Decades-long federal prison terms backed for men who applauded livestream rape of 6-year-old boy
Updated Dec 14, 2020;
Two men who watched and applauded the livestream rape of a 6-year-old central Pennsylvania boy received a fair trial before being sentenced to decades in prison, a federal appeals court has decided.
The ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit shoots down arguments by Dylan Heatherly and William Staples that the jurors should not have been allowed to see the graphic Zoom video of the brutal rape because it prejudiced the panel against them.
Judge Stephanos Bibas found in the circuit court’s opinion that prosecutors were justified in showing that video and other child porn from the chat room Heatherly and Staples frequented because “the evidence was highly probative of the conspiracy and the defendants’ awareness of what they were involved in.
COVID-19 case: Motel owner sues insurer for refusing to cover losses due to Gov. Wolf’s shutdown orders
Updated Dec 11, 2020;
Posted Dec 11, 2020
A sign is posted in the window of a closed business in Philadelphia, Friday, March 20, 2020. Gov. Tom Wolf directed all non-life-sustaining businesses to close their physical locations in March.(AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP
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As Gov. Tom Wolf’s stringent new COVID-19 restrictions are poised to take effect, the owner of a Dauphin County motel is suing its insurer in federal court seeking to secure compensation for financial losses it blames on Wolf’s prior coronavirus shutdown orders.
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