Cardell Hayes, convicted of manslaughter in the 2016 shooting of NFL star Will Smith, received a 25-year prison sentence after a unanimous jury decision in a New Orleans courtroom. Smith was shot eight times, seven in the back, during a confrontation with Hayes after a car crash. Hayes maintained he fired in self-defense, believing Smith had retrieved a gun. Despite Smith being intoxicated, no evidence supported Hayes' claim that Smith had a weapon. Smith's daughter expressed the impact of losing her father, while Hayes' mother sought mercy for her son.
Authorities in New Orleans have dismissed charges against Ernest Weatherspoon in the 2016 cold case slaying of Thomas Rolfes, a 25-year-old Tulane University graduate who was visiting the city to plan his wedding. The decision came after serious issues with a critical witness's availability, leading the District Attorney's Office to request the dismissal. Weatherspoon had been indicted on charges of armed robbery and second-degree murder in December 2021, but the case was dropped. Weatherspoon, who had been in jail since his arrest, declined a plea deal earlier offered by prosecutors and was scheduled to go to trial.
William Raymond Smith III (July 4, 1981 – April 9, 2016) was an American football defensive end who played in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes and was selected by the New Orleans Saints in the first round of the 2004 NFL draft, where he played for the entirety of his career. Smith was shot and killed during an altercation after an alcohol-related traffic crash.
The execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith (July 4, 1965 – January 25, 2024) took place in the U.S. state of Alabama by means of nitrogen hypoxia. It was the first execution in the world to use this particular method.Smith was convicted of the March 18, 1988, murder-for-hire of Elizabeth Sennett in Colbert County, Alabama. Charles Sennett Sr., Elizabeth's husband, recruited Billy Gray Williams to murder his wife. Williams in turn recruited Smith and John Forrest Parker to assist in the murder. Smith and Parker carried out the murder and stabbed Elizabeth Sennett to death at her home in Colbert County. A week after Elizabeth's murder, Charles Sennett Sr. killed himself when he learned he was a suspect in the murder. Billy Gray Williams was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole and died in prison in November 2020. Smith and John Forrest Parker were both sentenced to death. Parker was executed via lethal injection in June 2010.In November 2022, Smith was scheduled to be executed by lethal injection, but the execution was stayed after the execution team was unable to connect the intravenous lines to Smith in the time available before the expiration of the death warrant issued by the Alabama Supreme Court. As part of a settlement between the state and Smith, the state agreed not to pursue Smith's execution by lethal injection (the default primary method of execution in Alabama) and instead utilize a secondary novel method of execution, nitrogen hypoxia. After losing his final appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, Smith was ultimately executed by nitrogen hypoxia on January 25, 2024, becoming the first person to be executed by that method.
Fight: Tom Hayes maintains he is not guilty Prisons are full of innocent people, as the saying goes. Many observers will have no sympathy for Tom Hayes, the former bank trader who was sentenced to 14 years of which he served four-and-a-half for rigging Libor interest rates. Unlike the sub-postmasters, who were very ordinary people living humdrum lives, Hayes was a high-octane multi-millionaire trader in Tokyo with five Mercedes cars. In 2015, when he was sentenced, one of the harshest punishments ever for a white-collar crime, the financial crisis was still an open wound and anti-trader sentiment was running high. But he was not on trial for having a flash lifestyle.
Dorian Finney-Smith's father, Elbert Smith, attended his first NBA game in person after being released from prison where he served 28 years. Finney-Smith, playing for the Brooklyn Nets, embraced his father after the game, despite only scoring two points in the win against the Detroit Pistons. Elbert Smith was visibly happy and recorded the entire game on his phone. The Nets recognized the personal significance of the game for Finney-Smith, acquired from the Mavericks last year. This emotional moment marked a special milestone for the forward.
Special counsel Jack Smith's recent brief to the Supreme Court challenges Donald Trump's immunity claim, arguing for the prosecution to proceed in the January 6 trial. Smith refutes Trump's immunity arguments with a bipartisan rejection similar to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals' perspective. He emphasizes the urgency of this case, stating that a former president's immunity does not extend to actions aimed at obstructing a peaceful transition of power. Smith advocates for the case to be remanded for trial, a departure from the typical conclusion in Supreme Court opinions.
Will Smith (born 1968) is an American rapper, actor and film producer. Will Smith may also refer to:Will Smith (catcher) (born 1995), American baseball catcherWill Smith (comedian) (born 1971), British comedian, actor and writerWill Smith (cricketer) (born 1982), English cricketerWill Smith (defensive end) (1981–2016), American football defensive endWill Smith (footballer, born 1998), English footballer for Harrogate TownWill Smith (ice hockey) (born 2005), American ice hockey forwardWill Smith (journalist), American tech journalistWill Smith (linebacker, born 1992), American football linebackerWill Smith (pitcher) (born 1989), American pitcher in Major League BaseballWill Smith (rugby league) (born 1992), Australian rugby league player
During the 94th Academy Awards on March 27, 2022, actor Will Smith walked onstage and assaulted comedian Chris Rock by slapping him across the face during Rock's presentation of Best Documentary Feature. The slap was in response to a joke Rock made about Smith's wife Jada Pinkett Smith's shaved head. Smith returned to his seat and shouted profanity at Rock, who briefly responded before completing his presentation without further interruption.Later that evening, Smith won Best Actor. In his acceptance speech, he apologized to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) and other nominees, but not to Rock. The next day, he issued an apology to Rock and the AMPAS through social media. Smith resigned his AMPAS membership on April 1, facing a potential suspension or expulsion, and was then banned from attending AMPAS-related events for ten years.Live television broadcasts in the United States mostly muted the incident due to federal censorship laws. However, uncensored international footage went viral on social media; an excerpt from the Australian broadcast became one of the most-viewed online videos in the first 24 hours. The incident received worldwide attention and overshadowed the rest of the award ceremony.
Former Post Office executive David Smith apologizes for celebrating the conviction of pregnant sub-postmaster Seema Misra, who served four months in jail while pregnant. The apology was not accepted by Misra, who criticized the timing of the apology during a public inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal, which wrongly convicted hundreds of sub-postmasters. The scandal gained attention after a drama aired showcasing how faulty software led to financial discrepancies. Smith's email congratulating Post Office prosecutors on jailing Misra in 2010 was deemed inappropriate.
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