Friday is the 19th anniversary of the Columbine school massacre in 1999, and high-school students nationwide are staying out of school to mark the occasion. The Washington Post has spent the past year determining how many children have been exposed to gun violence during school...
Every lawyer is different, but a few things hold true for just about every law firm, big or small: You need more cash flow and more clients. Period. There are a lot of pressures on the average small firm or solo lawyer, but a data-driven approach...
Drug overdoses are now the leading cause of death among Americans 50 and under. But can a “get-tough” approach to drug dealers—including the death penalty—address the country’s spiraling opioid epidemic? Attorney-General Jeff Sessions has called on federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty for dealers who...
Alabama executed 83-year-old Walter Leroy Moody on Thursday night for the 1989 pipe bombing death of a federal judge. He became the oldest inmate executed in the U.S. since the return of executions in the 1970s, reports Al.com. The execution was delayed about two hours...
Nearly half the number of women killed in homicides each year are fatally shot by their intimate partners. As many as ten percent more women are shot and killed by other family members. By comparison, intimate partners or other family members account for only 2...
In the aftermath of the nation’s worst prison riot since 1993, a group of South Carolina legislators are say they have received troubling graphic images and texts that raise concerns about the welfare of inmates and employees at Lee Correctional Institution. The five lawmakers said in...