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Christopher Goffard

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Staff Writer at Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times staff writer. The Trials of Frank Carson. Detective Trapp. Dirty John. Snitch Jacket. You Will See Fire.

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  • 6 days ago | latimes.com | Christopher Goffard

    Modesto defense attorney Frank Carson was accused of masterminding a complicated murder plot but acquitted by a jury in 2019. He and his co-defendants sued for malicious prosecution. Six years after a jury acquitted a Modesto defense attorney and his codefendants in an alleged murder conspiracy, Stanislaus County has agreed to settle a malicious prosecution lawsuit for $22.5 million, one of the largest payouts of its kind in the history of the California courts.

  • 3 weeks ago | gazettextra.com | Christopher Goffard

    ANAHEIM, Calif. — Harry Sidhu, the former Anaheim mayor who took office vowing to keep the Angels baseball franchise in town, was sentenced Friday to two months in federal prison for conduct related to a collapsed deal to sell the team's stadium and other crimes. "[The] defendant did betray the city of Anaheim while he was serving as mayor, and he deleted evidence of that betrayal," U.S. District Judge John Holcomb said in imposing the sentence. kAm$:59F[ ef[ A=62565 8F:=EJ :?

  • 3 weeks ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Christopher Goffard

    ANAHEIM, Calif. - Harry Sidhu, the former Anaheim mayor who took office vowing to keep the Angels baseball franchise in town, was sentenced Friday to two months in federal prison for conduct related to a collapsed deal to sell the team's stadium and other crimes. "[The] defendant did betray the city of Anaheim while he was serving as mayor, and he deleted evidence of that betrayal," U.S. District Judge John Holcomb said in imposing the sentence.

  • 3 weeks ago | latimes.com | Christopher Goffard

    Fans enter Angel Stadium of Anaheim on opening day of the 2014 season prior to the start of the game between the Angels and the Seattle Mariners. Harry Sidhu, the former Anaheim mayor who took office vowing to keep the Angels baseball franchise in town, was sentenced Friday to two months in federal prison for conduct related to a collapsed deal to sell the team’s stadium and other crimes.

  • 4 weeks ago | latimes.com | Christopher Goffard

    Near the end of his life, the prosecutor who sent 32-year-old Barbara Graham to death row proclaimed his conscience clear. Her execution by cyanide gas in June 1955 was merciful compared to her crime, as J. Miller Leavy saw it.

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Christopher Goffard
Christopher Goffard @LATChrisGoffard
26 Mar 25

Convicting 'gun moll' Barbara Graham was a famous win for L.A. prosecutors. Did they cheat? https://t.co/bjK8hKVSEt

Christopher Goffard
Christopher Goffard @LATChrisGoffard
30 Jan 25

He was both fire captain and prolific arsonist. His novel put him in prison https://t.co/cnQk0G3Ovv

Christopher Goffard
Christopher Goffard @LATChrisGoffard
28 Dec 24

Before Scopes, Clarence Darrow fought another battle. He was accused of bribing a jury https://t.co/fVZkjz9EvK