Federal prosecutors have filed criminal charges against drug distributor Rochester Drug Cooperative (RDC) and two of its former executives. The charges, a first, targeted at legal painkiller wholesalers for contributing to the opioid epidemic. Prosecutors allege executives shipped tens of millions of oxycodone pills, as well as other drugs like … [Read more...]
Allison Mack Pleads Guilty In Alleged ‘Sex Cult’ Case
The bizarre story of Smallville actress Allison Mack’s involvement in alleged “sex cult” NXIVM took a new turn on Monday. In a New York federal court, Mack pleaded guilty to multiple felony counts, including racketeering and racketeering conspiracy charges, which was perhaps the only choice she had after (proudly) telling the New York Times … [Read more...]
Sackler Family Explores Perdue Pharma Bankruptcy amid Mounting OxyContin Scandal
Purdue Pharma has hired AlixPartners, a New York-based consulting firm known for its restructuring work, to explore filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, which would most likely halt the approximately 1,600 city and state lawsuits filed against Purdue to “recoup costs incurred for hooking the nation on opioids,” both legal and illegal, … [Read more...]
House Democrats Endorse Stricter Gun Laws for Violence Against Women Act
The March issue of the National Rifle Association’s monthly publication, The American Rifleman, features a photo of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Gabrielle Giffords, the former Democratic Congresswoman from Arizona, who was shot in the head in 2011, The New York Times reports on February 24. The photo of Pelosi and Giffords, snapped last month … [Read more...]
Supreme Court Ruling Curbs Excessive Fines and Property Seizures
The Supreme Court has ruled that the United States Constitution’s ban on excessive fines and property seizures in criminal prosecutions applies to state government as well as federal government. All nine Supreme Court justices ruled in favor of Tyson Timbs, an Indiana man who argued that police violated his Constitutional rights when they … [Read more...]
Mueller Report Expected Soon on Russian Election Interference
Attorney General Bill Barr is preparing to announce as early as next week the completion of Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, with plans for Barr to submit to Congress soon after a summary of Mueller's confidential report, according to people familiar with the plans. The preparations are the clearest indication yet that Mueller is nearly … [Read more...]
Grand Jury Seated In Wake Following New R. Kelly Allegations
A grand jury has been convened in Cook County, Illinois, in connection with new allegations against singer R. Kelly, according to two sources close to the case, according to CNN. This comes on the heels of attorney Michael Avenatti announcing last week that he had handed over to the State's Attorney's office a videotape that he says shows Kelly … [Read more...]
Mexico’s ‘El Chapo’ Drug Cartel Boss Convicted On All 10 U.S. Charges
The world’s most infamous cartel boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, was found guilty in a U.S. court on Tuesday of running a violent gang that smuggled tons of drugs into the United States, according to Reuters. Jurors in federal court in Brooklyn found Guzman, head of the Sinaloa Cartel, guilty on all 10 counts. He faces a possible sentence of … [Read more...]
Ohio’s Down Syndrome Abortion Ban Heads to Federal Court
In December 2017, Ohio Governor John Kasich signed into law House Bill 214, which prevented any physician from performing an abortion if he knew that one of the reasons the woman sought the abortion was because her baby had Down syndrome. Planned Parenthood and Preterm-Cleveland, however, joined forces and challenged the law almost immediately. … [Read more...]
Ohio Doctor Allegedly Overdosing Patients with Fentanyl
In a case you’re sure to read more about in the coming months, a Columbus, Ohio physician who practiced at Mount Carmel West Hospital in the downtown area of the state capital is being accused of overdosing as many as 34 patients over the course of three years (2015-2018) with the powerful synthetic opioid, fentanyl. As the criminal … [Read more...]
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