Jaimie Ding, Author at The Rapid City Post

FILE - This combination of two booking photos provided by the California Department of Corrections shows Erik Menendez, left, and Lyle Menendez. (California Department of Corrections via AP, File)

Judge orders LA prosecutors to explain why Menendez brothers’ conviction shouldn’t be re-examined

July 14, 2025

A judge has ordered Los Angeles prosecutors to explain why the Menendez brothers’ murder convictions should not be re-examined in light of new evidence supporting their claims of sexual abuse by their father. The July 7 order by Judge William Ryan was in response to a habeas corpus petition filed by Erik and Lyle Menendez in May 2023 seeking a review of their 1996 convictions for killing their parents. While prosecutors argued that the evidence was untimely and inadmissible, the judge agreed the evidence could have changed the outcome of their murder convictions. Prosecutors now have 30 days to explain why the brothers should not be granted relief.

People line up outside the Los Angeles Federal Building in Los Angeles, housing the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

A day outside an LA detention center shows profound impact of ICE raids on families

July 1, 2025

For immigrants who are detained in the Los Angeles region, their first stop is the Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center in the basement of the federal building downtown. A recent day outside the facility shows the profound personal impact of the federal government’s crackdown on illegal immigration. U.S.-born children and other family members arrived with medication, clothing and a bit of hope of seeing their detained loved one. Many are turned away with no news, not even confirmation that the person is inside. Those taken into custody are from a variety of countries, including Mexico, Guatemala, India, Iran, China, and Laos.

Claire Stein places flowers at a makeshift memorial for Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark at the state Capitol, Sunday, June 15, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

After Minnesota shooting, some states are more tightly guarding officials’ personal information

June 16, 2025

Lawmakers in some states are moving to delete their home addresses from online directories after one Minnesota legislator was killed and another wounded in their suburban Minneapolis homes last weekend. Authorities say the suspect, Vance Boelter, had a list of dozens of elected officials in Minnesota and meticulous notes on the homes and people he targeted in the Saturday shooting. Police say he found their addresses through internet searches. Officials in North Dakota, New Mexico, and Colorado took precautions Saturday to remove legislators’ personal information. States have passed legislation in recent years to allow officials to request the removal of their information online.

FILE - In this image taken from police body camera footage provided by Los Angeles Sheriff's office, a Sheriff's deputies arrests a couple in a grocery store parking lot in Lancaster, Calif., on June 24, 2023. (Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

Officer who used excessive force allowed to plead guilty to misdemeanor after felony conviction

June 5, 2025

A Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy will serve four months in prison on a misdemeanor conviction for using excessive force after the new Trump-appointed U.S. attorney offered an unusual plea deal despite a jury convicting him of a felony. The victim’s attorney asked a federal appeals court to reinstate the felony conviction, but the court declined to do so on Thursday. Deputy Trevor Kirk was found guilty of a felony after being recorded tackling and pepper-spraying a woman in 2023. When U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli took office, federal prosecutors offered Kirk a plea deal for a misdemeanor. Kirk was sentenced to four months in prison on Monday.

Jaimie Ding.

Judge orders LA prosecutors to explain why Menendez brothers’ conviction shouldn’t be re-examined

A day outside an LA detention center shows profound impact of ICE raids on families

After Minnesota shooting, some states are more tightly guarding officials’ personal information

Officer who used excessive force allowed to plead guilty to misdemeanor after felony conviction

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