8 h. ago Plea deal with son of drug kingpin 'El Chapo' details abduction of legendary Sinaloa capo

Joaquín Guzmán López, the 39-year-old son of former Sinaloa cartel kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, pleaded guilty to two counts of drug trafficking and continuing criminal enterprise in federal court in Chicago.

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7 d. ago Harvard law professor who fired pellet gun near temple takes a plea deal

Carlos Portugal Gouvêa told police he was hunting rats near Temple Beth Zion, where congregants were marking the start of Yom Kippur. The post Harvard law professor who fired pellet gun near temple takes a plea deal appeared first on Boston.com.

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9 d. ago Texas A&M committee rules professor's firing over gender identity lesson unjustified

A Texas A&M committee agreed the university was wrong to fire a professor earlier this year after a controversy over a classroom video that showed a student objecting to a children’s literature lesson about gender identity

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1 week ago Texas A&M Wrong to Fire Professor Melissa McCoul Over Gender Lesson, Panel Rules

The firing put the school at the center of national debates over gender identity and academic freedom. A faculty panel ruled unanimously against the termination.

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1 week ago Repeat offender with violent past gets plea deal due to mental health

Repeat offender with violent past gets plea deal due to mental health  KOMO

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1 week ago NYC judge demands maximum sentence for aspiring rapper accused of cat sacrifice in online satanic ritual

A Bronx judge warned she won’t approve a plea deal for David Mosley, an aspiring rapper accused of killing a cat in a satanic ritual, unless he faces the maximum penalty.

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2 w. ago Texas man accused of child sex crimes avoids jail in plea deal with Soros

Texas man avoids jail in child sex assault case after plea deal drops 9 felony charges. Victim's father says he was blindsided by Travis County prosecutor's decision.

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2 w. ago Salem woman who ran ‘creepy creations’ shop to plead guilty in Harvard morgue scandal

Katrina Maclean was accused of storing and selling stolen human remains out of her Peabody store. She recently signed a plea deal with prosecutors. The post Salem woman who ran ‘creepy creations’ shop to plead guilty in Harvard morgue scandal appeared first on Boston.com.

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3 w. ago Man with violent criminal history on parole allegedly stabs teen to death: officials

A man was charged with murder after a fatal Walmart stabbing in Savannah, Georgia. Delano Middleton allegedly killed a teen over a shopping cart dispute just years after a plea deal.

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