For decades, Missouri executions played out in similar fashion: An inmate was strapped to a gurney in a drab room, alone except for the eyes of witnesses staring through thick, soundproof glass as unidentified executioners administered the lethal chemical from ...
Read More »NY funeral home finds woman breathing hours after declared dead
An 82-year-old woman was pronounced dead at a New York nursing home but found to be breathing three hours later at the funeral home where she had been taken, authorities said. The woman was pronounced dead at Water’s Edge Rehab ...
Read More »SC Republicans to appeal redistricting case to Supreme Court
A federal appeals court has denied South Carolina Republicans’ motion for a stay in the ongoing challenge over the state’s congressional district map. Leading GOP lawmakers will now take their case to the U.S. Supreme Court in attempt to avoid ...
Read More »Murder conviction reversed over ineffective counsel
A New York appeals court has overturned a murder conviction because of ineffective assistance of counsel.
Read More »Presentation on racial disparities in health care planned
The Greater Rochester Association for Women Attorneys is hosting a presentation on racial disparities in health care online via Zoom.
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Read More »Feds says drug money was used to buy home, seek forfeiture
A Greece couple may be required to forfeit their house because federal prosecutors allege it was purchased with money obtained through drug trafficking. In a complaint filed in federal court and state Supreme Court in Monroe County, the U.S. Attorney’s ...
Read More »Resentencing ordered in murder case over judge error
A New York appeals court has ordered a convicted murderer to be resentenced because the judge failed to have a presentence report prepared.
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Read More »County ramps up child protective services caseworker hiring initiative
Monroe County is stepping up efforts to fill caseworker positions in child protective services.
Read More »NY man pleads guilty to threatening Rep. Greene of Georgia
A New York man has pleaded guilty to making threatening phone calls to Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, federal prosecutors announced. Joseph Morelli, 51, admitted to threatening to harm Greene in several March 2022 calls to her Washington, ...
Read More »Average long-term mortgage rate falls a fourth straight week
The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate declined for the fourth week in a row, a sign of relative stability that could potentially open the door for some prospective homebuyers to get back in the market. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported ...
Read More »The Daily Record’s Power 20 Family Law 2023
The people on The Daily Record’s Power 20 Family Law list help clients navigate some of the most challenging times in their lives.
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Read More »Plaintiff wins small claims case over broken washing machine sold on Facebook
A judge in Penfield has ruled that a woman selling a washer on Facebook Marketplace must refund the $250 she received because the washer was broken.
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