An emotionally charged case involving the fatal shooting of two men outside a strip club on the west edge of Lincoln saw its first motion for mistrial before the end of day 1.
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An emotionally charged case involving the fatal shooting of two men outside a strip club on the west edge of Lincoln saw its first motion for mistrial before the end of day 1.
As the bailiff read the "not guilty" verdict, there was an audible sigh of relief in the courtroom from Anthony Gann's family and supporters.
Gann leaned into one of his attorneys, Stu Dornan.
His wife cried tears of joy in the front row behind him.
"The question is going to be, when Mr. Gann started to shoot that gun, was he justified?" Chief Deputy Lancaster County Attorney Dan Zieg said. "The state of Nebraska does not believe he was justified."
"The evidence is overwhelming that these actions were purposeful, that they were intentional, that they were knowing," Ashley Bohnet, the prosecutor, said.
Greg Lake didn't make it a full minute into his arguments in the appeal alleging errors in Prososki v. Regan, a divorce case, before Justice John Freudenberg cut in.
"Before we get into that, I'd like to ask you about your brief," he said.
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"He (Officer Ross Bartlett) walked directly into situations and circumstances that I know many would run the other way from. He put the community and those around him above himself," the prosecutor said.
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"Reported sexual contact includes defendant touching inner thighs, butts and breasts," the prosecutor alleged.
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In a packed federal courtroom, 35-year-old Jesse Hill said he's had a lot of time to process what happened since the FBI raided his family's home three years ago in an investigation into bank fraud that extended to 22 banks.
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Nick Grandgenett of Nebraska Appleseed said they're not saying the governor could never create a "Cornhusker Clink." He's just using the wrong process.
"The Legislature needs to be brought into the process," he said.
"At the end of the day, your honor, the department has the authority to do exactly what it's doing," Assistant Nebraska Solicitor General Lincoln Korell argued.
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"Because Carly Schaaf was never given that opportunity," she said. journalstar.com/news/local/c...
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Of the five officers recommended for revocation, two were accused of meeting women in their city-owned vehicles to engage in affairs, and a third was criminally charged for alleged sexual misconduct.
Two others got caught lying.
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