Pair facing more charges in deadly strong-arm robbery at N.J. hotel, police say
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Demond Gray, 43, of New Brunswick and Katura Williams, 40, of Sayreville, were charged Monday and served with complaints for one count of first-degree murder committed during the course of a robbery, one count of first-degree robbery, and one count of second-degree conspiracy to commit robbery, according to a joint release from the North Brunswick Police and the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office.
On March 21, Gray was charged with murder and Williams was charged with obstruction and hindering Gray’s apprehension, but the investigation led to more charges being filed, the office said.
Attorneys defending former Chemistry department chair Charles M. Lieber, who was charged with lying to federal authorities examining his ties to China, said during a status conference last week that Lieberâs cancer diagnosis and deteriorating health call for an expedient trial.
As the trial looms, legal experts spoke with The Crimson about Lieberâs possible defense strategies, which might implicate Harvard and draw attention to University policies around foreign funding disclosure.
Federal authorities arrested Lieber in January 2020, alleging that he made fraudulent statements to officials investigating his funding sources. Lieber reportedly lied to the Defense Department and the National Institutes of Health about ties he allegedly had to Chinaâs Thousand Talents Plan, a talent recruitment program.
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A judge ruled photos of enslaved individuals belong to Harvard, not their direct descendant
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A woman who says she is the direct descendant of a man and woman pictured in some of the earliest known photographs of enslaved people does not have a property interest in the images, now owned by Harvard University, a Massachusetts judge ruled Tuesday.
Tamara Lanier, 58, took Harvard to court in March 2019 for “wrongful seizure, possession and expropriation” of the images, arguing her great-great-great grandfather Renty and his daughter Delia “remain enslaved” by the university.
“Fully acknowledging the continuing impact slavery has had in the United States, the law as it currently stands, does not confer a property interest to the subject of a photograph regardless of how objectionable the photograph’s origins may be,” Justice Camille Sarrouf wrote in an order dismissing the case in Middlesex County Superior Court.
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