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Former Louisiana mayor completes 90-day jail term for raping 16-year-old boy https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/07/former-louisiana-mayor-misty-robert-completes-jail-sentence #UsCrime #UsJusticeSystem #UsNews #Louisiana

Former Louisiana mayor completes 90-day jail term for raping 16-year-old boy
By Ramon Antonio Vargas

Judge admits he made mistake in sentencing Misty Roberts, who faced up to 17 years in prison after conviction

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/07/former-louisiana-mayor-misty-robert-completes-jail-sentence

#UScrime #USjusticesystem #USnews #Louisiana #TheGuardian #RamonAntonioVargas

Federal appeals court declines to dismiss criminal charges against US congresswoman
By Rachel Leingang

LaMonica McIver, a Democrat from New Jersey, was charged with interfering with an arrest in May 2025 at ICE facility

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/26/lamonica-mciver-delaney-hall-criminal-charges

#NewJersey #Trumpadministration #USjusticesystem #ICEUSImmigrationandCustomsEnforcement #USSenate #USnews #USpolitics #USCongress #LawUS #USimmigration #Law #TheGuardian #RachelLeingang

Texas judge denies Karmelo Anthony’s request for a new trial in stabbing death
By Uwa Ede-Osifo

In June, a jury found Anthony guilty of fatally stabbing his classmate Austin Metcalf in 2025 at a track meet

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/22/karmelo-anthony-texas-trial

#Texas #UScrime #USnews #LawUS #USjusticesystem #Race #TheGuardian #UwaEdeOsifo

Trump’s spying on left-wing groups recalls J Edgar Hoover’s Cointelpro | Ken Roth
By Kenneth Roth

The FBI from the 1950s to the 1970s tried to infiltrate and discredit leftist organizations. Trump seems to be repeating that sordid practice

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/14/trump-administration-investigate-progressive-groups

#Trumpadministration #USconstitutionandcivilliberties #USpolicing #DonaldTrump #ICEUSImmigrationandCustomsEnforcement #USimmigration #ProtestUS #Surveillance #FBI #USdomesticpolicy #USjusticesystem #LawUS #Minneapolis #Minnesota #USpolitics #USnews #TheGuardian #KennethRoth

Trump’s spying on left-wing groups recalls J Edgar Hoover’s Cointelpro | Ken Roth https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/14/trump-administration-investigate-progressive-groups #TrumpAdministration #UsConstitutionAndCivilLiberties #UsPolicing #DonaldTrump #IceUsImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcement #UsImmigration #ProtestUs #Surveillance #Fbi #UsDomesticPolicy #UsJusticeSystem #LawUs #Minneapolis #Minnesota #UsPolitics #UsNews

Arizona clergy who learn of child abuse in confessions aren’t required to report it, court rules https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/03/arizona-clergy-child-abuse-confessions-court #Arizona #UsNews #Religion #Mormonism #RapeAndSexualAssault #UsJusticeSystem

Arizona clergy who learn of child abuse in confessions aren’t required to report it, court rules
By Richard Luscombe

State supreme court rules in case of two bishops who were silent about three children abused by Mormon parents

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/03/arizona-clergy-child-abuse-confessions-court

#Arizona #USnews #Religion #Mormonism #Rapeandsexualassault #USjusticesystem #TheGuardian #RichardLuscombe

Hollywood producer charged with seven counts of wire fraud in $100m scheme
By Uwa Ede-Osifo

Jason Cloth of Joker and The Green Knight diverted funds from entertainment investors toward his personal life

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/29/jason-cloth-fraud

#UScrime #Film #Joker #TheGreenKnight #USnews #LawUS #USjusticesystem #Culture #TheGuardian #UwaEdeOsifo

Salman Rushdie testifies at terrorism trial of man convicted of stabbing him
By Associated Press

Author testified for second time about near-killing four years ago during event at New York amphitheater

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jul/23/salman-rushdie-testifies-terrorism-trial

#SalmanRushdie #USjusticesystem #UScrime #USnews #NewYork #LawUS #TheGuardian #AssociatedPress