The “true crime” genre continues to grow and shows no signs of stopping. Initially taking off with podcasts like “Serial” and the Netflix documentary “Making a Murderer,” podcasts like “In the Dark” and the Netflix series “The Staircase” show how the genre continues to thrive....
Tracking the sheer number of incarcerated individuals is not enough to create a more fair, equitable criminal justice system, according to one expert. While the national attitude about crime and punishment has shifted, and the public is now calling for more aggressive reforms to criminal penalties,...
A mesothelioma diagnosis can be frightening, stressful and overwhelming. What should I do first? What type of treatment is going to be recommended? How will I manage the financial impact of this disease? What will my family do? These and many other questions may be running through...
Judges appointed by Republican presidents gave longer sentences to black defendants and shorter ones to women than judges appointed by Democrats, says a new study reported by the New York Times that analyzed data on more than half a million defendants. “Republican-appointed judges sentence black...
A class-action lawsuit filed last month alleges that Wal-Mart’s video recording technology at its self-service checkout kiosks collects “personal identification information” in violation of the California Song-Beverly Act Credit Card Act of 1971 (“Song-Beverly Act”). The Song-Beverly Act, like analogous statutes in several other states,...
In an era in which women in the film industry are speaking out about sexual harassment, film producer Harvey Weinstein’s attorney invoked an old Hollywood stereotype in the producer’s defense, the Los Angeles Times reports. “Mr. Weinstein did not invent the casting couch in Hollywood,”...