was in country illegally

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 26, 2019 40 Comments

We previously covered another incident in which a person wearing a MAGA hat was physically attacked in public, Woman Arrested for Attacking Man in MAGA Hat at Massachusetts Restaurant:

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Harvard Students Call for Firing of Law Prof for Representing Harvey Weinstein

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 14, 2019 27 Comments

Harvard Law School professor Ronald S. Sullivan Jr. has taken a role on the defense team of disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein. Now some students are protesting and calling for his firing.

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Lawyers for Boston Marathon Bomber Argue He Shouldn’t Have Been Tried in Boston

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 28, 2018 30 Comments

Lawyers for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are appealing and trying to reverse his death sentence. They claim that he shouldn't have been tried in Boston because the crime was too traumatic for everyone in the city to be objective.

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Trial date set for one of suspects in 2007 Christian/Newsom Torture Murders

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on December 16, 2018 40 Comments

The heart-wrenching, tragic final hours of Channon Christian (21) and Christopher Newsom (23) haunt me even today, almost twelve years after they endured an almost incomprehensible level of abuse, rape, and torture before finally dying at the hands of their brutal killers.

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‘License To Kill: The Murder Of Erik Scott’

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on December 15, 2018 18 Comments

Erik Scott's murder and subsequent cover-up are an unbelievably horrifying story and one you probably haven't heard. Scott was murdered in a Costco parking lot by Las Vegas Metro cops. Scott's senseless murder and surrounding events are blood boiling. It's an unfortunate example of government corruption, of the perversion of the justice system that has afflicted far too many locals, and of bureaucrats who will do whatever is necessary to cover and conceal the deplorable acts of their employees.

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China summons American envoy over Huawei CFO’s arrest in Canada

Posted by Leslie Eastman on December 09, 2018 14 Comments

Canada recently arrested the chief financial officer of China’s Huawei Technologies, who faces extradition to the United States on suspicion because U.S. trade sanctions against Iran.

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Trump Supports Rollback of “Clinton crime law that disproportionately harmed the African American Community”

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 15, 2018 32 Comments

During a press conference on Wednesday with members of Congress and other partners, Trump announced support for the First Step Act, which is intended to give a second chance to former prisoners who have paid their debt to society.

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Will the Feds flip Julie Swetnick against Michael Avenatti?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 28, 2018 57 Comments

Here's a thought experiment. If you were a federal prosecutor, and given the choice, would you prioritize prosecuting:

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No Surprise: Police Shooter of Laquan McDonald Convicted

Posted by Andrew Branca on October 05, 2018 15 Comments

Not that it ought to be any surprise to anybody who looked at the evidence, but Chicago Police Department officer Jason Van Dyke has just been found guilty by a jury of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Laquan McDonald. There was a hypothetical narrative under which Officer Van Dyke's narrative of innocence might have been compelling, but he never offered such a narrative, even after testifying in his own defense -- likely because he hadn't the evidence to support it.

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Conclusion: “The activities of congressional Democrats and Dr. Ford’s attorneys likely affected Dr. Ford’s account”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 01, 2018 66 Comments

The examination of Christine Blasey Ford by Arizona Sex Crimes Prosecutor Rachel Mitchell failed as a television event, but revealed many important details, casting serious doubt on Ford's claim that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in the summer of 1982. Mitchell has now produced a detailed analysis, and it devastates Ford's credibility and reliability.

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