It’s been nine months since Chicago-born R&B singer R. Kelly was last in a New York courtroom, where he was convicted by a jury after decades of allegations of sexual misdeeds. On that day in late September, Kelly, dressed in a gray suit, remained stoic as the verdict came in: guilty of racketeering conspiracy and eight other counts alleging …
Melissa Lucio had long maintained her innocence. New evidence and expert testimony emerged casting strong doubt on her guilt. The highest criminal court in Texas on Monday ordered a halt to the execution of a Hispanic mother of 14 convicted of killing her 2-year-old child more than a decade ago in a case that has drawn bipartisan outrage. The …
A 22-year-old woman named Leniz Escobar has been convicted for her role in the deaths of four men at the hands of the notorious MS-13 gang. Escobar’s affiliation with the street gang earned her the infamous moniker of “Little Devil.” She certainly lived up to the nickname back on April 11, 2017, when she knowingly led a group of …
A group of inmates at a North Carolina prison savagely beat a 24-year-old man who was convicted of fatally shooting a toddler and critically wounding her grandmother, while they were sleeping, in 2014. According to reports, the aforementioned killings were an act of revenge by Semajs Short, who lost a 15-year-old friend to violence shortly before he committed this …
Mississippi rapper Yungen Gunnin was convicted of second-degree murder and felony possession of a weapon last week after a shooting that took place in December 2018. Yungen Gunnin, whose real name is Jordan Johnson, was arrested on December 15, 2018, for the murder of 23-year-old Da’John Mitchell. The rapper was performing at a Louisiana nightclub when the prosecution claims …
An aggrieved member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Edward Okraku Adum, has sent a very chilling message to the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and the leadership of the elephant family, demanding the immediate removal of Mr. Horace Ekow Ewusi from office. He also wants the vociferous Central Region First Vice-Chairman of the NPP and a …
SCOTLAND – Playboi Carti was ordered to pay a fine after being convicted for a February 2018 assault of a tour bus driver. According to the BBC, Carti was found guilty in a trial at the Dumfries Justice of the Peace Court in Scotland. Carti, whose real name is Jordan Carter, was accused of punching a German driver and smashing a tour …
The MD of the State Housing Company (SHC) Limited Mr Kwabena Ampofo-Appiah and Edward Awuah, his Estate Manager have been convicted for contempt for disobeying court orders. This was after the General Jurisdiction Division of the Accra High Court presided over by Justice Kwaku Tawiah Ackaah-Boafo has found them guilty for facilitating the sale of a house which is currently …
