Ex-banker Russell Laffitte cannot get a fair trial from a jury chosen from only the Lowcountry, where anti-Laffitte saturation media coverage has biased people, Laffitte’s lawyers argue.
Desmond Webb, 37, denied his previous admission of guilt the week before his sentencing. He faced a maximum of 10 years in prison under the terms of the plea.
President Donald Trump has appealed his "hush money" conviction, aiming to overturn the verdict that made him the first U.S.
A Rochester man convicted last month of killing a Gates business owner as she left her workplace has been sentenced to life in prison.
Prosecutors are urging a federal judge to sentence the former Democratic senator from New Jersey to 15 years in prison.
A federal appeals court has given banker Russell Laffitte a new lease on life after his conviction of bank fraud and a seven-year prison sentence were overturned.
“Alex Murdaugh was the rainmaker ... After the trial, Gergel sentenced Laffitte to seven years in prison. Murdaugh had used Laffitte’s bank for years to hide and manipulate money he was ...
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A federal filing shows that a date has been set for the former banker and accused co-conspirator of Alex Murdaugh ... Laffitte of helping Murdaugh steal around $2 million in ...
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — According to the United States Attorney's Office, the retrial date for Russell Laffitte, a former banker and alleged Alex Murdaugh ... banker was sentenced to seven ...