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A New York appeals court has reversed multiple counts of promoting sexual performance by a child because of problems with the grand jury proceedings.

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Rejon Taylor hoped the election of Joe Biden, the first U.S. president to campaign on a pledge to end the death penalty, would mean a more sympathetic look at his claims that racial bias and other trial errors landed him ...

The Supreme Court will decide whether a disabled activist can file disability rights lawsuits against hotels she doesn’t intend to visit. The high court said Monday it would decide a case involving Deborah Laufer. Laufer, who lives in Florida, has ...

Attorney Kristen J. Thorsness has joined the Rochester office of Bond, Schoeneck & King as of counsel.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans on Friday narrowly passed legislation to press a midterm campaign promise to give parents greater say in what’s taught in public schools even as critics complained the “parents’ rights” bill would fuel a far-right movement ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — As revelations that a defense witness was also an FBI informant roil the already contentious Capitol riot trial of members of the far-right Proud Boys group, prosecutors said Thursday that the informant was never told to gather ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors’ names will be kept secret at the upcoming civil trial in a writer’s rape lawsuit against former President Donald Trump, a judge ruled Thursday, citing “a very strong risk” they would otherwise face harassment and ...

The Campaign for Justice fundraising campaign officially wraps up March 31, but the effort has already reached the goal of $265,000.

The owner of a Rochester pawn shop who was convicted on federal charges of transporting stolen goods was sentenced to prison.

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Michael Parnell, 30, was sentenced to over 20 years in state prison for convictions related to a shooting in Rochester in July.

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Federal prosecutors disclosed Wednesday that a witness expected to testify for the defense at the seditious conspiracy trial of former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and four associates was secretly acting as a government informant for nearly two years after ...

In a split decision, an appellate court has affirmed a damage award of more than $550,000 in a lawsuit filed against the state of New York.

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