At least 27 people in the United States have been exonerated after faulty bitemark matching put them behind bars — but not before they lost a combined total of 450 years
The rate of violent crimes, excluding simple assault, dropped 15% from 2018 to 2019 and 27% for women, according to a recent report released by the federal Bureau of Justice
Citing an increase in threats to federal judges and other public officials, state attorneys general of both parties are urging Congress to act.
The National Association of Attorneys General is
Gregg Clifton predicted in September that college athletes would be paid in the near future. Clifton, principal in the Phoenix, AZ office of Jackson Lewis P.C. and co-leader of
Instead of using search warrants to get information about people’s activities, some federal agents may just go shopping.
Taking advantage of what started as a marketing tool, federal law
A newly released study from the Death Penalty Information Center takes an in-depth look at the pervasive racial discrimination used when imposing the death penalty, in bringing charges and in
Nadia Alasaad had her iPhone searched twice at the border, both times over her religious objections to male Border Patrol officers viewing photos of her and her daughters without their
Court reform advocates and members of Congress want the federal courts to stop charging the public fees for access to court records. Congress may be on its way to making
State legislators across the country already have started filing bills for their 2021 sessions that would target the rights of transgender youth.
Transgender rights activists are preparing to fight what
A study recently released by the Prison Policy Initiative shows very few people released before trial go out and commit another crime while awaiting their court date.
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This article was updated Feb. 5, 2021
President-elect Joe Biden plans to ask all Americans to wear masks for 100 days to slow the spread of COVID-19. This would be
In 1982, Gregory Watson, a sophomore at the University of Texas, Austin, wrote a paper for his Government 310L course on an unratified amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Written
