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Fugees Rapper Blames Conviction on Lawyer's Use of AI
Fugees Rapper
Gets 14 Years
updated
Nov 20, 2025 6:38 PM CST

Fugees Rapper Gets 14 Years

Prakazrel 'Pras' Michel had blamed his conviction on lawyer's use of AI

(Newser) - A federal judge in Washington, DC, sentenced rapper Prakazrel "Pras" Michel to 14 years in prison on Thursday, the AP reports. The member of the hip-hop group the Fugees was convicted in 2023 of charges including conspiracy, money laundering, and illegal lobbying, per Rolling Stone . Prosecutors asked for a...

Brazil's High Court: Bolsonaro Appeal Is 'Unfeasible'

Former Brazilian leader sees his bid rebuffed, though justices could still change minds through Friday

(Newser) - The justices on Brazil's Supreme Court panel reviewing former President Jair Bolsonaro's appeal unanimously rejected his request on Friday. Justice Alexandre de Moraes, the case's rapporteur, rejected all defense arguments, calling them "unfeasible" and saying there were no omissions in the sentencing, per the AP . He...

Erin Patterson Appeals Her Conviction on 7 Grounds

She says jury was compromised and evidence mishandled during trial

(Newser) - Erin Patterson, the Australian woman convicted of killing three relatives with a poisonous mushroom-laced beef Wellington, has made her case for an appeal on seven grounds, reports 9News . In court documents filed Monday and made public Wednesday, she claims she was the victim of a "substantial miscarriage of justice....

No Applesauce for Diddy's Cheeseburgers at New Prison

Music mogul Sean Combs has been moved to New Jersey's Fort Dix to begin sentence

(Newser) - Sean "Diddy" Combs has officially begun serving his prison sentence at Fort Dix, a low-security federal facility in New Jersey. The music mogul, 55, convicted on two counts related to transporting individuals for prostitution, was moved on Thursday from the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, where he'd been...

Alex Jones Asks SCOTUS to Halt $1.5B Sandy Hook Ruling
Supreme Court
to Alex Jones: Nope
UPDATED
Oct 14, 2025 11:10 AM CDT

Supreme Court to Alex Jones: Nope

SCOTUS declines his bid to save Infowars from the Onion without comment

(Newser) - Alex Jones' appeal to the highest court in the land didn't get far: As NBC News reports, the Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the Infowars founder's appeal to block a $1.5 billion defamation judgment against him, clearing the way for the sale of his site to the...

Alex Jones Wants to Take Sandy Hook Fight to SCOTUS

Conspiracy theorist has asked Supreme Court to hear his appeal in $1.4B judgment

(Newser) - Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has asked the US Supreme Court to hear his appeal of the $1.4 billion judgment a Connecticut jury and judge issued against him for calling the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting a hoax staged by crisis actors. The Infowars host is arguing that the...

Appeals Court Approves Ban on Guns on Public Transport

Federal court reverses lower court's decision on Illinois ban

(Newser) - A federal appeals court has approved Illinois' ban on carrying firearms on public transit, reversing a lower court decision that found the prohibition violated the Second Amendment. The 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals delivered its opinion on Tuesday. Judge Joshua Kolar wrote in the majority opinion for a three-judge...

NY Court Throws Out Massive Fraud Penalty Against Trump

New York court calls $515M+ award over whether president inflated his assets 'excessive'

(Newser) - An appeals court has thrown out the massive civil fraud penalty against President Trump, ruling Thursday in New York state's lawsuit accusing him of exaggerating his wealth. A panel of five judges in New York's mid-level Appellate Division said the verdict, which stood to cost Trump more than...

Maxwell Asks SCOTUS to Overturn Conviction

Her lawyers say Epstein's Florida deal should shield her from prosecution

(Newser) - Ghislaine Maxwell is asking the US Supreme Court to overturn her 2022 sex-trafficking conviction, arguing that a deal Jeffrey Epstein struck with federal prosecutors should have protected her from prosecution. The core of Maxwell's appeal centers on a 2008 non-prosecution agreement (NPA) Epstein reached with authorities in Florida—...

Own the NH 'Hideout' Where FBI Busted Ghislaine Maxwell

The 156-acre estate could be yours for $2.5M

(Newser) - Nearly five years after federal agents tracked down Ghislaine Maxwell in New Hampshire, the secluded mountaintop property where she was arrested has hit the market with a $2.5 million price tag. The 156-acre estate, which sold for $1.1 million in 2019 to a company allegedly linked to...

Trump Brings DOGE-Social Security Fight to SCOTUS

Administration's emergency appeal wants access for Musk's Department of Government Efficiency

(Newser) - The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to clear the way for Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency to access Social Security systems containing personal data on millions of Americans. The emergency appeal is the first in a string of applications to the high court involving DOGE'...

Appeal Asks: Is Child Porn Created by AI Legal?

Prosecutors protest ruling protecting possession of AI-generated CSAM in one's own home

(Newser) - Federal prosecutors are appealing a judge's decision that private possession of AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM) is protected under the Constitution, in a case that could have huge implications for the legal treatment of such content, which is increasing online. Steven Anderegg, 42, of Wisconsin faced "potentially...

Owners of Volcano That Killed 22: Safety Isn't Our Thing
Owners of Volcano
That Killed 22 Absolved
UPDATED
Feb 28, 2025 12:55 AM CST

Owners of Volcano That Killed 22 Absolved

Whakaari Management won appeal of its conviction in 2019 tragedy

(Newser) - The owners of a New Zealand island volcano that erupted and killed 22 people in 2019 are no longer being held responsible for the tragedy. A judge on Friday threw out the conviction against Whakaari Management Limited, the company run by three brothers who own the volcano, ruling that the...

Court: Wife Who Refused Sex Not to Blame for Divorce

ECHR rules in favor of Frenchwoman who absorbed all the blame during divorce proceedings in 2012

(Newser) - It's been 13 years since a French couple sought to end their marriage, but their legal case has just now wrapped up—with the wife finally vindicated by Europe's highest human-rights court of being the sole cause of their marital demise. The BBC reports that the 69-year-old Frenchwoman...

Italy's Top Court Upholds Knox's Slander Conviction

Her lawyer calls ruling 'totally injust'

(Newser) - Italy's highest court on Thursday confirmed a slander conviction against Amanda Knox for accusing an innocent man of murdering her British flatmate 17 years ago. Knox, seeking to fully clear her name of wrongdoing, had appealed the conviction based on a European Court of Human Rights ruling that said...

Lawyer for Dominique Pelicot: He Won't Appeal
Dominique Pelicot Won't Appeal
Dec 30, 2024 6:55 AM CST

Dominique Pelicot Won't Appeal

Lawyer says he won't seek to overturn ruling, to spare ex Gisele Pelicot any further 'ordeal'

(Newser) - The ex-husband of Gisele Pelicot won't appeal his 20-year prison sentence for drugging and raping her and allowing dozens of other men to also rape her while she was unconscious, in a case that revolted France, his lawyer said Monday. Dominique Pelicot wants to spare his ex-wife the ordeal...

Appeals Court Rebuffs Yet Another TikTok Ask

Mid-January deadline for possible US ban of platform will stay in place

(Newser) - A federal appeals court on Friday left in place a mid-January deadline in a federal law requiring TikTok to be sold or face a ban in the United States, rejecting a request made by the company to halt enforcement until the Supreme Court reviews its challenge of the statute. Attorneys...

Appeals Court Upholds US Ban of TikTok

It's a 'resounding defeat' for the social media platform based in China, will require ban or sale

(Newser) - A federal appeals court panel on Friday upheld a law that could lead to a ban on TikTok in a few short months, handing a resounding defeat to the popular social media platform as it fights for its survival in the US. The US Court of Appeals for the District...

To Escape Execution, She'll Need to Find $9B

Vietnamese tycoon Truong My Lan loses initial appeal of death sentence, but hope remains

(Newser) - One of Vietnam's richest women, sentenced to death over what the BBC calls "the world's biggest bank fraud," has lost her appeal. But real estate tycoon Truong My Lan, found to have embezzled $12.5 billion from Saigon Commercial Bank, could still avoid execution—if she...

Supreme Court Rejects Some Big-Name Appeals

'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli, singer R. Kelly, and a former Texas cop are turned down

(Newser) - The Supreme Court on Monday rejected appeals from some big names like Martin Shkreli, who was once dubbed "Pharma Bro" after jacking up the price of a lifesaving drug, and singer R. Kelly, who's now serving 20 years in prison after being convicted of child sex convictions in...

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