Jurors on Friday cleared an Iowa man charged with murder in the shooting deaths of two students at a Des Moines alternative school, a month after another man was convicted for his role in the killings. Bravon Tukes, 20, was acquitted of two counts of first-degree murder and single counts of attempted murder, criminal gang […]
Texas Attorney General Kenneth Paxton Acquitted in Senate Impeachment Trial, Reinstated as AG
September 23, 2023 by
The Texas Senate voted that Texas Attorney General Kenneth Warren Paxton, Jr. should be acquitted. The majority vote on each article in his impeachment trial was for acquittal. The senators voted to dismiss the four remaining impeachment articles and adjourn for the session, Sine Die. Jurors had to decide not only whether the suspended attorney
‘Baretta’ Star Robert Blake, Who Was Acquitted Of His Wife’s Murder, Dead at 89
March 10, 2023 by
Actor Robert Blake died Thursday of heart disease at the age of 89, The New York Times reports. Born Michael Gubitosi in 1933, Blake became a child star and regular in the Our Gang short films by the age of 5. In 1975, Blake took over for actor Tony Musante in the hit show Baretta, […]
Filmmaker Billy Ray Wants ‘Political Eradication’ of GOP Senators Who Acquitted Trump
February 15, 2021 by
Hollywood director and screenwriter Billy Ray is calling for the “political eradication” of the Republican senators who voted to acquit former president Donald Trump, saying that they must be voted out of office, “hounded” into retirement, or convicted. Ray, who co-wrote the screenplay for The Hunger Games and directed the Showtime miniseries The Comey Rule,…
Ted Cruz: ‘Crystal Clear to Everybody’ Trump Will Be Acquitted
February 12, 2021 by
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Thursday expressed confidence that former President Donald Trump will be acquitted in the U.S. Senate’s second impeachment trial. “I think the end result of this impeachment trial is crystal clear to everybody … Donald Trump will be acquitted,” Cruz said, according to The Hill. “And every person in the senate…
Pulse Terrorist’s Widow Acquitted: Here’s What You Need To Know.
March 30, 2018 by
On Friday, a jury in St. Petersburg, Florida acquitted the widow of the terrorist who massacred 49 people at a gay night club in Orlando in 2016. The widow had been charged with obstructing the FBI investigation and providing material support to a terrorist organization, but the defense succeeded in raising enough questions about her […]