Nationwide statistics show that African-American students are disciplined far more than they should be, based on their percentage in the overall public school population. Yet the federal office charged with…
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether courts may consider cocaine evidence seized as a result of an illegal arrest for driving on a suspended license.
Baghad native Khalid Abood put his life on the line as an interpreter for the U.S. Marines. He received death threats and some of his relatives were gunned down.
After a 30-month study, a group of legal experts associated with the American Bar Association called today for a temporary moratorium on enforcement of the death penalty in Ohio until…
Saying that the Department of Homeland Security didn’t notice for months that its computer system had been attacked by hackers, a Congressman who works closely with the department is now…
A well-known defense lawyer is the latest central Florida attorney to be caught in the crossfire between high-profile client Lou Pearlman, a jailed music producer with $500 million in claimed…
An 18-month international investigation of illicit steroid labs reportedly resulted today in the arrest of more than 120 people in the U.S., in what authorities say was the largest such…
The jury is still out on the pros and cons of Tasers, which police praise as a safe and effective law enforcement tool but critics say can too easily be…
Prosecutors contend backdating of stock options by Brocade Communications ex-CEO Gregory Reyes cost investors $12 million and put an extra $5 million in his own pocket.
A Georgia real estate attorney has pleaded guilty in a $20 million federal mortgage fraud case involving some 50 Atlanta area properties that a client company purchased and resold to…
Warrantless searches allegedly are being conducted by armed U.S. immigration authorities on Latino-occupied homes in the New York City area where they have no good reason to believe immigrant fugitives…
A human rights commission run by the Mexican government has reportedly accused some of the country’s own soldiers of rape and torture and recommended that the Mexican army be removed…
On his own motion, a California judge has dismissed one of the lawyers representing a defendant in a death penalty case, after the attorney said he isn’t ready for trial.
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