State lawmakers have yet to fund an $11 million effort to reform Colorado courts’ long-troubled competency system, raising alarm among supporters as the end of the legislative session looms. If funded, the bill, HB24-1355, would create a statewide diversion program aimed at shifting thousands of people with mental illness out of the criminal justice system … Read more
By Jennifer Peltz and Michael R. Sisak | Associated Press NEW YORK — A New York appeals court judge Tuesday rejected Donald Trump’s latest attempt to delay his hush money criminal trial, taking just 12 minutes to swat aside an argument that it should be postponed while the former president fights a gag order. Justice … Read more
By Colleen Barry | Associated Press MILAN — Amanda Knox faces another trial for slander this week in Italy in a case that could remove the last legal stain against her, eight years after Italy’s highest court threw out her conviction for the murder of her 21-year-old British roommate. Knox, who was a 20-year-old student … Read more
An appellate court on Monday granted Disney’s request for a two-month pause in a federal lawsuit against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and his appointees to Walt Disney World’s governing district after the two sides reached a settlement on separate litigation in state court. Disney’s request last Friday to the federal appellate court was motivated by … Read more
A bill in the Colorado legislature would allow stiffer penalties for EpiPen and insulin manufacturers who refuse to sell their products under the state’s price caps, which one generic drugmaker is challenging in court. Over the last three years, Colorado set limits on out-of-pocket costs for insulin and epinephrine auto-injectors. So far, insulin makers largely … Read more
By Kara Scannell and Jeremy Herb | CNN Former President Donald Trump has posted a $175 million bond as he appeals the judgment against him in the New York civil fraud case brought by state Attorney General Letitia James. The bond amount was lowered by several hundred million dollars by a state appeals court last month after Trump’s attorneys argued that covering … Read more
Colorado lawmakers hope to improve the state courts’ long-troubled competency system by creating a program aimed at moving mentally ill criminal defendants out of courtrooms and into mental health care. The sweeping diversion program would create a pathway for thousands of people who are charged with mid- to low-level crimes to receive mental health care … Read more
A 9-year-old Oklahoma boy was served with a victim protective order (VPO) during school after he allegedly stalked and harassed a female classmate for months, leaving his family shocked. Pottawatomi County Sheriff officials served the student at Horace Mann Elementary School on Wednesday morning after Judge Tracy McDaniel signed off on the order petitioned by … Read more
On May 14 last year, just over two months after the young couple got married, the 21-year-old woman was at home with her husband and their baby girl who was asleep in the bedroom. The court heard that as her husband was speaking “very loudly” on the phone, his wife told him to “shut up”. … Read more
Following a pivotal year in the movement to discard the term “excited delirium,” momentum is building in Colorado and several other states to ban the discredited medical diagnosis from death certificates, law enforcement training, police incident reports, and civil court testimony. In January, California became the first state to prohibit the medical term from many … Read more
