(Associated Press/Susan Walsh) The U.S. Supreme Court has held that the Fifth Amendment bars the government from requiring criminal defendants to testify against themselves, but it has upheld requirements that people provide physical evidence, such as through drunken-driving breathalyzer tests. In the words of Justice Brennan’s...
The head of a Massachusetts crime lab office was fired Monday after investigators found that staff withheld exculpatory evidence from defense lawyers in thousands of drunken-driving cases since 2011. The disclosure could threaten many convictions, the Boston Globe reports. State public safety officials concluded that...
Ajit Pai, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 20. (Aaron P. Bernstein/Reuters) Last week, President Trump tweeted: With all of the Fake News coming out of NBC and the Networks, at what point is it appropriate to challenge their License?...
A Delaware grand jury indicted 18 prisoners for the February takeover of a state prison. The 18-hour siege resulted in the death of a Department of Corrections officer, the Wilmington News Journal reports. Sixteen inmates face first-degree murder charges. “This was an extremely important and...
State seal of Hawaii, the state that filed the first lawsuit challenging Trump’s second travel ban, and today secured a ruling against the third version. Earlier today, the US District Court for the District of Hawaii issued a ruling granting a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement...
A victim of domestic violence who was jailed for five days is among a group of people suing Orleans Parish, La., District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro and 10 of his subordinates, alleging that prosecutors used dirty tricks to force witnesses to testify, reports The Advocate. The...