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Colorado Police, Paramedics Plead Not Guilty to Homicide in Elijah McClain Death

DENVER—Three Colorado police officers and two paramedics pleaded not guilty on Friday to homicide charges in the 2019 killing of Elijah McClain, a Black man subdued by police, placed in a choke hold and injected with a sedative, though he was neither armed nor suspected of a crime. Attorneys for all five defendants entered pleas…


Scottish Lawyers Question Wisdom of Scrapping Historic ‘Not Proven’ Verdict

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has pledged to scrap the verdict of “not proven,” which is unique to Scotland and dates back to the 17th century. But the Law Society of Scotland said it was “deeply concerned” about the announcement and Thomas Ross, QC, a defence advocate in Glasgow, told The Epoch Times the evidence…


Salman Rushdie Attack Suspect Pleads Not Guilty to Attempted Murder, Assault

MAYVILLE, N.Y.—The man accused of stabbing novelist Salman Rushdie last week in western New York pleaded not guilty to second-degree attempted murder and assault charges on Thursday and was held without bail. Hadi Matar, 24, is accused of wounding Rushdie, 75, on Friday just before the “The Satanic Verses” author was to deliver a lecture…


Buffalo Shooter Pleads Not Guilty to Domestic Terror Charge

BUFFALO, N.Y.—The shooter who killed 10 people at a Buffalo supermarket pleaded not guilty Thursday to hate-motivated domestic terrorism and other charges. A lawyer entered the plea for Payton Gendron, 18, in the first case to make use of New York’s domestic terrorism hate crime law. Gendron didn’t speak during the brief hearing with a…


Connecticut Trooper Pleads Not Guilty in 2020 Fatal Shooting

MILFORD, Conn.—A Connecticut state trooper who killed a 19-year-old man while firing seven gunshots into the driver’s window of a stolen car in 2020 pleaded not guilty to a manslaughter charge Thursday. Trooper Brian North made a brief appearance in Milford Superior Court as relatives of Mubarak Soulemane repeated their calls for North to be…


British Carer Who Suffocated Thief During Citizen’s Arrest Cleared of Manslaughter

A carer who suffocated a suspected burglar while performing a citizen’s arrest has been cleared of manslaughter. Nathan Smith, 38, knelt on 43-year-old Craig Wiltshire’s back for nine minutes in the early hours of November 20 2019 after tackling him in the street. He refused to ease off even when the victim twice told him…