BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) -- A California police chief is once again under scrutiny, this time for using 10 officers - some on overtime - to search for his teenage son's stolen iPhone. Berkeley Police Chief Michael Meehan told the Oakland Tribune that no preferential treatment was given when officers, including three detectives and a sergeant who each logged two hours of overtime, searched for the phone that has a tracking device and was taken from a school locker in January. It was not found. Meehan came under scrutiny two months earlier after ordering a sergeant to go to a reporter's home to ask for changes to an online story about a community meeting where people criticized the speed of a police response to an elderly ... Continue reading →
As Edwards jury deliberates, speculation grows By MICHAEL BIESECKER, Associated Press – 3 hours ago GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — John Edwards tried to make eye contact with each juror as they filed into the courtroom Wednesday before heading home after a fourth day of deliberations without a verdict in his campaign finance trial.A former trial lawyer, Edwards is familiar with the old courtroom adage that jurors who return the defendant's gaze with a quick smile or a nod may be leaning toward acquittal, whereas those who turn away could be signaling guilt.While the former presidential candidate, the media and court observers look for clues to what the jury is thinking, legal experts caution it's still early in such a complex case to read too much ... Continue reading →
A coalition of 10 media companies that includes the Associated Press has filed a joint motion with a federal court in Greensboro seeking the release of information about jurors at the conclusion of the John Edwards trial. Clerk of Court John Brubaker notified journalists this week that a local rule in the Middle District of North Carolina forbids him to release the identities of jurors without the permission of U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Eagles, who is overseeing the trial of the former presidential candidate. In a memorandum accompanying the motion filed Wednesday, lawyers for the media companies cite U.S. Supreme Court rulings and other legal precedents supporting the release of the jurors' names. In addition to AP, the coalition includes The New York Times, ... Continue reading →
A coalition of 10 media companies that includes the Associated Press has filed a joint motion with a federal court in Greensboro seeking the release of information about jurors at the conclusion of the John Edwards trial. Clerk of Court John Brubaker notified journalists this week that a local rule in the Middle District of North Carolina forbids him to release the identities of jurors without the permission of U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Eagles, who is overseeing the trial of the former presidential candidate. In a memorandum accompanying the motion filed Wednesday, lawyers for the media companies cite U.S. Supreme Court rulings and other legal precedents supporting the release of the jurors' names. In addition to AP, the coalition includes The New York Times, ... Continue reading →
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Trayvon Martin was shot through the heart at close range. George Zimmerman had a broken nose, bruises and bloody cuts on the back of his head.The lead investigator in the case wanted to charge Zimmerman with manslaughter in the weeks after the shooting but was overruled.These are among the details revealed in nearly 200 pages of documents, photos and audio recordings released Thursday in a case that's riveted the nation. Yet it's still unclear what exactly happened and whether it was racially motivated.The evidence supports Zimmerman's contention that he was being beat up when he fired the fatal shot. At the same time, it bolsters the argument of Martin's parents that Zimmerman was profiling Martin and that the whole confrontation could ... Continue reading →
