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Florida deputy whose Taser set biker on fire acquitted

A Florida sheriff's deputy accused of taping up a gas-filled biker during a botched arrest three years ago and starting a fire that burned more than 75 percent of the man's body has been acquitted of negligence charges. According to local reports, on February 27, 2022, Barrett allegedly ran a red light, drove onto the […]

Officers in Tyre Nichols death convicted of fatal beating, acquitted of federal charges 

Three former Memphis, Tenn., police officers involved in the fatal beating of Tire Nichols were found guilty Thursday of witness tampering, but two were acquitted of federal civil rights charges. Tadarius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith were all found guilty Thursday afternoon after jurors deliberated for about six hours. Bean and Smith were acquitted […]

Ex-Illinois star Terrence Shannon Jr. acquitted in rape case

Former University of Illinois star Terrence Shannon Jr. was acquitted Thursday of rape and sexual assault charges in a trial that included charges related to an incident that occurred near the University of Kansas campus in September. Shannon, who was arrested in December, had been accused by an 18-year-old woman of grabbing her without her […]

Autonomy founder Mike Lynch acquitted of fraud over Hewlett-Packard deal

Autonomy founder Mike Lynch, once hailed as the British Steve Jobs, was acquitted of fraud charges by a San Francisco jury on Thursday, a major win for the entrepreneur who has been dogged by legal troubles since his company was sold to Hewlett-Packard in 2011 for $11 billion. Mike Lynch, pictured here in 2019, was […]

Chicago Woman Acquitted After Stealing Police Car And Dragging Officer, Hitting 4 Cars

(Photo: KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images) OAN’s Brooke MalloryThursday, May 30, 2024 5:08 PM A judge on Wednesday accepted the defense’s “insanity” argument and acquitted a woman accused of assaulting a Chicago police officer, stealing his patrol car and dragging the officer naked. advertisement Whitley Temple, 35, was found not guilty by reason of insanity […]