A unanimous Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with sheriff’s deputies in a legal dispute stemming from 2010, when two bystanders were shot while the California deputies searched for a wanted man. The justices overturned an award of $4 million in ...
Read More »Justices side with Mexican immigrant in deportation case
The Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with a Mexican immigrant who faced deportation after he was convicted of having consensual sex with his underage girlfriend. The justices ruled unanimously that while Juan Esquivel-Quintana committed a crime under California law, his ...
Read More »New ‘Blue Lives Matter’ laws raise concerns among activists
Following a spike in deadly attacks on police, more than a dozen states have responded this year with “Blue Lives Matter” laws that come down even harder on crimes against law enforcement officers, raising concern among some civil rights activists ...
Read More »Tough-on-crime official eyes other policies on DOJ agenda
A zealous prosecutor who was crucial in writing the Justice Department’s new policy encouraging harsher punishments for criminals is now turning his attention to hate crimes, marijuana and the ways law enforcement seizes suspects’ cash and property. Steve Cook’s hardline ...
Read More »AP Exclusive: Suspected drug thefts persist at VA centers
Federal authorities are investigating dozens of new cases of possible opioid and other drug theft by employees at Veterans Affairs hospitals, a sign the problem isn’t going away as more prescriptions disappear. Data obtained by The Associated Press show 36 ...
Read More »Justices will hear Ohio appeal over purging voter rolls
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to decide whether Ohio wrongfully purged eligible voters from the state’s registration list. The justices said they will hear an appeal from state officials defending the process against challengers who say it’s illegal. Civil ...
Read More »Youthful Missouri offenders sue over parole denials
A class-action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of about 80 inmates serving life sentences in Missouri for crimes they committed as minors, alleging the state’s parole process fails to give them a fair chance to be released. The MacArthur ...
Read More »After residency dispute, Hawley rents capital city apartment
Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley has rented an apartment in Jefferson City in response to suggestions from Democrats that he was violating state law by commuting to the capital city for work. Hawley said that he will live in the ...
Read More »Few Asian-Americans hold top legal jobs, new study says
When Goodwin Liu joined the seven-member California Supreme Court in 2011, he became its fourth sitting member of Asian descent. The number is remarkable. The other state supreme courts in the U.S. combined have a handful of Asian-American justices. And ...
Read More »Report: Company sold turf product after learning of defects
The country’s leading maker of artificial sports turf sold more than 1,000 fields to towns, schools and teams nationwide after its executives knew they were falling apart faster than expected and might not live up to lofty marketing claims, according ...
Read More »Police: Sandwich links man to recent burglaries in Wyoming
A half-eaten peanut butter and jelly sandwich found at the scene leads Wyoming police to arrest a burglary suspect. Zachery Munoz has pleaded not guilty to three counts of burglary. Cheyenne police say someone on three separate occasions in September ...
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