An all-white federal court jury in Colorado awarded $4.65 million Tuesday in the 2010 death of a homeless black street preacher who was being restrained by Denver sheriff’s deputies at…
In a new policy announced Tuesday that is effective immediately, the U.S. Department of Justice says an individual who takes a plea cannot waive a potential ineffective assistance claim against…
A police stop of a family in Hammond, Indiana, over two unbuckled seat belts last month ended in emotional chaos after the officers broke a window and used an electronic…
Noting the protests and community tensions after Michael Brown was shot and killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, some lawyers and sociologists are urging suburban leaders to rethink…
New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton warned against bad cops in a talk he gave to NYPD commanders Thursday. In the closed-door session, Bratton told the audience of…
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed yet again to consider whether discrimination claims brought under the Fair Housing Act can be based on proof of disparate impact rather than intentional…
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to review a case in which Abercrombie & Fitch didn’t hire a Muslim teen because they said her hijab was inconsistent with the…
The American Civil Liberties Union asked a federal judge on Monday to enjoin a so-called “five-second rule” used by Ferguson police to arrest protesters who linger in one spot for…
The U.S. Supreme Court’s summer recess is over and the justices will return to the bench for oral arguments on Monday. The court traditionally sets half the docket for the…
The federal government will provide funds for immigration lawyers for unaccompanied minors who appear to be undocumented and are stopped at U.S. borders, the Department of Health and Human Services…
Tom Barrett trained as a pharmacist in the Army in the mid-1980s and continued the work after leaving the service in 1990, holding his last job with a national drugstore…
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Tom Barrett’s legal odyssey began with an arrest for stealing a $2 can of beer, which led to a lengthy and costly encounter with a private probation outfit.
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