Last month, a federal judge dismissed mortgage fraud charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James based on what the court determined was the improper appointment of Acting United States Attorney Lindsay Halligan. Prosecutors pursued a new indictment last week, but a grand jury declined to charge James. This week, the Government tried again with a different grand jury, which also refused to issue charges. Defense attorney Abbe Lowell promptly proclaimed that “[a]ny further attempt to revive these discredited charges would be a mockery of our system of justice.” ABC News has the story here. Stabbing on commuter train in Charlotte. CBS News reports here that the event took place last “Friday after 33-year-old Oscar Solarzano allegedly entered the Charlotte Area Transit System’s Blue Line light rail train and got into an argument with another passenger.” The victim survived. Solarzano has been charged with attempted murder and is being held without bond. The case has attracted national attention because Solarzano is reported to be an immigrant without legal status, and because of the similarity to the tragic fatal stabbing of Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte train earlier this year. Michigan football coach fired, jailed. Sherrone Moore is having a bad week. When the week started, the 39-year-old was making $5.5 million per year as the head coach of the University of Michigan Wolverines, the winningest college football team in history. Then he was fired for cause, based on what the school says was an “inappropriate relationship with a staff member.” Then [...]
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