Bundy goes free: Judge dismisses case against rancher after mistrial

Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and his sons were released by a federal judge in Las Vegas, after she dismissed with prejudice all charges against them. Prosecutors’ failure to disclose evidence had led to a mistrial. US District Court Judge Gloria Navarro ruled Monday that the government committed “flagrant prosecutorial misconduct” in the process against Bundy […]

ANOTHER MISTRIAL

An Ohio judge declared a second mistrial Friday in the case of Ray Tensing, a University of Cincinnati police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black man during a traffic stop, after a jury deadlocked and could not reach a verdict. This is the second time a jury has been unable to determine whether […]

Bill Cosby’s criminal case may have ended in a mistrial, but he still faces civil lawsuits

Thomson Reuters (Reuters) – Although Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial ended in a mistrial on Saturday, his legal problems persist as he faces assault and defamation claims in civil lawsuits, where the bar for evidence is lower than in criminal cases. In civil lawsuits in the United States, plaintiffs need only show that the weight […]

The Bill Cosby Sexual Assault Case Has Ended in a Mistrial

The Bill Cosby sexual assault trial has ended in a mistrial. The jurors failed to reach a unanimous decision in the case against the disgraced 79-year-old comedian, who is accused of drugging and sexually assaulting Temple University employee Andrea Constand at his Philadelphia home in 2004. “After 52 hours of deliberation, probably one of the […]

Bill Cosby Rape Case Ends in Mistrial

The sexual assault case against TV legend Bill Cosby has ended in a mistrial.  After five full days of deliberation, a Pennsylvania jury remained deadlocked, and was unable to reach a verdict on any of the three felony counts of second-degree aggravated indecent assault against the former Cosby Show star. All three counts were in connection […]