The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether a pretrial detainee who claims jail officers used excessive force when subduing him with a stun gun must prove his jailers…
Jan 21, 2015 5:45 AM CST
A Missouri death-row inmate is entitled to the appointment of new counsel after his lawyers filed a habeas petition 117 days after the deadline, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled.
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Jan 20, 2015 12:02 PM CST
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled on behalf of a death row inmate whose trial counsel said in his closing remarks that he could not “quarrel with” a death sentence.
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Jan 14, 2015 10:00 AM CST
Over nearly a decade, a rogue chemist at a Massachusetts evidence laboratory potentially could have tainted 40,323 drug cases.
On Thursday, the state’s top court will hear arguments about how…
Jan 7, 2015 2:55 PM CST
A federal judge has awarded more than $5 million in legal fees to lawyers representing five inmates at a Los Angeles County jail who alleged brutality by deputies, the Jan 7, 2015 11:52 AM CST
Prosecutors in Los Angeles have asked Poland to extradite filmmaker Roman Polanski to the United States over his 1977 conviction for unlawful sexual intercourse with an underage girl, the Jan 7, 2015 11:05 AM CST
U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm of Staten Island, New York, has officially resigned his congressional seat in the wake of pleading guilty to federal tax evasion charges.
The New York…
Jan 6, 2015 2:59 PM CST
Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson announced he will seek to vacate the murder conviction of a man who served 20 years in prison.
The New York Daily News reported…
Jan 6, 2015 11:07 AM CST
A South Carolina judge has vacated the murder conviction of a 14-year-old black youth who was executed in 1944 after being found guilty by an all-white jury in a one-day…
Dec 18, 2014 9:56 AM CST
Federal appeals judge Alex Kozinski has come out swinging in a dissent siding with a domestic-violence defendant convicted in a tribal court that did not inform him about the need…
Dec 15, 2014 5:45 AM CST
After Lance Franklin decked his defense lawyer on Thursday, right in front of the jury during a Topeka, Kansas, rape trial, Judge Marc Braun held him in contempt and sentenced…
Dec 12, 2014 11:05 AM CST
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.
The court granted cert on…
Dec 8, 2014 9:03 AM CST
A 98-year-old woman says she won’t appeal a federal judge’s adverse ruling in her bid to reverse her conviction in a 1950 spy case.
U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein indicated…
Dec 5, 2014 8:36 AM CST
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…
Dec 3, 2014 1:15 PM CST
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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