YNW Mellyことジャメル・デモンズ被告の、長期間にわたる二重殺人事件の裁判で、二度目となる保釈申請が却下された。マーティン・ファイン裁判官は5月6日、同ラッパーに対し、再審まで収監を続けるよう命じた。
デモンズ被告は、評決が出ないまま7年以上を拘置所で過ごしている。弁護団のドリュー・ファインドリング氏とキャリー・ハウウォウト氏は、無罪推定の原則があるにもかかわらず、3年間の独房監禁を含む非人道的な環境下に置かれていることに裁判所は問題意識を持つべきだったと主張した。弁護団は、この扱いを「残酷かつ極端」であると非難し、課せられた環境に対し憤りを表明した。
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Karmelo Anthony, 19, was moved to a state prison in Navasota, Texas, one day after his sentencing for the 2025 murder of Austin Metcalf. A Texas jury convicted him of first-degree murder and imposed a 35-year term. Anthony has filed an appeal.
Attorneys for Sean Combs urged a federal appeals court on Thursday to speed up its decision on whether his 50-month prison sentence was improperly imposed. The Bad Boy founder, convicted of transportation to engage in prostitution, is serving his term at a low-security facility in New Jersey. The hearing before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit focused on claims that the judge considered acquitted conduct during sentencing.
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A Los Angeles County judge has denied resentencing for Pearl Fernandez, the California mother convicted of torturing her 8-year-old son Gabriel to death. Fernandez, 42, claimed her 2018 guilty plea was coerced, but Judge George G. Lomeli rejected the petition on Monday. This marks the second time her request has been denied.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a sharp dissent on Monday as the court declined to hear the case of James Skinner, serving life without parole for the 1998 killing of teenager Eric Walber in Louisiana. Joined by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Sotomayor accused the court of failing to enforce its own precedents on withheld evidence. She highlighted the unequal treatment compared to Skinner's co-defendant Michael Wearry, who was released after similar Brady violations.
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Tifanee Wright was sentenced to 25 years in prison this week for the second-degree murder of community activist Yvonne Nelson in Memphis, Tennessee.
Hakeem Jones, 28, faces second-degree murder charges in the death of 25-year-old Jamillah Gales, who was shot twice in the back in a Northwest Washington alleyway. The incident occurred late Tuesday night, and her 2-year-old son was found safe nearby. Jones is held without bond awaiting a court appearance on May 6.
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National Coloured Congress leader and MP Fadiel Adams was granted bail of R10,000 with strict conditions by the Pinetown Magistrate’s Court on 15 May 2026. Magistrate Wendalyn Robinson ruled after considering arguments from both sides in the fraud and justice obstruction case linked to the 2017 murder of Sindiso Magaqa. Adams had been arrested on 5 May at the Parliamentary Village.