With violent crimes on the increase this year in Philadelphia and other major cities, the so-called stop-and-frisk is seen by many as a standard tool to use to crack down…
If “Jane Doe” simply wanted to have sex with a man and get pregnant, the government would have little or no say in the situation until a child was actually…
After serving time for robbery, Sharon Dietrich’s client Ameen Muqtadir was released from a Pennsylvania prison in 2002. Nine years later, he was ensnared in a sweep launched by the Philadelphia court system to collect up to $1.5 billion in unpaid criminal files and costs. Photo by Bill Cramer.
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Protesters in Cincy’s Piatt Park were fined last October for refusing to leave; they have since gained the right to stay. Photo by AP Photo/Al Behrman.
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Without admitting wrongdoing, an upstate New York law firm has settled a civil rights lawsuit brought by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York over claimed discrimination…
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether an employee who oversees the work of a harassment complainant in a Title VII case can be a considered a supervisor…
A federal judge in New York has dismissed a civil rights suit filed over a hate-crime slaying, agreeing with a magistrate that a process server hired by the plaintiffs’ lawyers…
Oakland, Calif., civil rights lawyer John Burris represented Rodney King when he won a $3.8 million judgment against the Los Angeles police department, a victory for the man whose taped…
Harvard Law School professor Lawrence Lessig contrasts “Inc. Law” and “People Law” in a commencement speech he delivered last month at Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School.
In a brief ruling (PDF) Thursday, a federal appeals court gave short shrift to an effort by a self-described vampire high priest to pursue an in forma pauperis…
Lawyers with the Alliance Defense Fund say they will appeal a decision holding that a Christian photographer’s studio violated New Mexico anti-bias laws by refusing to photograph a lesbian commitment…
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