Cosby assessed as sexually violent
A Pennsylvania board is recommending that former TV star Bill Cosby be classified as a sexually violent predator, which would require Cosby to attend sex-offender counseling -- in prison and out -- and police to post warning fliers throughout his neighborhood whenever he is freed.
It is now up to a judge to decide whether to accept the finding by the Pennsylvania Sexual Offenders Assessment Board.
The 81-year-old Cosby was convicted April 26 of aggravated indecent assault and faces up to 10 years in prison when sentenced Sept. 24. He has denied any wrongdoing, and his representatives said he will appeal.
Cosby was accused of drugging and assaulting former Temple University employee Andrea Constand at his home near Philadelphia in 2004. The weekslong retrial in suburban Philadelphia included testimony from five other women who were among dozens who have accused Cosby of similar sexual misconduct.
State law already requires Cosby to register as a sex offender because of the nature of the charge of which he was convicted. But the predator classification requires more intense treatment -- by a provider approved by the board -- as well as more extensive notification once a person is released from prison.
Slain dad's family calls for charges
ORLANDO, Fla. -- After a dispute over a handicapped parking space escalated into a fatal shooting, the dead man's family is angry that the gunman has avoided arrest and on Tuesday called for Florida State Attorney Bernie McCabe to file charges.
Last Friday, Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri announced he wasn't going to arrest Michael Drejka and said the state attorney's office will make a decision on charges and how to apply the state's "stand your ground" law. The law allows people to use force without retreating if they feel threatened, the sheriff said.
On Thursday, Drejka, a white man, fatally shot Markeis McGlockton, a black father of three, outside a Clearwater, Fla., convenience store.
Drejka confronted McGlockton's girlfriend about parking in a handicapped space without a permit, authorities said. After exiting the store and seeing the argument, McGlockton shoved Drejka to the ground. Seconds later, Drejka shot McGlockton in the torso, according to surveillance video from the store.
"Mr. Drejka is walking around the streets of Clearwater free as a bird," said Michele Rayner, an attorney for McGlockton's family. "This is essentially murder, plain and simple."
Anniversary-rally request withdrawn
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- The primary organizer of last summer's deadly white-nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., withdrew his request Tuesday for a court order allowing him to stage an event there marking its anniversary.
One of Jason Kessler's lawyers announced his change of plans in federal court.
Kessler had requested a preliminary injunction that would compel the city to issue him a rally permit for next month. He claimed the city's refusal to grant him a permit trampled on his free-speech rights under the First Amendment.
After the hearing, Kessler tweeted that he will be "focusing exclusively" on plans to hold an Aug. 12 "white civil rights" rally in Washington on the anniversary of the Charlottesville rally.
Last August, hundreds of people participated in a Unite the Right rally and protested Charlotteville's plans to remove a statue of Robert E. Lee from a park. White supremacists clashed with counterprotesters before a car plowed into a crowd, killing 32-year-old counterprotester Heather Heyer.
A Section on 07/25/2018