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1 week ago | 
lawandcrime.com | Conrad Hoyt
The Justice Department has sued the state of North Carolina and its election officials, alleging they have broken federal law by failing to maintain accurate voter registration records and not taking “sufficient” steps to remedy their errors.
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1 week ago | 
lawandcrime.com | Conrad Hoyt
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has rejected an attempt from Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to have a lawsuit against them thrown out — ruling they “unsuccessfully” tried to “minimize” the tech billionaire’s role — while also handing a victory to President Donald Trump, granting his request to be dropped from the case.
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1 week ago | 
lawandcrime.com | Conrad Hoyt
A Georgia man in prison for attempted murder and other charges has been granted a new trial after a member of the Fulton County jury that convicted him was found to have had an undisclosed cocaine possession conviction.
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1 week ago | 
lawandcrime.com | Conrad Hoyt
National Public Radio has sued President Donald Trump over his executive order stripping its federal funding, arguing he is violating the Constitution and seeking revenge over its news coverage of topics including Hunter Biden and the origins of COVID-19. Trump’s May 1 executive order targets NPR and the Public Broadcasting Service, which are granted taxpayer funds through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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1 week ago | 
lawandcrime.com | Conrad Hoyt
President Donald Trump has pardoned a beleaguered Virginia sheriff convicted of bribery and fraud, arguing he was actually a “victim.”In December, Culpeper County Sheriff Scott Howard Jenkins was convicted of one count of conspiracy, four counts of honest services fraud, and seven counts of bribery regarding programs receiving federal funds. He was set to report for 10 years in jail on Tuesday — until the president intervened on his behalf. Love true crime?
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lawandcrime.com | Conrad Hoyt
After a manhunt spanning two Southeastern states, a murder suspect has been arrested, but not before allegedly trying to steal a tractor trailer to evade law enforcement. Mike Thomas, 28, was wanted in Fulton County, Georgia, for shooting his girlfriend in the face, police said, according to Atlanta-based ABC outlet WSB. It is unclear whether she died and if her shooting prompted the murder investigation. Law&Crime has reached out to the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office for clarification.
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1 week ago | 
lawandcrime.com | Conrad Hoyt
A Colorado man has been sentenced to 210 years in prison for sexually abusing children at an orphanage he founded and ran in Haiti for decades. Michael Geilenfeld, 73, established St. Joseph’s Home for Boys in 1985 as a place for orphaned, low-income, and at-risk children in Haiti.
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lawandcrime.com | Conrad Hoyt
The Trump administration must work to return a Guatemalan immigrant who was deported to Mexico despite his concerns that he would be persecuted once there, a judge ordered on Friday. U.S. District Judge for Massachusetts Brian Murphy’s ruling marks the third time the administration has been ordered to “facilitate” the return of an immigrant deemed improperly deported.
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2 weeks ago | 
lawandcrime.com | Conrad Hoyt
Months after a 20-year-old man was shot and killed in Miami-Dade County, Florida, authorities believe his younger sister was involved in the crime. Deashia Smith, 17, and Elton Hightower, 19, both face the charge of second-degree murder with a deadly weapon in the death of Rae’quan Smith, according to a press release from the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office. Rae’quan Smith was shot on Feb. 7 on Southwest 266th Street in Naranja, with deputies arriving at the scene of the crime just before midnight.
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2 weeks ago | 
lawandcrime.com | Conrad Hoyt
A convicted felon in Florida faces attempted murder charges after authorities say he set his own home ablaze with five of his roommates inside sleeping. The incident began when Eddie Thomas, 69, walked into a roommate’s bedroom at approximately 3:15 a.m. on Thursday, May 15, asking for a ride, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.
