When Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck retires in June, he’ll leave to his successor the best police department in the city’s history—one that’s no longer the hated, pugnacious symbol of repression it once was, or a primary instigator of the class and race volatility...
When police and prosecutors are unable to act, judges must be the “last line of defense” for mentally troubled individuals who run afoul of the law. That was one of the conclusions at a conference of leading prosecutors and jurists at New York University’s School of...
Calvin Buari spent 22 years in prison for a double murder he didn’t commit. He was a notorious crack dealer in The Bronx, N.Y., when he was arrested, which made the struggle to prove his innocence─and find allies who could help get his case heard─that...
We’re coming up on the final arguments of the term, and we’ll get you ready with a preview of the future of online sales tax in South Dakota v. Wayfair. We’ll also catch up on grants, orders and opinions. What’s with the Supreme Court and...
Seven inmates were killed during fights that lasted more than seven hours at a South Carolina prison Sunday night and into Monday morning, reports The State in Columbia, S.C. At least six emergency agencies responded to a “mass casualty incident” at Lee Correctional Institution that...
Today the Supreme Court begins its last argument session of the term with oral arguments in two cases. The first is Wisconsin Central Ltd.v. United States, which asks whether stock options are taxable compensation under the Railroad Retirement Tax Act. Daniel Hemel has this blog’s...