Full Jury Panel Selected in Trump’s Hush Money Trial
Former President Trump is finally about to face a trial in a criminal case.
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Parker: The Supreme Court, Police Shootings and Black Lives Matter
Ross Parker was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit for 8 years and worked as an AUSA for 28 in that office. By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com Have the frenzied media coverage of incidents involving police shootings of African Americans and the protests of Black Lives Matter activists affected the…
FBI Found More Than 1,600 Spent Shell Casings at Oregon Wildlife Refuge
FBI agents found more than 1,600 spent shell casings at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge boat launch in Oregon, where protesters occupied the area for 41 days earlier this year.
Disgust, Fear Rattled Jurors Tasked with Deciding Fate of mobster ‘Whitey’ Bulger
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com For the four women and eight men tasked with deciding whether notorious mobster James “Whitey” Bulger was guilty of murder and racketeering, life was not easy. Sometimes the jurors shouted at each other; other times they felt disgusted with the sleazy witnesses. The trial was so stressful that some even popped aspirin…
Is the Chicago Judge Going too Far by Withholding Jurors Names After the Verdict?
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Imagine taxpayers spending millions of dollars collectively trying an Illinois governor, and in the end, the case all but collapses. The jurors only convict on one of 24 counts . They end up deadlocked on the rest. Imagine that. Yes,it’s not too hard, considering it happened in the first trial of…
Judge in Blago Case May Get Jurors No-Trespassing Signs for Homes
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Is a federal judge going too far by restraining the media or just being considerate? The Chicago Tribune reports that U.S. District Judge James Zagel in Chicago said Thursday he may have the U.S. Marshals Service offer no-trespassing signs to jurors to put up at their homes following the verdict in…
Chicago Jurors Still Going at it in Ex-Gov. Blagojevich Case
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Can you say Day 11? Well, Wednesday marks the 11th day jurors will deliberate in the federal public corruption case against the over-chatty ex-Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich in downtown Chicago. The Associated Press reports that U.S. District Judge James Zagel told attorneys on Tuesday that he’s heard nothing from the jurors…
Surprise: Ex-Gov. Blago May Not Testify After All in Fed Trial
UPDATE: Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich did not testify in court this morning, as his defense team rested without calling a witness. Closing arguments are scheduled to take place at 9:30 a.m. Monday. “It is my decision, judge,” Blagojevich said, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. “I made the decision freely.” Before the trial, the ex-governor…
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