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Former South Carolina court clerk Becky Hill has pleaded guilty to showing sealed court exhibits to a photographer and lying about it in court.
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Former South Carolina court clerk Becky Hill has pleaded guilty to showing sealed court exhibits to a photographer and lying about it in court.
A man pleaded guilty to murder and tampering charges and was sentenced to 40 years in the killing of a University of Mississippi graduate who was a prominent figure in the LGBTQ community.
A woman convicted of murdering her husband discovers serious problems with some key evidence used against her at trial. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports. CASE UPDATE: Jane Dorotik sued the County of San Diego and reached a settlement in which the county will pay Dorotik $499,000. It does not include any admissions of wrongdoings.
A woman convicted of murdering her husband discovers serious problems with some key evidence used against her at trial. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports. CASE UPDATE: Jane Dorotik sued the County of San Diego and reached a settlement in which the county will pay Dorotik $499,000. It does not include any admissions of wrongdoings.
A judge on Friday ordered Sean "Diddy" Combs to serve 50 months in prison — just over four years — for two prostitution-related charges. Combs was also given five years of supervised release and a $500,000 fine. CBS News examines the high-profile federal trial in New York, the explosive testimonies, and what led to Comb’s arrest and federal charges in the one-hour special, "Sean Diddy Combs: The Sentencing," hosted by Jericka Duncan.
Jurors have found a man accused of throwing a sandwich at a federal agent, which made him a symbol of resistance to the Trump administration's deployment of the National Guard in Washington, D.C., not guilty of misdemeanor assault. CBS News justice correspondent Scott MacFarlane has the details.
U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut said she "found no credible evidence" that protests in the city grew out of control before the president federalized the troops.
Nearly three years after she was shot by her own 6-year-old student, Abby Zwerner still remembers the instant just before the shooting. Scott MacFarlane reports on her courtroom testimony.
A Louisiana man accused of participating in Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel faced a judge on Wednesday. CBS News national reporter Kati Weis has the latest.
Trial began Monday for the former Illinois sheriff's deputy accused of shooting and killing Sonya Massey in her home last year. CBS News' Shanelle Kaul has more details.
An appeals court in France is hearing the case of a man sentenced to nine years in prison for his role in a drugging and rape trial.
A jury convicted Sean “Diddy” Combs on prostitution-related counts, but acquitted him of the more severe charges of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking on Wednesday, following a 7-week trial. CBS News examines the high-profile federal trial in New York, the explosive testimonies, and what led to Comb’s arrest and federal charges in the one-hour special, "Sean 'Diddy' Combs: The Verdict," hosted by Jericka Duncan.
A judge on Friday sentenced music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs to four years and two months in prison on prostitution-related charges. CBS News legal reporter Katrina Kaufman has more on the judge's comments while delivering the sentence.
A Manhattan judge on Friday sentenced music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs to 50 months in prison for two prostitution-related charges. He was also given five years of supervised release and issued a $500,000 fine. John Dickerson anchors a special report.
A Florida jury on Tuesday returned a guilty verdict in the trial of Ryan Routh, the man accused of attempting to assassinate President Trump on his golf course in 2024. CBS News correspondent Cristian Benavides reports.
A Florida jury on Tuesday found Ryan Routh guilty on all charges in the attempted assassination of Donald Trump at his Florida golf course last year. CBS News correspondent Cristian Benavides reports.
The man accused of killing seven women whose bodies were found on Long Island's Gilgo Beach lost a bid to split the case into multiple trials on Tuesday. New York State Supreme Court Justice Timothy Mazzei stated in his six-page ruling that the case would proceed as a single trial. CBS News' Shanelle Kaul has more.
A man accused of trying to assassinate Donald Trump at his Florida golf course last year has chosen not to testify in his own defense.
The trial for the Florida man accused of attempting to assassinate then-candidate Donald Trump began on Thursday. CBS News legal reporter Katrina Kaufman has the details.
A Michigan judge has dismissed the criminal cases against 15 people accused of acting falsely as electors for President Donald Trump in the 2020 election.
Jury selection began Monday in the trial for Ryan Routh, the man accused of attempting to assassinate President Trump on his golf course in West Palm Beach last September. A federal judge signed off on Routh's request to represent himself in the trial. CBS News' Katrina Kaufman has more details.
A federal jury has ordered Google to pay $425.7 million for improperly snooping on people's smartphones during a nearly decade-long period of intrusions.
A judge has ordered a new trial for three former Memphis police officers who were convicted of federal charges in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols.
A federal judge has ordered a new trial for an Alabama man on death row who argued that DNA evidence shows he's innocent.
A jury found a man not guilty of organizing the daytime ambush killing of rapper Young Dolph at a Memphis bakery in November 2021.