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A representative for the Karmelo Anthony family, Dominique Alexander, blamed Anthony’s guilty murder verdict on the race of the jurors after the guilty verdict came down just a couple hours of deliberations. The jury pool did not have any black jurors in it. “It showed very clearly that a black boy was allowed not one black soul on a jury, an all-white jury convicted him in two to three hours. We know that they did not prove their case,” Alexander said. “They are currently sentencing Carmelo Anthony, but we know that the Next Generation Action Network put the first $10,000...

Brooke Taylor on Fox News: 10 minutes to verdict. Family/Press pouring into courtroom as Black Panthers gather outside.

MCKINNEY, Texas (NewsNation) — A jury has reached a verdict in the murder trial of Karmelo Anthony, who is accused of killing 17-year-old Austin Metcalf following a confrontation at a track meet after about three hours of deliberation.The jury is expected to announce its verdict at 2:05 pm (Central).Anthony, now 19, is charged in the 2025 death of Metcalf at a track meet outside of Dallas. The case has drawn national attention and featured emotional testimony from more than 20 prosecution witnesses who were in court last week.The jury only had to consider the single charge of first-degree murder.

Lawyers representing accused murderer Karmelo Anthony claim that Austin Metcalf had no right to put his hands on their client as they steadfastly maintain their defense that Anthony acted in self-defense. Anthony, 19, stands accused of stabbing and killing 17-year-old Austin Metcalf after Metcalf told him to leave the tent where his high school track team was gathered during a regional meet on April 2, 2025. “Austin Metcalf had no legal right to use force to eject Karmelo Anthony from that tent,” Anthony’s lawyer, Mike Howard, said during closing arguments on Tuesday morning. “He had the right to ask him...

A Collin County jury found Karmelo Anthony guilty of murder in the fatal stabbing of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf during a Frisco ISD track meet, bringing an end to a closely watched trial that drew national attention and sparked debate over self-defense, race and school safety. Anthony, now 19, had been charged in the April 2, 2025, killing of Metcalf at Kuykendall Stadium in Frisco. Prosecutors argued Anthony intentionally stabbed Metcalf during an altercation between the two teenagers, while defense attorneys contended Anthony acted in self-defense. The jury reached its verdict after hearing testimony from dozens of witnesses over several days,...

Killer Karmelo Anthony has been found guilty of murder for the fatal stabbing of Austin Metcalf at a Texas high school track meet. Anthony, now 19, sobbed, and his family burst into tears as the judge read the verdict on Tuesday. The jury deliberated for less than three hours after the defense and prosecution delivered closing arguments. Anthony claimed he was acting in self-defense when he stabbed Metcalf, 17, with a folding knife after a heated argument at the high school event in Frisco in April 2025. The case shocked America, and the discussion surrounding it quickly became racially fraught....

Karmelo Anthony has been found guilty of murder for the fatal stabbing of Austin Metcalf at a high school track meet. The killer, 19, sobbed and his family burst into tears as the judge read the verdict on Tuesday. His mother begged a jury to show him 'mercy' ahead of sentencing. Jurors were then presented with arguments from the defense and prosecution before being sent out to deliberate on the length of his punishment. Anthony was originally warned he faced between five and 99 years behind bars for knifing Metcalf, 17, at the track event in Frisco, Texas, last year....

LIVE Updates 7:05 p.m. Sentence verdict reachedJurors reached a sentencing verdict. The court was expected to resume in about 20 minutes.

Karmelo Anthony has been found guilty of murder for the fatal stabbing of Austin Metcalf at a high school track meet. There was an audible gasp in the courtroom when his 35-year sentence was passed down on Tuesday evening. He will be eligible for parole after serving half of the time. The same jury found Anthony guilty of murder earlier in the day for the stabbing death of Metcalf in 2025. When the decades-long sentence was announced two women were escorted out of the courtroom after they said 'We love you Karmelo!' following the sentencing. It came after the judge...

Austin Metcalf's dad, Jeff, just unloaded on Karmelo Anthony. "We were robbed, don't look down, of all of these things." "I said from day one, this was never about race, please don't politicize it. But what did you choose to do, both. It's about right and wrong. We're all humans. We all bleed the same color. "You're free to make choices all you want, but you're not free from those consequences. You will face those consequences starting today." "People think that grief is sadness but its not. IT"S RAGE!!! (slamming his hands on the table.) Pure unfiltered rage,' he shouts....

**This is a breaking story…please refresh page for updates** The jury in the Karmelo Anthony murder case reached a swift verdict after deliberating for more than two hours on Tuesday. A note was handed to the judge…we are awaiting the verdict.

This video covers the murder trial of Carmelo Anthony, who is accused of fatally stabbing 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a high school track meet. The defense's primary argument of self-defense appears to be failing as the trial moves toward jury deliberations. Key takeaways from the trial: Evidence of Provocation: Multiple witnesses, including some called by the defense, have testified that Anthony initiated the confrontation by refusing to leave a school tent, challenging others, and acting aggressively (1:33-1:50, 2:16-2:29). Witnesses characterized Metcalf's physical contact as a "soft shove" in an attempt to get Anthony to leave, not an act of aggression...

A judge declared Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Samantha Steele not guilty of driving under the influence late Tuesday morning. While Cook County prosecutors established a “suspicion” of impairment, Judge Donald Suriano said they failed to definitively prove Steele was under the influence of alcohol when she crashed a friend’s car into two parked vehicles along Ashland Avenue in November 2024. Steele refused a field sobriety test and a blood draw that night, and did not show “obvious signs of impairment,” Suriano said, noting the bottle of wine in her front passenger seat was corked and sealed within a...

...In recent months, we have witnessed profound changes within Iranian church communities. Many who once participated in worship with passion are now wrestling with difficult questions, doubts, and even despair. Some have distanced themselves from the church, others are experiencing spiritual burnout, and many quietly carry the burden of grief and concern for their loved ones in Iran. A pressing question has emerged in many hearts: “How is it that we are under pressure from the Iranian government, and at the same time, this conflict has brought us no hope or relief?” These questions are real and cannot simply be...

Judge Tony Graf on Friday rejected a request from Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin to ban cameras in the courtroom during the duration of the trial. The judge also pushed Kirk’s assassin Tyler Robinson’s preliminary hearing to July 6. Judge Tony Graf Jr. pushed accused Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson’s preliminary hearing into July and rejected a bid to ban cameras from the courtroom, marking significant pretrial developments in the high-profile case. Graf moved the preliminary hearing to July 6 through July 10, and denied Robinson’s motion to ban cameras and electronic media from the courtroom, allowing continued media coverage as...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s criminal trial is set to resume on Sunday after weeks in which Israel’s court system operated under emergency restrictions because of the war with Iran. The pause was not unique to Netanyahu’s case. Following the outbreak of the war on February 28, the Justice Ministry placed the courts under a “special emergency” format that sharply curtailed regular proceedings and left only urgent matters moving. That framework was extended several times, with the latest official notice stating that the emergency regime remained in place through Thursday. In the last hearings before the break, prosecutors were pressing him...

A Los Angeles jury found Wednesday that Meta’s Instagram and Google’s YouTube harmed a young user with features designed to hook kids — in a bombshell verdict that “shakes Big Tech’s predatory business model to its core.” The high-profile case involved a 20-year-old woman who claimed she became dangerously obsessed with the apps at a young age because they were deliberately built to be addictive, using features like infinite scroll and autoplay. The tech giants were found liable for $3 million in damages. The multi-million-dollar judgment is likely to grow, as the jury of seven women and five men will...

Bill Cosby has been ordered to pay his rape accuser Donna Motsinger more than $19 million in damages after a jury found he had drugged and sexually assaulted her more than 50 years ago. A California jury announced the $19.25 million judgment on Monday during its third day of deliberations, per the New York Times. Motsinger first filed her civil lawsuit against the “Cosby Show” alum in Los Angeles Superior Court in September 2023. She alleged that Cosby, now 88, sexually assaulted her after giving her wine and a pill that left her unconscious following one of his comedy shows...

Us Hunter Biden now the sacrifiacl lamb for the Democrats to use?

NEW YORK CITY—Captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro pleaded not guilty during a historic arraignment in Manhattan where he faces an indictment on various conspiracy charges, as well as the potential for decades in prison. “I’m innocent. I am not guilty. I am a decent man, the president of my country,” Maduro said. The former dictator entered a Manhattan courtroom on Jan. 5 around 12:01 p.m. ET, and could be seen wearing his blue prison uniform. Both he and his wife wore headsets to hear translations of the proceedings. Their appearance in a Manhattan courtroom on Jan. 5 represented his rapid...