A commutation isn't a law change, it's clemency, and for 382 CA death row inmates it needs 4 state Supreme Court justices. Calaveras DA Barbara Yook says she'll fight to keep Charles Ng on death row. #CrimeTalk
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No jokes here. Gas station cameras, an eyewitness and his own admission: Humphry Dixon Dogbe is sentenced to death for the 2020 rape and murder of Lori Lynn Blankenship in Phoenix. Appeals come next. #CrimeTalk
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Most DUI cases start with a traffic stop. Nashville officer Jordan Vrbas's allegedly started at roll call: supervisors noticed, Traffic Division tested, breath read 0.11. Charged with DUI + gun while impaired. Presumed innocent. #CrimeTalk
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A Florida man who killed his neighbor over ATV riding told the judge jail has been "a comfort" and the sentence "doesn't matter." Pro tip: don't say that when you're asking for 25 years. Ralph Hensel got life without parole. #CrimeTalk
Escaped a Tennessee prison, stole a truck and three guns, then got the F-350 stuck in the mud in rural Missouri. Now Jacob Morley faces a federal gun charge too. Presumed innocent on the new charge. #CrimeTalk
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Yella Beezy said he'd "get his lick back." A Dallas jury just convicted him of capital murder for paying a gunman to kill rapper MO3 on I-35. Automatic life without parole. The appeal writes itself. #CrimeTalk
Pennsylvania CEO on trial for shooting his brother-in-law in the company lobby says self-defense. Prosecutors: he unlocked the door and brought the gun. He told police he "had not thought" of the intercom. Presumed innocent. #CrimeTalk
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Police say he told a United crew he had a bomb and went for the cockpit. Newark to New Orleans. The plane landed safely; he landed in the Jefferson Parish jail on terrorizing charges. The FBI may want a turn. Presumed innocent. #CrimeTalk #United
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Bessemer, Alabama: police say James Reynolds III, 29, is charged with attempted murder after a Monday-morning shooting near a park and gas station left two people shot and a third hit by a car. Held without bond. Presumed innocent. #CrimeTalk
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California's judicial watchdog just removed LA Judge Robert Draper: 17 findings of misconduct, including race remarks to a Black attorney and gender-biased comments. Final in 30 days unless the CA Supreme Court steps in. #CrimeTalk #LegalNews
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Texas: a former UT Tyler student is charged with aggravated assault after video showed a man swinging a cane at a Turning Point USA event. Free speech covers yelling. Not canes. Presumed innocent. #CrimeTalk #Tyler
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A 'Below Deck' alum and his brother are jailed in Bodrum, Turkey, after a street fight outside a clothing store left a 17-year-old worker dead, per reports. Video will decide who threw what. Presumed innocent. #CrimeTalk #BelowDeck
The man charged in the deadly Jackson, MS nightclub shooting was on probation, out on bond on a Glock-switch charge, and wearing an ankle monitor nobody ordered. He hadn't charged it. Presumed innocent. #CrimeTalk #JacksonMS
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Scottsdale cops say an 18-year-old opened fire outside an Airbnb party and bullets hit a home across from a sleeping baby. His lawyer says self-defense. The Ring camera and 58 casings may disagree. Presumed innocent. #CrimeTalk #Scottsdale
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Scott's take: Announcing you're commuting 548 death sentences and actually doing it are two different things.
California's Supreme Court just opened briefing on Newsom's plan. Briefs due Nov. 24; his reply Dec. 4.
#CrimeTalk #DeathPenalty
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Scott's take: When the people you ran over chase you to a red light, don't get out, argue, then drive off again.
Ex-NFL coach Rex Ryan turned himself in in Nashville, accused of running over two pedestrians' feet and leaving.
#CrimeTalk #RexRyan
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Scott's take: An Alford plea means "I didn't do it, but I've seen your evidence."
Ex-'16 and Pregnant' star Whitney Purvis pleaded to involuntary manslaughter in a Georgia fentanyl overdose death. Up to 44 years.
#CrimeTalk #TrueCrime
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Scott's take: "I hit something and my headlights went out" is a confession with a soundtrack.
Jack Sabàto, 32, son of Virginia Madsen and Antonio Sabàto Jr., is charged in a fatal Anchorage hit-and-run.
#CrimeTalk #TrueCrime
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