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How is it they go after three life sentences only to drop the charges for lack of evidence. We are not condoning the actions of anyone involved in the fight. We think all parties are just as responsible, but the cops had an obvious agenda because
US authorities offered a $1 million reward Monday for information about four suspects wanted over the killing of a border agent in December 2010.
A New Zealand prosecutor working with U.S. authorities hoping to extradite MegaUpload founder Kim Dotcom said a judge and defense attorneys do not have the right to see the prosecution’s evidence against Dotcom because he’s not facing trial in the co
Four years after being convicted of killing his wife, Linux guru Hans Reiser returns Monday to court, this time to defend himself from a wrongful-death suit brought by his two children.
When New Hampshire Governor signed HB 146 into law on June 18, the Granite State became the first in the nation to enact a measure explicitly recognizing and protecting the indispensable right of jury nullification.
Teresa Culpepper didn’t assault anybody. She didn’t match the description of the person who did. Nobody claimed she did it. The victim of the assault said that it wasn’t her — he even said it in open court. But, ....
It is a story about the mushrooming of fines and fees levied by money-starved towns across the country and the for-profit businesses that administer the system. Growing numbers of poor people are ending up jailed and in debt for minor infractions.
An SB 1070-style traffic stop, an unattended illness in jail, and one family's tragedy.
Normally, conversations between client and attorney are confidential. But not when both are public employees and discussing a pending case via email on the county dime. My case to be exact, discussing how to convict me.
The Sanford City Manager said he relieved Chief Bill Lee of duty because he "determined the Police Chief needs to have the trust and respect of the elected officials and the confidence of the entire community."
A recent eight-part series in the New Orleans Times-Picayune chronicled how more than half of Louisiana’s 40,000 inmates are housed in prisons run by sheriffs or private companies as part of a broader financial incentive scheme.
The growth of the private detention industry has long been a subject of scrutiny. A recent eight-part series in the New Orleans Times-Picayune chronicled how more than half of Louisiana’s 40,000 inmates are housed in prisons run by sheriffs or privat
Data from Virginia's post-conviction DNA project support the innocence of 33 persons convicted of sexual assaults from 1973 to 1987 concludes an Urban Institute study. Findings released today indicate more people remain to be cleared by the Virgin
"Solitary confinement does one thing: It breaks a man's will to live and he ends up deteriorating. He's never the same person again," said Graves, who served over 18 years in a Texas prison before being exonerated of all crimes in 2010.
An Indian father cut off his daughter’s head and paraded it around his village after becoming enraged over her relationships with men, police in the western state of Rajasthan said Tuesday.
The Chicago Police Department was recorded harassing these people as they got into town. They were called “Commie faggots” and other obscene epitaphs. These very same individuals recorded the incident and put the video online.
The prosecution of Schaeffer Cox, 28, founder of the Alaska Peacekeepers Militia, and two followers, tested the limits of free-speech rights and the point at which violent talk can be interpreted as a threat to act violently.
Audio recordings from phone calls Florida gunman Zimmerman made while in jail were released. The 6 phone calls are part of the state's evidence alleging that Zimmerman and his wife, misled the court during an bond hearing.
The case of an honors student in Texas shines light on a national problem: teens going to jail for absurd reasons.
But he is serving a federal prison sentence for it. And the fact that everyone — including the U.S.Justice Department— agrees that he is legally innocent might not be enough to set him free. That he is innocent might not be enough to set him free.
States could save taxpayers more than $66,000 per year each time they released one of the 246,600 elderly prisoners nationwide, according to a new ACLU report.
Gaines was convicted of battery because his accusers were state-licensed practitioners of aggressive violence – a fact he pointed out during his sentencing hearing before Pilshaw. “You’re not respecting my authority,” lectured Pilshaw.
Shellie Zimmerman, wife of George Zimmerman, who killed Trayvon Martin, was arrested on one count of perjury for knowingly making false statements during the April hearing, was booked into jail and released on $1,000 bond.
Guantanamo Bay detainees rebuked by Supreme Court
A judge threw a 17-year-old 11th grade honor student from Willis High School in jail after she missed school again ...
The US Supreme Court ruled this week that it will not allow the four private security guards indicted in a 2007 Iraqi massacre to appeal charges related to the slaying.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott has saved Florida taxpayers a whopping $200,000 . . . by eliminating the state’s two-year-old Innocence Commission. This would be the state that has seen 12 DNA exonerations since the onset of DNA testing, and 23 exoneratio
What's interesting to note in the Motions in limine filed in this case is that we (the plaintiff) filed a single 4-page motion with the court dealing specifically with exclusion of hearsay testimony & any issues not directly related to the specific i
Just when we thought we’ve seen the worst from the Baltimore Police Department, we are now learning they charged a man with attempted murder for doing nothing more than video recording a fight last year.
Cox got involved in politics as an organizer for Republican Ron Paul's 2008 presidential campaign and ran for the state legislature that year, losing in the GOP primary. Afterwards he wanted to continue with his political activism
