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Telling Estranged Wife That She Is "Fat," "Lazy," and "Trailer Trash" Doesn't Justify Restraining Order

From H.B. v. F.K., decided Monday by the California Court of Appeal (Superior Court Judge Ruth Ann Kwan, joined by Justices Victoria Chavez & Brian Hoffstadt): H.B. obtained a domestic violence restraining order (DVRO) against her estranged husband, appellant F.K., pursuant to the Domestic Violence Prevention Act (DVPA). The trial…

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Lewd comments, Pelosi pictures and ‘systemic chauvinism’: Tucker Carlson producer alleges culture of misogyny at Fox News

A female producer accused Fox News of trying to ‘silence’ her in the bombshell Dominion case. Her lawsuits argue that the latest moves join the network’s legacy of discrimination, Alex Woodward reports

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Paul Flores receives maximum sentence for murdering Cal Poly student Kristin Smart

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — A Monterey County Superior Court judge on Friday sentenced Paul Flores to 25 years to life in state prison for killing California Polytechnic State University student Kristin Smart — the maximum sentence for first-degree murder.

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Convicted murderer Paul Flores will not get a new trial in Kristin Smart case, judge rules

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — The man convicted of murdering California Polytechnic State University student Kristin Smart will not get a second trial, a Monterey County Superior Court judge ruled Friday.

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Nipsey Hussle’s killer sentenced to 60 years to life in prison

A superior court judge handed down the sentence to Eric R. Holder Jr., 33, who was found guilty of the 2019 first-degree murder of the 33-year-old Grammy-nominated hip-hop artist.

Chicago Sun-Times

Fulton County DA says indictment decision in Trump probe may be ‘imminent’

ATLANTA — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis suggested Tuesday that a decision on whether to seek indictments is “imminent” following an eight-month special grand jury investigation into whether former President Donald Trump and his allies criminally meddled in Georgia’s 2020 elections.

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News organizations call for Fulton County special grand jury report to be made public

ATLANTA — A broad coalition of news organizations is urging a Fulton County judge to make public a special purpose grand jury’s report on whether former President Donald Trump and his allies violated Georgia law after the 2020 election.

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How the Brian Walshe murder trial could play out

There’s one piece of evidence that prosecutors can’t use in their case against Brian Walshe for the murder of his wife, Ana Walshe: her body.

Boston Herald

Judge suspends Alex Jones lawyer for 6 months over disclosure of confidential Sandy Hook medical, psychiatric records

HARTFORD, Conn. — In a sharply critical decision, a Superior Court judge has suspended Infowars broadcaster Alex Jones’ lawyer Norm Pattis from practicing law for six months for the “inexcusable” disclosure of thousands of protected medical and psychiatric records obtained from relatives of Sandy Hook shooting victims.

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Erika D. Smith: Megan Thee Stallion was right. But she's one of too many women who aren't believed

Women are waiting — especially Black women.

Los Angeles Times

Alex Jones files for bankruptcy, bringing all post-trial activity by Sandy Hook families to a halt; claims to have as much as $10 million in assets

HARTFORD, Conn. — Infowars broadcaster and right wing provocateur Alex Jones filed for personal bankruptcy in Texas on Friday morning, creating a new obstacle for the relatives of Sandy Hook shooting victims trying to collect the nearly $1.5 billion they won in a suit against the conspiracy theorist for his…

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Alex Jones files for bankruptcy, bringing all post-trial activity by Sandy Hook families to a halt

HARTFORD, Conn. — Infowars broadcaster and right-wing provocateur Alex Jones filed for personal bankruptcy in Texas on Friday morning, creating a new obstacle for the relatives of Sandy Hook shooting victims trying to collect the nearly $1.5 billion they won in a suit against the conspiracy theorist for his claims…

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Defense lawyer and prosecutors at odds over disqualifying one another in Jennifer Farber Dulos murder case

HARTFORD, Conn. — Michelle Troconis’ defense attorney, Jon Schoenhorn, and prosecutors argued again this week over their efforts to disqualify each other from her murder conspiracy case in a dispute over the handling of a contested letter.

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State asks Georgia Supreme Court to allow enforcement of abortion law

ATLANTA — Attorneys representing Gov. Brian Kemp on Friday asked the Georgia Supreme Court to reverse a Superior Court ruling released earlier this week that blocked enforcement of the state’s anti-abortion law.

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Alex Jones’ lawyer Norm Pattis faces possible six-month discipline for disclosing confidential medical records of Sandy Hook parents

The state judicial office that prosecutes lawyer misconduct wants attorney Norman Pattis suspended from the practice for six months for what appears to have been the inadvertent disclosure of confidential medical and psychiatric records of relatives of the Sandy Hook families who now have won $1.4 billion in damages from…

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Union Station: Alaska Supreme Court hears arguments on whether Janus requires annual opt-ins for union membership

The Alaska Supreme Court heard oral arguments last week in a case where the state of Alaska claims that the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2018 ruling in Janus v. AFSCME requires annual opt-ins for union membership.

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All candidates for Superior Court of San Diego County in California complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey

Both of the candidates running in the November 8, 2022, general election for Superior Court of San Diego County in California — Pete Murray and Peter Singer — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for…

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Mel Gibson Can Testify at Harvey Weinstein Trial, Judge Says

Mel Gibson can testify about what he learned from one of Harvey Weinstein’s accusers, a judge ruled Friday in the rape and sexual assault trial of the former movie mogul. The 66-year-old actor and director was one of many witnesses, and by far the best known, whose identities were revealed…

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Parents of a murdered Sandy Hook child describe decade of stalking and harassment. ‘It was targeted,’ a mom says

HARTFORD, Conn. — The parents of one of the first graders murdered in the Sandy Hook school shootings described Tuesday how nearly a decade of harassment by followers of right wing broadcaster Alex Jones has shattered their sense of security and left them looking warily over their shoulders at strangers.

Los Angeles Times

Sheriff ordered to halt search of some computers linked to Supervisor Kuehl investigation

LOS ANGELES — A Superior Court judge late Thursday ordered Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials to stop searching certain computers seized as part of sprawling raids tied to an investigation into County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and a domestic violence nonprofit.

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Prosecutors formally seek death penalty in Georgia golf course triple slaying

ATLANTA — Cobb County prosecutors on Wednesday formally declared their intent to seek the death penalty against the man accused of killing three people last year at a Kennesaw-area golf course.

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Texas lawyer testifies disclosure of confidential Sandy Hook medical, psychiatric records was inadvertent

The question of how secret medical records were improperly disclosed to lawyers of relatives of Sandy Hook victims involved in a Texas defamation suit was answered at a disciplinary hearing in Superior Court in Waterbury on Thursday: by accident.

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‘Incredibly prejudicial’: Why Sacramento courts have caged cells, and why that’ll change

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The steel-bar cells inside the courtrooms of Sacramento County Main Jail’s Patino Justice Center and Gordon Schaber Courthouse are some of the busiest spaces in a bustling Sacramento Superior Court. The cells are as much a part of the courtrooms as the judge’s bench or jurors’ box.

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Zero-dollar bail is ending in Santa Clara County, but fight continues over jail-release policies

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Santa Clara County Superior Court has decided to allow its emergency zero-dollar bail order to expire at the end of the month, marking a quiet end to a polarizing jail-release policy enacted in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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