Our Justice Coverage
Stories about the justice system in Connecticut: law enforcement, courts, prisons and incarceration, juvenile justice and public corruption.
Kosta Diamantis, still a fugitive, sentenced to 7 years in prison
Konstantinos “Kosta” Diamantis was sentenced in absentia Wednesday to 84 months in prison for extorting bribes from contractors.
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Kosta Diamantis flees to Greece, attorney says
Kosta Diamantis, a former CT state official facing more than a decade in prison for corruption, has fled to Greece, his attorney said.
CT prison watchdog DeVaughn Ward announces early departure
Ward’s appointment made him CT’s first correction ombuds since the office shuttered in 2010. He plans to step down early, on Oct. 16.
Supreme Court rejects Trump mail ballot restrictions ahead of midterms
CT was one of the states that sued to block Trump’s order. AG William Tong called the ruling a ‘huge win for free and fair elections.’
Will Kosta Diamantis get jail time? Judge gets wildly different asks
A judge was presented with two wildly different proposals for how to sentence the former public official convicted of bribery and extortion.
Defamation suit by GOP candidate Jonathan De Barros dismissed
He did not dispute he was convicted of shooting two men, but claimed he cannot be called a murderer due to an appellate decision and a pardon.
Lindsay Clancy case spotlights parts of motherhood we don’t talk about
The case will end in a mistrial — but the frustrations raised by women around maternal mental health and racial inequities aren’t going away.
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