Entries from LAist tagged with 'lasuperiorcourt'
March 21, 2008
Willie Earl Green was arrested 25 years ago for shooting to death a woman in a crack house. Today, his conviction has been overturned by L.A. Superior Court Judge Stephen A. Marcus, and he has been freed from jail. The decision to set Green, 56, free came after a key witness to the murder, Willie Finley, admitted to having been high on either crack or cocaine at the house in South Los Angeles at the......
Continue Reading "Wrongly Imrpisoned Man Released After 25 Years"January 6, 2008
Tomorrow is the first day California residents can apply for an absentee ballot - the 29th is the last day to submit a request. (Click here for the online absentee application). The first wave of Stormwatch 2008 has largely faded into nothingness today as sun peeked through clouds and puddles began to dry. But another storm of equal or lesser value could follow soon. Downtown received about 5.3 inches, well above its total last......
Continue Reading "Extra, Extra: Rain Subsides, LAUSD still messed up"September 5, 2007
- The heatwave that has graciously broken could have lead to 25 deaths here - Republican congressman Paul Gilmour of Ohio found dead in his apartment in DC - Shaq is filing for divorce from his wife of five years. Together the couple had four children: Shareef, 7, Amirah, 5, Shaqir, 4, and Me'Arah, 1 - 400 court interpreters are on strike from San Luis to Santa Barbara to LA counties, any chance they're......
Continue Reading "Noonish Newsish and it's already Wednesday"April 27, 2006
Has one of our favorite D-listers gone too far, even for us? Kathy Griffin is suing her elderly neighbors, 78-year-old Bernard Subkoski and his 71-year-old wife Celeste Dickinson. Suboski built his dream home in the Hollywood Hills but, when health problems made the couple want to downsize, they sold it to Kathy Griffin and moved across the street. The house is reportedly worth $2.85 million. Now, despite an agreement that says any issues with the......
Continue Reading "Kathy Griffin hates old people"