Witnesses are no longer key to arriving at the truth in modern trials and should only be used when no other evidence is available, argue two law professors. In an article published in the Texas Law Review, Edward Cheng, of the Vanderbilt University Law School, and...
Women are the fastest-growing population in U.S. jails, but the effect this has on families has been largely ignored, a New York conference was told Wednesday. Implementing long-term, meaningful solutions for women and families remain too few and far between, experts said at a three-person panel...
Former Maricopa, Az., Sheriff Joe Arpaio filed a libel suit against the New York Times and a member of its editorial board, Politico reports. In a complaint filed with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the ex-lawman takes issue with a Times...
The federal government has filed 23.5 percent fewer pubic corruption cases, 340, during the first eleven months of fiscal year 2018 than the previous year, reports TRAC at Syracuse University. There were 485 prosecutions during the prevfious fiscal year. TRAC obtained case-by-case information via Freedom...
Could having a gun for protection put you at more at risk of harm? A new study finds that a person’s chances of being involved in a fatal police shooting is higher in states with the highest rates of gun ownership, compared to those with...
Violent crime in St. Louis is down 10 percent compared with last year, but the homicide rate is fairly constant, with 152 homicides in 2018, compared to 158 at the same time last year. At least half are drug-related. There was a flicker of hope...