The U.S. Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals doesn't resolve whether such conduct is substantively constitutionally protected from criminal punishment, but holds that military law didn't put the defendant on notice that the conduct was illegal.
By giving powerful law enforcement officials absolute immunity from civil liability, the Supreme Court leaves their victims with no recourse.
The move comes as legislation flounders in Congress to end the crack-powder sentencing disparity once and for all.
Elon Musk reignited the GOP’s interest to bring charges against Anthony Fauci.
Credit the leaking of body camera footage to the press for helping force the matter.
Healthy cities are a boon not just for those who live in them, but for our entire society.
A Government Accountability Office report last year documented hundreds of ICE actions involving potential U.S. citizens.
San Antonio's city manager said the case illustrated how hard it is to fire employees, but it also shows how hard it is for them to stay fired.
The Richmond City Council unanimously approved a resolution to study applying tougher zoning restrictions to new shops as a way of cutting down on crime.
Another officer claims to have been laid out just by being close to the drug. That’s not how it works.
A study credits "an overall lower police search rate," the result of new priorities and legal constraints.
Judges on The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit disagree over when Title IX claims accrue.
Brown: “The state should not be in the business of executing people.”
An appeals court rejected a qualified immunity defense.
Now the officer is trying to keep his identity secret under a state law intended to protect crime victims.
Long delays and management failures "allowed serious, repeated sexual abuse in at least four facilities to go undetected."
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The city of Vallejo, California, has paid millions in recent years to settle excessive force lawsuits against its heavy-handed police force.
The Arizona Supreme Court becomes the first state Supreme Court to thoroughly incorporate crime victims' rights in its rules of criminal procedure. Others should follow.
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Seventeen retired federal judges, appointed by both Republicans and Democrats, filed a brief supporting his appeal.
Bradley Bass is facing 12 years in prison, despite the fact that he was doing his job as a school administrator.
While Griner's release is welcome news, it's important to remember the thousands of Americans imprisoned for drug offenses here in the U.S.
Photos and information you store on iCloud will be safer from hackers, spies, and the government.
The San Francisco Police Department assured the public it had "no plans to arm robots with guns." But assurances aren't guarantees.
There is little utility to charging 10-year-olds as adults, yet Wisconsin still mandates the practice in certain cases.
"My opinion is no exceptions should be made," says the chief of the police.
The appeals court says Donald Trump's status as a former president does not entitle him to special treatment.
The New York Civil Liberties Union is fighting about a dozen different lawsuits against stonewalling police departments.
A precedent set in the January 6 prosecutions could be dangerous to the public.
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In a brief and forceful opinion, a unanimous court explains why the trial court never had jurisdiction to consider Trump's filings in the first place.
The Oath Keepers leader was acquitted of two riot-related conspiracy counts but convicted of plotting to keep Donald Trump in office "by force."
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The Justice Department’s discretion is the only thing that protects them from a similar fate.
“You're cracking, you just drank too much,” said one officer as Randy Cox cried that his neck was broken.
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit disagrees on whether the word "image" is ambiguous.
Missouri law bans those under 21 from witnessing executions. Despite attempts to challenge the law, 19-year-old Khorry Ramey will be barred from attending her father's execution on Tuesday.
The cop who killed Shaver was fired. But he will receive a disability pension for the rest of his life because he claims he has post-traumatic stress disorder.
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