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Hearing scheduled on DNA motion The Leavenworth Times A judge has scheduled a hearing to take up a request to use a DNA sample from a 2007 rape case for new testing. The DNA sample is from Kevin D. Skaggs. Skaggs, 42, was convicted in 2007 in Leavenworth County District Court of three counts of rape, one count of aggravated criminal sodomy, two counts of sexual exploitation of a child and one count of promoting obscenity to minors. The crimes reportedly occurred in 2004 and 2005 and stemmed from the sexual abuse of a child. Skaggs was sentenced in 2008 to 310 months, or 25 years and 10 months...

(Credit: Reporter File Photo) Elaine Jackson Stack, a retired Justice of the New York State Supreme Court and a highly respected member of the Long Island legal community, passed away Dec.19 due to complications from COVID-19. Her death was confirmed by her daughter, Dede Stack Unger. Judge Stack, who was known universally as Jackie, was 89, and resided in Mineola and Shelter Island. She had been a long-time resident of East Hills, N.Y., where she raised her family and had served as deputy mayor. At her death, she was Of Counsel to the Garden City law firm of Barket Eps...

A Mount Holly man accused of shooting and killing a police officer last week will remain in jail without bond. Joshua Funk, 24, made his first public appearance Friday morning since the shooting death of Mount Holly Police Officer Tyler Herndon last week. Investigators believe Funk shot and wounded Herndon with a handgun during an early morning shooting on Dec. 11. Herndon died at the hospital later that morning. A Gaston County grand jury indicted Funk on first-degree murder Monday morning. Mount Holly Police Chief Don Roper, Deputy Chief Brian Reagan and seven other Mount Holly Police offic...

Man accused of ambushing Florence officers tells judge he doesn’t want a dime going to victims Fred Hopkins appeared in court previously to determine if he needed to undergo a mental health evaluation By Cameron Crowe | December 11, 2020 at 11:22 AM EST - Updated December 11 at 1:20 PM FLORENCE, S.C. (WMBF) - The man accused of killing two Florence law enforcement officers and injuring five others was in court Friday following a postponement due to an issue with the transportation order. The hearing for Fred Hopkins was held completely virtually and the defendant reported to it ov...

Challenges. when we look at 59% of those in jail being people of color, we've got to find a better way to address justice for all, to have a more inclusive system of indigent defense. a number of things have to happen. but it takes people being on the streets. not nonviolent street heat i should say. >> and at the same time, we are all for correcting people, and we do in terms of their personal behavior and family and all that. but that does not justify dealing with the unequal system in terms of the justice system and other things, whether you're well-behaved or not, whether your family is co...