Lawsuit Challenges St. Louis Bail System That Keeps Poor People Trapped Behind Bars
Class action claim contends 85 percent of people jailed before trial simply cannot afford to pay and aren't offered alternatives.
Class action claim contends 85 percent of people jailed before trial simply cannot afford to pay and aren't offered alternatives.
"The encounter was so mundane that you have to wonder what other non-events will be used to try to destroy you or me."
Los Angeles Sheriff's Department
A newly passed police transparency bill is under attack across the state. The latest tactic: insisting it's not retroactive.
Why both progressives and conservatives are wrong about "the due process of law."
Deadlocked juries, shooting at truckers, and the Adventure of the Seas.
The Trump adviser's legal problem is not what he did but what he said about what he did.
It has been nearly four years since the young man passed away.
Plus: a big (and bad) change to asylum policy, Arkansas upholds anti-BDS law, and Rep. Ocasio-Cortez fights Post Fact Checker on minimum wage
It's safe to say this guy would not make a good president.
The president's latest Twitter scare tactic to drum up support takes moments to disprove.
Dashcam footage shows officers kneeing, tackling, and punching Lawrence Crosby while shouting, "Stop resisting."
After months imprisoned in Thailand, the Belarusian citizen was deported to Moscow and promptly arrested on charges of luring people into prostitution.
Opportunity to address nullification of the right to arms
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the former vice president acknowledges regrets about his role in the drug war and mass incarcerations.
Online black markets shift faster than police can respond
A fascinating question about qualified immunity law.
Good decisions in some cases, judicial nullification in some others.
Parties sometimes wait until their brief is filed before asking for an amicus brief -- but that usually leaves just days or at most a few weeks for the amicus to write the brief.
Apparently he was suffering from methanol poisoning his liver, and administering ethanol seems to make the methanol less harmful.
Desperate circumstances, deceptive edits, and the rule of orderliness.
Lawsuits playing out for three years spotlight how poor people end up trapped in jail even before being convicted.
The same officer was fired last year after video of him allegedly planting drugs in a car during a traffic stop emerged.
Industry representatives succeed in forcing a referendum on reforms passed by lawmakers.
Plus: Rand Paul has "never been prouder" of Trump, the Women's March clashes with the Park Service, and Vegas' first Stripper Parade & Expo is coming soon.
Los Angeles Sheriff's Department
Out with the old cronies. In with the new ones?
Justice Sonia Sotomayor has some concerns.
Compelled use of facial and finger recognition features runs afoul of the Fifth Amendment.
Criminon says it's a secular program to rehabilitate inmates, but critics say it's a recruiting pitch for Scientology.
"As a system, it's working," Barr says of the criminal justice system. "It's not predicated on racism."
A 5-4 decision, but not along the lines we usually expect.
Law reviews as venue for scholarship come under a lot of justified criticism, but at least the editors check the footnotes
A new ruling, and some (mostly critical) thoughts.
One judge grants a national injunction, another declines to
If no President is above the law, does that mean no President is above the FBI?
Warrantless "implied consent" laws are under review over Fourth Amendment concerns.
The former Attorney General has made it much for difficult for the DOJ to crack down on police departments accused of civil rights violations.
Don Willett has championed economic freedom and accountability for cops.
The criminal justice system failed four black men after a white woman accused them of rape.
Sovereign immunity, absolute immunity, qualified immunity, and the agora of the digital age.