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‘Fighting for momma bear’: Melissa Lucio’s son begs Texas to halt her execution for a crime he knows ‘she couldn’t have done’

EXCLUSIVE: In just six days, Melissa Lucio will be strapped to a gurney and injected with a lethal cocktail of drugs that will kill her for a murder that she not only says she didn’t commit – but that experts say didn’t even occur. Her son Bobby Alvarez tells Rachel…

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Ex-Senn H.S. theater director pleads guilty to battery in student sex case

Joel Ewing, 42, was initially charged with sexual assault, but took a deal with prosecutors to plead guilty to a count of aggravated battery in a public place.

Chicago Sun-Times

Blac Chyna says she knows of no harm done her by Kardashians

Former reality TV star Blac Chyna testified that she had no personal knowledge of anything Kim Kardashian, Kris Jenner, Khloé Kardashian or Kylie Jenner had said or done to harm her reputation

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CPS employee vaccine mandate reinstated by Illinois appellate court

The downstate court’s decision represents a win for CPS and lets officials resume enforcing their vaccine mandate while a lawsuit challenging the policy plays out.

Chicago Sun-Times

How ‘manipulator and fantasist’ James Watson nearly got away with murder

Detective who led reinvestigation recalls learning decision not to charge suspect had been reversed

The Guardian - UK

CPS security guard faces new sex abuse charges involving 2nd student

Tywain Carter, 29, was charged last month with sexually assaulting a then-15-year-old student on multiple occasions in November and December, the Chicago Sun-Times previously reported.

Chicago Sun-Times

Afternoon Edition: April 20, 2022

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

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Joyce Kenner, CPS’ most prominent principal, to retire after 3 decades at Whitney Young H.S.

Kenner, 65, has become synonymous with Whitney Young Magnet High School over her 32 years at the highly prestigious selective enrollment school.

Chicago Sun-Times

Government vows to jail asylum seekers for steering dinghies across English Channel despite UN warning

UN Refugee Agency says asylum seekers who steer dinghies for no financial gain ‘are not smugglers and should not be prosecuted as such’

The Independent UK

Every misleading statement Boris Johnson has made to parliament since the general election

Misleading the country: The prime minister has failed formally to correct at least 17 false statements since the 2019 general election

The Independent UK

CAR: ‘Historic’ trial kicks off, but not without challenges

The Special Criminal Court’s first trial could address a gap in accountability that has spurred decades of conflict.

Al Jazeera

It’s testing time in our schools. Standardized exams are a terrible way to measure student learning.

Our nation gives more authority to testing companies than it does to teachers. Multiple-choice questions reduce all of our students’ thinking to picking one correct fill-in-the-bubble answer.

Chicago Sun-Times

65 offenders brought to justice this year for crimes with links to Nottinghamshire

The courts have been busier than ever

Nottingham Post

Rochdale victim: ‘I was groomed at 14, then the courts came for my children’

Her evidence helped put abusers behind bars, yet ‘Amber’ was vilified by the authorities and says her torment will never end

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Liverpool Echo

Police were ready to let dangerous rapist walk free until woman's bravery changed everything

SPECIAL REPORT : John Wood is now behind bars - but the case nearly ended very differently

The Independent UK

Ex-officer vows to bring private prosecution over shooting of Pc Yvonne Fletcher

Friends and colleagues of Yvonne Fletcher gathered at her memorial stone in central London to mark the 38th anniversary of her death.

Chronicle Live

Durham company fined £70k for involvement in bribery and corruption alongside former Coca Cola manager

Electron Systems Ltd, of Chester le Street, was sentenced to a £70,000 fine after pleading guilty to one count of corruption and one count of failure to prevent bribery

Chicago Sun-Times

Vallas to decide by Memorial Day whether to enter 2023 race for mayor

In round one of the 2019 mayoral sweepstakes, former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas finished with 5.43% of the vote. Vallas believes the outcome will be dramatically different if he runs again.

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The Hindu

UTF’s ‘Poru Garjana’ for repeal of CPS from April 18

Bike rallies planned across State from April 18 to 25

Liverpool Echo

'Keyboard warrior' sent racist email to Labour MP Dawn Butler

The Merseyside man targeted the MP in a 'vile' hate crime

Chicago Sun-Times

State asks CPS to repay $87M it mistakenly received over 3 years

“We have had several conversations with CPS and will continue to work with the district to resolve this matter,” a state spokeswoman said.

The Independent UK

Call for Government to show ‘more ambition’ in tackling low rape prosecutions

Police forces in England and Wales recorded the highest number of rapes and sexual offences in a 12-month period in the year to September.

The Guardian - UK

Put ‘rape teams’ on all police forces in England and Wales, say MPs

Rollout of specialist units among reforms proposed in select committee report on low prosecution rate

The Guardian - UK

MPs urge police forces in England and Wales to have specialist rape investigators

Expansion of specialist teams proposed in report, along with independent legal advice for complainants

Chicago Tribune

Chicago Public Schools asked to repay $87 million it got from ‘coding error’; state funds were due to other Illinois districts

CHICAGO — The state of Illinois will distribute $87.5 million to hundreds of school districts that were underpaid because of a “coding error” — while seeking repayment from Chicago Public Schools, which mistakenly got the funds.

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