The ruling is a partial victory for civil liberties groups, who argue that lawmakers were subverting a constitutional amendment expected to restore voting rights to 1.4 million Floridians.
A DNA test might show that he didn't fire the shot that killed a clerk in 1994. But the law says he'd be guilty anyway.
But can the city commit to reducing its jail population—and will Rikers' infamous culture just be transplanted to the new jails?
From morning till past midnight, supporters and opponents of a bill to decriminalize prostitution offered starkly different visions of safety and rights.
Golf swingers, a gangrenous finger, and the ancient concept of "frolic."
The 7th Circuit said the guard is protected by qualified immunity.
The former HUD Secretary is still terrible on guns, but at least he recognizes some of the costs of actually enforcing gun laws.
Violent bigots were targeting Jews long before they could broadcast the carnage.
"There is absolutely no excuse for this incident," said Police Chief Edwin Kraus.
Illinois abolished the death penalty in 2011.
Omitting all "partners at corporate law firms" excludes most judges from Hillary Clinton's hypothetical shortlist
Mayor Betsy Price: "The gun is irrelevant. She was in her own home caring for an 8-year-old nephew. [Jefferson] was a victim."
This year, Mississippi and North Carolina both ditched a vague "good moral character" clause that kept occupational licensing out of reach for people with criminal records.
The neighbor later said, "If I had never dialed the police department, she'd still be alive."
California is turning to tech solution to clear bureaucratic hurdles.
that harmony and affection without which liberty and even life itself are but dreary things."
A tool for viewpoint discrimination has an anti-LGBT history, too
Naama Issachar, a 26-year-old woman who was arrested while catching a connecting flight in Moscow, was charged with drug smuggling.
Michael Drejka said he had to shoot Markeis McGlockton in self-defense. Jurors disagreed.
A spate of bad lawyering, a spate of congressional subpoenas, and finding love in prison.
"This judge joins the chorus of those telling this attorney [Richard P. Liebowitz] to clean up his act."
A Department of Justice lawyer in every pot.
Beto O'Rourke channels the past.
"Touching someone's arm to get their attention, I would have thought was normal."
An interesting Mississippi Supreme Court opinion.
Plus: Democrats talk LGBTQ equality, California cracks down on mini-shampoo, and more...
... even if the statute of limitations has run? A new Texas case, Crews v. Galvan, says yes.
Long term change in incarceration rates will be hard without prosecutorial buy-in.
An intriguing new book from Dean Reuter, Colm Lowery, and Keith Chester
You know, to "fight human trafficking."
The financial savings of prison and jail reduction may be less than expected.
My new book with Randy Barnett had been sold out since its release date!
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