Last spring, as the number of family separations at the U.S.-Mexico border exploded, the Trump administration insisted that the government took thousands of kids from their parents because the families had committed a federal crime. “If you cross this border unlawfully, then we will prosecute...
Activists in Alexandria, Va., are pressing the sheriff to drop an agreement to detain migrants for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency. The sheriff in Contra Costa County, Ca., canceled a similar contract in July after 1,000 protesters marched on the jail. At Philadelphia City...
Artificial intelligence is one of today’s hottest buzzwords. As the technology becomes more integrated into our everyday lives, it will become as essential in casework. A basic understanding of AI and its various forms will prove helpful when building a fact-pattern and a strong legal...
Massachusetts Dr. Sundeep Shukla expected his patient would be upset to learn that he was stuck in the emergency room. The man was waiting for a bed in a psychiatric facility, but they were full. The patient leapt off his gurney and punched Shukla in...
Gov. Jerry Brown signed a law that limits who can be prosecuted for felony murder to those who commit or intend to commit a killing. The new law, effective Jan. 1, scales back California’s felony murder rule, which allows defendants to be convicted of first-degree...
Security companies spent years trying to get schools to buy more products, from “ballistic attack-resistant” doors to smoke cannons that spew haze from ceilings to confuse a shooter. Sales were slow, but that changed in February, when a former student killed 17 people at a...