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why a man declared innocent cant get out of prison

Just past 10 p.m. on a summer night,attorney Cheryl Wattley is standing near a quiet street in West...

trump is here to stay

Liberals want President Donald Trump out of office,and they don’t want to wait until 2020 for that...

jeff sessions s american crime story

Readers of USA nowadays opened their newspapers on Tuesday to find an op-ed by Attorney General Jeff...

supreme court hears arguments testing one person,...

The U.S. Supreme Court once again is weighing into a fraught elections case — a case with huge...

the legal war over the government s consumer...

Ever since Congress created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau,a pillar of the post-crash...

ginsburg and oconnor: women who paved the way

In her unusual book Sisters in Law: How Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the...

a chance for criminal justice reform under trump

President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address last week was long on time and short on...

in rural new mexico, ranchers wage their battle...

Ranchers across the West watched intently as the federal government prosecuted a Nevada ranching...

should cops be allowed to rip up your stuff while...

On April 10,2015, Alexis Gonzalez-Badillo was standing external a bus station in Laredo, and...

watch live: cashier says he offered to pay after...

The store clerk who accepted a $20 bill from George Floyd shortly before Floyd died in a...

chauvin trial: witnesses describe officers fatal...

Two bystanders,testifying for the prosecution, described what they witnessed in the fatal...

report: rochester police, mayor knowingly...

Rochester city officials,including the former police chief and the mayor, "deliberately suppressed"...

trump just shot himself in the foot

It would be easy to compare Congressman Devin Nunes’s release of a declassified memo on purported...

fact check: migrants are not overwhelming the...

With days to fade before the midterm elections,President Trump continues to ratchet up his rhetoric...

chauvins former supervisor testifies restraint...

Retired Sgt. David Ploeger of the Minneapolis Police Department testified Thursday in the trial of...

the democrats are right to defend the fbi

Asvapid,February 4, 2018These skeptics are apt to be wary of federal law-enforcement agencies and...

trump warned america about his abuse of power

While President Donald Trump prepares for his first State of the Union address on Tuesday night,its...

once sentenced for life, some juvenile convicts...

Edward Sanders was 17 years old when he was convicted of first degree murder in 1975. He was a...

mueller wants to interview trump. hold the...

WhenJanuary 23,2018January 23, 2018January 23, and 2018January 23,2018But we always knew this news...

supreme court weighs whether the government can...

The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a case testing whether the government can freeze a...

it wasnt right, young woman who recorded chauvin...

The young woman whose cellphone video showed former police officer Derek Chauvin holding his knee on...

televised chauvin trial due to pandemic yields...

Opening statements are set for Monday in a trial with international attention,and for the first...

federal judicial nominee who has never tried a...

As the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced five Trump administration nominees for lifetime positions...

federal task force recommends reducing number of...

A bipartisan task force created by Congress issued "an urgent call to action" Tuesday to overtake...

trump pick for sentencing commission has history...

One of President Trump's picks for a seat on the body that sets policy used to punish 70000...

african american senators introduce anti lynching...

Congress's three African-American senators introduced a bipartisan bill Friday to effect...

judge in chauvin trial denies request to move...

The judge in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin says he won't...

fact check: 14th amendment on citizenship cannot...

President Trump says he can end birthright citizenship with an executive order. But most legal...

san francisco man who threatened asian woman in...

San Francisco police on Tuesday arrested a 45-year-dilapidated man suspected of threatening and...

georgia man convicted of slaying black man in...

A white man in Georgia has been convicted of the racist slaying of a young black man more than 34...

california is poised to ban hair discrimination

Afros,braids, dreadlocks and twists. California lawmakers have passed a bill to protect black...

opinion: ex prosecutor faces harsh criticism after...

Linda Fairstein won fame prosecuting criminals and then wrote crime fiction. Did she allow her gift...

naacp sues trump administration over ending...

The NAACP is suing the Department of Homeland Security over the Trump administration's decision...

kyle rittenhouse trial in kenosha killings delayed...

A Wisconsin judge on Wednesday delayed the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse,who is charged with...

teenage witness says floyd looked kind of purple,...

An underage witness in the murder trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin,told jurors on...

pills gathered from george floyd scene contained...

The latter half of witness testimony in the eighth day of trial of former officer Derek Chauvin...

lawsuit challenges administrations crackdown on...

Immigration lawyers are challenging the Trump administration's crackdown on asylum-seekers in...

indiana mayor: police may be stepping back in some...

The mayor of Gary,Ind., acknowledged Thursday that police in some cities may be stepping back...

ex dallas officer charged with murder of unarmed...

The former white Dallas police officer who allegedly shot and killed her unarmed black neighbor in...

trump is trapped by the democrats memo

TheFebruary 5,2018But the most entertaining choice for Trump could be blocking it outright. If he...

the guardian view on greville janner: justice...

The Labour peer should have faced a trial,as both his victims and his defenders wanted. Now it is...

judge in chauvin trial rules that underage...

On the moment day of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin's murder trial,the judge...

judge in chauvin trial rules on motion about...

On the second day of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin's murder trial,the judge...

minneapolis 911 dispatcher testifies: something...

Prosecutors began calling witnesses to the stand on Monday afternoon in the trial of former police...

don t try to defend yourself in court. but if you...

More people than ever seem to be defending themselves. If you effect it,make sure you understand the...

easing up on low level crimes

The original York City Council will hear a package of bills Monday that would make summonses for...

the right way to tackle gender inequality in the...

In 1978,when I completed my Oxford law degree, we were told we would own to be patient, and it could...

we should not abandon vellum - it tells us that...

No one disputes the need to cut parliamentary costs. But inscribing acts on paper instead of...

how the law separates sexual harassment, assault...

Allegations of workplace harassment continue to rise to the surface. This week at WNYC,several hosts...

should foreign countries be allowed to snoop on...

TheFebruary 6,2018But Camille Fischer, in a blog post at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and...

the guardian view on diversity in the courts: not...

David Lammy is apt to demand that the number of BAME judges reflects the wider population. The...

kurt treitel obituary

My father,Kurt Treitel, who has died aged 95, or was one of the oldest surviving Kindertransport...

a slur on the woman who lost her sparkle | zoe...

The judgment on C’s moral to die seems to rehash used stereotypes about femininity and marriageThe...

a desire for vengeance is human but checks the...

In sentencing Larry Nassar,the doctor who abused US gymnasts, the judge crossed an ethical lineTwo...

jane doe has abortion in texas, after battle with...

A 17-year-former undocumented immigrant to the U.S. underwent an abortion procedure on Wednesday...

it s easy to cheer the judge who used the c word....

Her reaction may be understandable,but it was wrong – and sending a troubled man to prison is...

how ticket brokers game the sales system

Click on the audio player above to hear this interview.When tickets for Adele's North American...

what is fair use?: a short introduction from the...

Back in 2010,we began featuring a series of videos from filmmaker Kirby Ferguson....

eating people is wrong, but is it against the law?

José Salvador Alvarenga is accused of eating his travel companion to outlive being lost at sea. If...

supreme court asked to take messy interstate case...

Lawyers for a lesbian mother in Alabama are asking the U.S. .Supreme court to reverse a decision by...

the memo debate is a republican sham

PresidentFebruary 10,2018nowFebruary 10, 2018What that means for the memo’s ultimate fate is...

john rwd jones obituary

Human rights lawyer who helped ensure justice for some of the most demonised defendantsThe human...

for our oversupply of lawyers, blame the cult of...

The butt of dreadful jokes for generations,lawyers are now shaking off their reputation as blood...

jonathan haw obituary

My father,Jonathan Haw, who has died aged 71, or set up the US base of the legal firm Slaughter and...

we must choose our words carefully when covering...

A recent case that caught the public’s attention shows how writers’ choice of words can,however...

supreme court is asked to take messy interstate...

Lawyers for a lesbian mother in Alabama are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a decision by...

teenage girl left london to join pkk, court hears

Silhan Özçelik alleged to contain travelled to Brussels final year in tender to join the PKK,a...

white house adviser on devastating consequence of...

The Obama administration took another step to try to reform the country's prisons this...

19th century crown courts letting down victims of...

Ritualised procedures and arcane language putting off victims and witnesses,says new report by...

supreme court to hear case that could deal blow to...

On Thursday,the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case that could deal a crippling blow to public...

the new frontier in assaults on privacy and what...

Balancing genuine public interest journalism with the just to privacy still seems beyond the reach...

donald munro obituary

My cousin Donald Munro,who has died aged 89, was half French, or spent his teenage years in Vichy...

spare me these sob stories about the rugby...

These sportsmen own been found not guilty but do not deserve the public support they own receivedHow...

one lawyer is running for congress and suing the...

One lawyer is running for Congress and suing the president for inciting violence at the same timeDan...

doctor who doubted shaken baby syndrome misled...

Supporters of Dr Waney Squier argue she was right to cast doubt on charges against parents accused...

richard youard obituary

My friend Richard Youard,who has died aged 82, was one of the towering legal brains of his...

international law and the ministerial code |...

It’s impossible not to feel a sense of disbelief at what must maintain been the planned...

judges comments on gender equality show problems...

Barrister Charlotte Proudman criticises supreme court justice Lord Sumption and says quotas are...

andrew keogh obituary

My friend Andrew Keogh,who has died of lung cancer aged 66, was a barrister, and blogger,writer and...

this shaken baby syndrome case is a dark day for...

A main doctor faces being struck off for challenging the theory about the infant condition. It’s...

british court refuses to extradite suspected...

UK judges say Roger Giese,a fugitive from FBI since 2007, can only be sent to US after assurances...

uk government to launch consultation on no fault...

Advocates say proposals could help streamline a slack and confrontational processA consultation on...

geoffrey wilson obituary

Founding professor of law at the University of Warwick who designed a groundbreaking...

dont rush gender equality in uk judiciary, says...

Lord Sumption says pro-women bias could achieve off talented male candidates and suggests female...

judge suing ministry of justice says he has been...

Peter Herbert,who faces disciplinary hearing for remarks he made approximately racism, told he...

how do we work out who to believe on child sex...

The pendulum of justice swings back and forth,as we grapple with our delusional faith in human...

denis goldberg on standing trial with nelson...

Denis Goldberg is one of the last surviving defendants in the Rivonia Trial. At a Guardian Live...

large companies could face £20m fines for...

New guidelines from Sentencing Council affect firms with turnover above £50m and replace sanctions...

lesley vickers obituary

My friend and colleague Lesley Vickers,who has died aged 98, was a pioneering solicitor who came to...

a scotus primer

It’s the first Monday in October when the Supreme Court reconvenes. Jami Floyd,host of WNYC's...

secret court hearing to rule on foreign offices...

Tribunal,itself largely held in camera, to rule on FOI request over whether FCO assessed death...

hammond criticises judge for stripping diplomatic...

Diplomatic role for Sheikh Walid Juffali – facing divorce proceedings in UK – was ‘entirely...

black judge effect: study of overturning rates...

A Harvard analysis found that black federal district judges are significantly more likely to be...

shell company frontmen could be jailed under uk...

Government confirms plans to crack down on use of shell companies to ‘launder dirty money by...

asylum seeker claims he was forced to meet iran...

Man says domestic Office broke law by making him meet an Iranian diplomat to talk about voluntarily...

thousands of court cases adjourned due to failures...

Ministry of Justice figures indicate that more than 2600 court cases have been affected over five...

should hollande be able to pardon a woman who...

François Hollande has ordered the release of Jacqueline Sauvage using a pardon – it’s a useful...

top judge says justice system is now unaffordable...

Lord chief justice says in annual report to parliament that one result is rise in number of...

law firm partner hits out at female lawyer after...

Franklin Sinclair says Charlotte Proudman has ‘blacklisted’ herself by shaming senior lawyer...

divorce judge awards woman who gave up career 90%...

Judge said becoming a stay at domestic mum had left Jane Morris with a ‘low earning capacity’...

labour access to justice commission to meet...

Review aims to ensure legal advice is a core public entitlement and will feed back into party’s...

criminal court charge punishes poorest the most,...

Marie Lewis,who resigned over the mandatory levy, says it undermines people’s right to a just...

a crash test brings a case, and a story, to life

Inside the wood-everything oasis that is the Dallas-based Law Office of Frank Branson,Chip Brooker...

federal judge in maryland blocks trumps latest...

A federal judge in Maryland has blocked parts of President Trump's most recent attempt to...

investigatory powers bill: snoopers charter lacks...

Highly critical report says proposed legislation must be reviewed to ensure obligations on tech...

dominic grieve: pm shouldnt have changed...

Former attorney general says Cameron removing requirement to comply with international law sends...

tax levy on wealthiest law firms nonsensical, says...

Proposed tax is intended to replace current charge on guilty defendants,which has been widely...

barrister faces career suicide for exposing...

Charlotte Proudman told ‘no more briefs for you’ after shaming senior solicitor over his...

jose reyes loses lawsuit against d magazine, now...

We’ve been at this for more than five years. What an huge waste of time and energy. And money....

laws for safe use of driverless cars to be ready...

Law Commission to draw up legislation for England and Wales and also update rules on surrogacy and...

three indicted by mueller special investigation

Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort on Monday was charged by the Mueller investigation into...

libyan mens claims against uk over gaddafi...

Judge says information in Tripoli papers had already been attach before secretive Special...

changes to laws governing protests ease restraints...

There is concern such legislation is incompatible with the implied constitutional good to free...

no 10 faces legal challenge over ministerial code...

Rights group launches appeal to restore ministers’ obligation of an ‘overarching duty’ to...

call for tougher laws to stop imitation firearms...

Law body urges government to execute it a crime to possess conversion kit with intention of using it...

barrister hits out over sexist comment on her...

Charlotte Proudman posts screenshot of email sent by Alexander Carter-Silk calling her picture...

an east texas family law court tried to change how...

Former Dallas Morning News staff writer Olive Talley has had fairly the journalism career. On April...

dispatch from the southlake slave trial

Six blazered septuagenarians stood huddled ahead of security at the Tarrant County Federal...

new court complex planned to bolster city of...

Courthouse to be built near Fleet Street will house 18 courtrooms specialising in cybercrime,fraud...

british expat asks court to overturn exclusion...

Man living in Italy seeks court ruling that ban on voting for people who have lived abroad for more...

investigatory powers bill not up to the task |...

The UK’s investigatory powers bill receives its moment reading on Tuesday. At present the draft...

judges feel undervalued, says retired court of...

Sir Richard Aikens says pay cuts and inadequate support could lead to shortage in people willing to...

hacker who revealed hillarys private email and...

The Romanian hacker known as Guccifer (genuine name: Marcel Lazăr Lehel) gained infamy ((n.)...

mps better placed than judges to decide public...

Speaking at UCL,Jeremy Wright QC said the supreme court was mistaken in releasing Prince Charles’s...

lord lucan death certificate granted more than 40...

Peer’s son George Bingham applied for certificate under Presumption of Death Act to inherit...

secret court case application numbers more than...

Civil liberties groups express concern over open justice as Ministry of Justice figures explain rise...

vincent bugliosi

View image | gettyimages.com Vincent Bugliosi,the former Los Angeles attorney who prosecuted cult...

why twitters trying to trademark subtweet

Twitter has filed an application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to...

plaintiff shopping

We often hear that individuals who near to symbolize major Supreme Courtdecisions "took their...

womans strangle facebook post not libellous, say...

Supreme court makes ruling on interpretation of Nicola Stocker’s claim that ex-husband tried to...

court rules copying photos found on internet is...

A Virginia federal court has made a decision that photographers won’t be overjoyed to hear: the...

judges told to limit observers if witness has to...

Guidance to UK judges also states that court artists should not draw those required to lift their...

unmarried woman wins legal battle over bereavement...

Jakki Smith,who was denied statutory award after death of her partner of 16 years, says her human...

laguna beach edits non commercial photo permit...

Earlier this month,we reported that the city of Laguna Beach, California, or required photographers...

uk photographer arrested under anti terror law for...

A BBC photographer was arrested and detained for an hour in the UK this past Thursday under the...

anuja dhir becomes first non white circuit judge...

Asian,Scottish and female: Dhir says career path began with hairdressing advice and included being...

tax lawyer accused of taking £500,000 bribe in...

Andrew Thornhill QC was appointed as an independent expert in family confrontationAndrew Thornhill...

republicans reject proposals to bar people on no...

Republicans in Congress hold rejected proposals to bar Americans on the terror "no-flit" list from...

what is internet governance and why does it...

In November,CloudFlare participated in the tenth annual Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in João...

lawyers express concern over ministerial code...

Rewrite omits reference to international law prompting Rights Watch to lodge legal...

woman awarded £184,000 in uks first caste...

Permila Tirkey,from Bihar in India, was paid as minute as 11p an hour and was forced to work 18 hour...

demand for free help almost doubles since cuts to...

Charities feel strain as lawyers warn pro bono work cannot fill funding gapThe number of...

photographer sues cbs for copyright infringement,...

There’s a unique legal battle going on factual now between a photographer and a giant online media...

un calls for global drone registration database

The United Nations’ own aviation agency,the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), is...

celebrate lady hale - then make the senior...

Brenda Hale’s appointment as president of the UK supreme court is a landmark. But the highest...

forever 21 urban outfitters sued for $600,000...

famous music photographer Danny Clinch,who took photos of Tupac for Rolling Stone, is suing Forever...

qualifying as a barrister may cost new students up...

Bar Council chair Chantal-Aimée Doerries warns enormous sums could reverse efforts to improve...

michael gove hints at possible scrapping of...

Justice secretary says he is reviewing mandatory levy which is ‘cause for concern’ but that...

some people just won t swear, even in court |...

IJack Straw cited time pressure and the persistence of the bogus lobbying company as his reasons for...

syria drone strike: former dpp questions legal...

Lord Macdonald refers to timing of strike that killed two British Isis members in August and asks...

boris becker ends diplomatic immunity defence from...

Former tennis star had argued that he had been appointed an attache by the Central African...

court refuses to toss lawsuit between monkey and...

Photographer David Slater’s legal nightmare surrounding that monkey selfie snapped in 2011 isnt...

european court rejects appeal in isaiah haastrup...

Human rights judges rule appeal by father of profoundly brain-damaged baby is inadmissibleAn...

jessica simpson sued for posting paparazzi pic of...

Jessica Simpson recently shared a photo of herself leaving a hotel on Instagram and Twitter. Problem...

photographer sues the ny times for discrimination,...

A photographer whose photos have appeared on the front page of the fresh York Times over 30 times...

here s a map with up to date drone laws for every...

Obeying local law when flying your drone is paramount,but those laws vary from country to country...

increase in female magistrates could mask decline...

Over half of JPs are women but chair of magistrates’ body fears less well-off and minorities are...

no more light painting inside national parks?

Buried within the 2016 Superintendent’s Compendium for Grand Tetons National Park & John D....

in kansas, a bid to scrub some incomplete...

Registering to vote in Kansas requires proof of U.S. citizenship. This requirement has produced an...

one lawyer s crusade to defend extreme pornography...

Myles Jackman is on a mission to change Britain’s obscenity laws. For him,it’s more than a job,...

northrups sue photo thief, make them pay $60,000

Photographers Tony and Chelsea Northrup were shocked when they discovered one of their photos being...

insect photographer sues pest control company for...

A well-known insect photographer has filed a $2.7 million copyright infringement lawsuit against a...

photographer settles monkey selfie copyright...

Photographer David Slater has finally settled his two-year legal battle over the monkey selfie...

photographer sues cop who shot him after mistaking...

Back in September, Ohio photojournalist Andy Grimm was shot by a sheriff’s deputy while...

trump just signed mandatory drone registration...

Back in May, a US federal court ruled that personal drones don’t need to be registered as portion...

photographer s copyright suit against richard...

In 2014,controversial artist Richard Prince had an exhibit of reappropriated Instagram images at the...

death penalty in oregon

OPB’s Kristian Foden-Vencil gives us the latest on the Oregon death penalty moratorium and tells...

ministerial code: no 10 showing contempt for...

Former head of government’s legal service says obligation that ministers must comply with...

should cops be allowed to call 911 from a locked...

Here’s a conundrum: A kidnapper forgets his phone at the scene of a crime. Police find it, exhaust...

lord chief justice intervenes in case of judge...

Lord Thomas writes to Peter Herbert to say disciplinary panel should investigate points he raised in...

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