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‘Sloppy’ or ‘a scapegoat’? Two portraits of ‘Rust’ armorer emerge at trial

Hannah Gutierrez confers with attorney Jason Bowles, left, in a courtroom at the First Judicial District Courthouse in Santa Fe, N.M. on Thursday during opening arguments of her trial on charges of involuntary manslaughter and tampering with evidence. On the opening day of “Rust” armorer Hannah Gutierrez’s criminal trial, opposing attorneys painted two dramatically different portraits of the embattled 26-year-old …

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Rebecca Grossman trial goes to jury with central question: Murderer or scapegoat?

The trial of Rebecca Grossman in the killing of two young brothers went to the jury Thursday. “This was murder.” But Grossman’s lead attorney, Tony Buzbee, launched into his closing statement with words he’d repeated throughout the six-week trial: “Where is Scott Erickson?” Prosecutors allege Grossman, 60, had cocktails with Erickson, a former Dodgers pitcher, and then raced with him …

The Proud Boys have been set up to take the fall for Donald Trump as the instigator of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, a lawyer told jurors at the trial of members of the extremist group. They want to use Enrique Tarrio as a scapegoat for Donald Trump and those in power.” Tarrio, along with four other Proud …

Donna Rotunno told ITV News her client, Harvey Weinstein, has been made a 'scapegoat' The lawyer representing Harvey Weinstein claims he is 'not a rapist' and has been made a 'scapegoat' for the #MeToo movement. Donna Rotunno said a 'band of sisterhood' could 'cloud true events and facts' during the disgraced film mogul's upcoming rape and sexual assault trial in …