The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review the procedure used to decide whether a death-row inmate is ineligible for execution due to mental disability.
A New York appeals court has reversed a disbarred bankruptcy lawyer’s 2011 conviction for defrauding 114 clients, finding that a trial judge erred in striking testimony by Christopher Chadick’s office…
Desean Haywood of Richmond, California, didn't write or perform the lyrics in "What U Do It Fo," a rap video popularized on YouTube. He does stand behind the performers—a group…
Dec 1, 2014 5:10 AM CST
Deandre Mitchell’s video includes lyrics like: “It’s a sad story when your clothes get wet up,” or soaked in blood. Photo courtesy of YouTube.
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A prosecution motion to dismiss most of the 54 charges against a Colorado immigration lawyer on the eve of trial is a transparent effort to hold charges in reserve for…
An inmate who has been held in solitary confinement for more than 40 years for the alleged murder of a prison guard has won a reversal of his conviction.
Lawyers in at least 80 habeas appeals have missed a filing deadline, yet only one has only been sanctioned by disciplinary authorities—in the form of a simple censure.
Over the past seven days, a Texas lawmaker has been tried in a barratry case, won reelection, been convicted on lesser included misdemeanor counts and seen the verdict thrown out…
A convicted former justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court won’t have to volunteer at a soup kitchen, the judge overseeing her sentencing has decided.
The Department of Justice has denied any involvement in multiple significant leaks concerning a state grand jury investigation of a Ferguson, Missouri, police officer who fatally shot an unarmed teenager.
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