Marvin Putnam, an attorney for the concert promotion company AEG Live warned jurors will see a different view of the public persona's view of Michael Jackson as the company seeks to prove it was not liable for the pop star's death in June 2009. While making his opening remarks on Monday, Putnam, said AEG officials had no idea that Jackson was taking the surgical anesthetic that led to his death.
James Everett Dutschke, a 41-year-old martial arts instructor appeared in federal court on Monday to face charges in connection with mailing letters containing the deadly poison ricin to President Barack Obama and other U.S. officials. Dutschke responded briefly to a judge's questions at the hearing in Oxford, Mississippi, on whether he understood the charges against him. The judge then ordered a preliminary hearing be held on Thursday when prosecutors will present more detailed evidence in the case.
While medical and recreational marijuana use may be legal in Colorado, employers in the state can lawfully fire workers who test positive for the drug, even if smoked while off duty, according to a court ruling on Thursday.
The surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was read his constitutional rights sixteen hours after investigators began interrogating, according to a U.S. law enforcement source and four officials of both political parties briefed on the interrogation.
