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Zaira Patino-Trejo’s stepfather attacks her killer, Euren Balbuena, in court

A grieving stepfather attacked his stepdaughter's killer during a sentencing hearing in California on Wednesday, landing blows before authorities broke up the scuffle in the courtroom. Yulen Balbuena, 33, was sentenced to 33 years to life in prison for the 2020 murder of his girlfriend, Zyla Patino-Trejo, 31, Ventura County District Attorney Eric Nasarenko said. […]

LA socialite Rebecca Grossman in court for jury selection

Rebecca Grossman, a popular Los Angeles socialite, was accompanied by her daughter and husband to jury selection in a hit-and-run trial. Grossman, 60, is accused of driving under the influence of alcohol in 2020 when he crashed his car into two boys, Jacob Iskander, 8, and Mark Iskander, 11, killing them. There is. She faces […]

AL convict turns to appeals court to block first-ever nitrogen gas execution

Lawyers for death row inmate Kenneth Smith asked the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday to block the execution of a murderer by nitrogen hypoxia. Smith, 58, is scheduled to become the first inmate in the United States to be executed using this method on January 25th. Mr. Smith's lawyers argue that the […]

Biden announces another $5B in student loan forgiveness after Supreme Court defeat

WASHINGTON — President Biden announced Friday that he will use existing government programs to forgive an additional $5 billion in student loan debt for 74,000 people. It continues its phased approach to amortization after the Supreme Court last year struck down a sweeping plan to forgive $430 billion in student loans. university debt. The latest […]

Is Trump’s attack mode in court a viable legal strategy? Does it even matter? 

The general public, including perhaps our readers, who do not spend time in courtrooms may not fully appreciate the paradigm shift that has recently occurred regarding certain high-profile cases here in the United States. To be clear, virtually no litigants believe that attacking the judge presiding over the case in court, whether on the courthouse […]