Actor Danny Masterson, left, stands with his lawyers Thomas Mesereau, right, and Sharon Appelbaum during his arraignment in Los Angeles Superior Court in Los Angeles, Friday, Sept. 18, 2020. “That ’70s Show” actor Masterson was arraigned on three rape charges. (Lucy Nicholson/Pool Photo via AP) Two former attorneys for twice-convicted rapist and “That ’70s Show” star Danny Masterson were sanctioned by a court in Los Angeles on Wednesday for leaking sensitive information about his victims to the Church of Scientology – which is accused of stalking and harassing those same victims for years in ..read more

Izzac Murillo (Tulare County Sheriff’s Office) A 29-year-old man in California may spend the rest of his life behind bars for killing his girlfriend’s 2-year-old son, beating the child so severely with brass knuckles that doctors compared his injuries to a violent car wreck. A Tulare County Superior Court judge last week handed down a sentence of 54 years to life in a state penitentiary to Izzac Murillo for the 2015 assault and murder of the toddler. Murillo pleaded no contest in April to charges of first-degree murder, assault on a child causing death, domestic violence, false imprisonment ..read more

Standing from left, Associate Justice Elena Kagan, Associate Justice Samuel Alito Jr., Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) The Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in favor of spirits giant Jack Daniel’s on Thursday brought a number of rarities: references to dog poop, forays into a justice’s liquor cabinet, and a concurrence among some of the high court’s least likely bedfellows. As Justice Elena Kagan recounted in her majority opinion, Jack Daniel’s argued that Bad Spaniels, the maker of a line of dog toys, “had diluted [Jack Daniel’s trademarks] by a ..read more

Tristan Beaudette, left inset and Anthony Rauda, right, in a face covering in court. (Beaudette’s photo screenshot from ABC 10 News; Rauda’s photo screenshot from CBS Los Angeles) A survivalist dubbed the “Malibu Sniper” will spend the rest of his life in prison for shooting and killing a father sleeping in a tent while camping with his two young daughters who cried “Daddy, daddy, daddy!” while sitting in his pool of blood. Anthony Rauda — in a restraint chair and wearing a spit-hood over his head in court — was sentenced on Wednesday to 119 years to life in prison after killing Tristan Beau ..read more

Casey White arrives at the Lauderdale County Courthouse for a sentencing hearing in Florence, Ala., Thursday, June 8, 2023. He pleaded guilty last month to escape charges related to his 11 days on the run last year with jailer Vicky White. (Image of Casey White: Dan Busey/The TimesDaily via AP; image of Vicky White: Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office) A man who fled jail with the help of his now-dead jail guard lover was sentenced Thursday to life in prison with the possibility of parole in connection to the torrid escape. Casey Cole White, 39, said in court that he loved Vicky White, 56. “I ..read more

California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a news conference on Thursday, May 25, 2023, in Richmond, California. (AP Photo/Adam Beam) The governor of California has launched an effort to change the U.S. Constitution by proposing an amendment exclusively containing gun safety provisions. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom announced his intention on Thursday to propose the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which would “permanently enshrine four broadly supported gun safety principles into the U.S. Constitution.” Those principles, according to Newsom: Raising the federal minimum age to purch ..read more

NFL superstars and celebrities are showing much love and support for ex-NFL player Travis Rudolph after his murder acquittal. It took the jury less than four hours Wednesday to decide Rudolph’s fate in the self-defense case. But it took his supporters far less time to start flooding social media with their reactions. Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson showed his support of Rudolph on Twitter shortly after the trial started with a post reading: “Free Travis Rudolph”. Jackson followed up after the verdict with a tweet that included prayer hands and the hashtag #AllGlorytoGod. #AllGlorytoGod htt ..read more

Gregory Lee Rodvelt and a scene from ‘Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark’ (Surprise Police Dept. and YouTube screenshot) A 71-year-old man in Oregon is facing up to two decades in a federal penitentiary for rigging his home with a plethora of “Indiana Jones”-inspired booby traps — including a round hot tub set to roll down a hill like the boulder from the movie “Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark” — which left one federal agent hospitalized. A federal jury last week found Gregory Lee Rodvelt guilty on one count of assaulting a federal officer and one count of using and ..read more

Newly acquitted murder defendant Travis Rudolph, a former football player in college and the NFL, reiterated his self-defense claim, and though he expressed his condolences for the family of the slain Sebastien Jean-Jacques, he said that “for every action, there’s a reaction.” “And just like my lawyer said yesterday in one of the interviews that you got to take responsibility for your actions,” he told the Law&Crime Network’s Linda Kenney Baden. “It’s unfortunate. It’s unfortunate for their loss. To this day, I pray on the family, I pray on Sebastian, but like I said, you got to take resp ..read more

E. Jean Carroll and Donald Trump (Photos left to right: AP Photo/John Minchillo and Emily Elconin/Getty Images) Former President Donald Trump moved for a new trial after a federal jury ruled in favor of E. Jean Carroll and awarded her $5 million, finding that he sexually abused and defamed her. Much of the 31-page motion focuses on the jury declining to specifically find that Trump raped her, settling for a broader definition of sexual abuse that would include the “groping of [Carroll’s] breasts through clothing or similar conduct, which is a far cry from rape.” “In other words, the Jury sim ..read more