DETROIT (AP) — A judge declared a mistrial Tuesday after jurors failed to reach a verdict in the trial of a Detroit police officer who fatally shot a 7-year-old girl during a chaotic search for a murder suspect that was recorded by a reality TV crew. Loud voices could be heard in the jury room […]
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Jury Urged to Convict Detroit Cop in Death of Girl
DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit police officer charged in the fatal shooting of a 7-year-old girl acknowledged Thursday that he’s trained to keep his finger off the trigger, but he insisted the split-second tragedy began when the victim’s grandmother grabbed his weapon during a risky midnight raid. Joseph Weekley, charged with involuntary manslaughter, testified in […]
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Jury Convicts Ex-Detroit Mayor of Corruption
DETROIT (AP) UPDATED 3/11/2013 — Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was convicted Monday of corruption charges, and then sent to jail to await his prison sentence in yet another dramatic setback for a man who once was among the nation’s youngest big-city leaders. Jurors convicted Kilpatrick of a raft of crimes, including racketeering conspiracy, which […]
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Winans Family Scion Faces Prison for $8 Million Fraud
DETROIT— Prosecutors have recommended at least 12 1/2 years in prison for a member of gospel music’s Winans family whose $8 million bond scam involved more than 1,000 people and caused bankruptcies and home foreclosures. Michael Winans Jr., 30, of Jessup, Md., is returning Wednesday to Detroit federal court, four months after pleading guilty to […]
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US Court Strikes Down Mich. Affirmative Action Ban
DETROIT (AP) — Michigan’s ban on affirmative action in college admissions was declared unconstitutional Thursday by a deeply divided federal appeals court, six years after state voters said race could not be an issue in choosing students. In an 8-7 decision, the court said the 2006 amendment to the Michigan Constitution is illegal because it […]
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Nigerian Pleads Guilty to Airplane Underwear Bomb Attack
DETROIT (AP) — A Nigerian man said Wednesday he tried to blow up an international flight for al-Qaida with a bomb in his underwear in retaliation for the killing of Muslims worldwide, taking a federal court in Detroit by surprise as he pleaded guilty on the second day of his trial. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab answered […]