Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards on Wednesday signed into law legislation requiring all police agencies in Louisiana to adopt eyewitness identification procedures aimed at preventing mistaken identifications and wrongful convictions, reports NOLA.com. At Edwards’ side during the signing ceremony was Robert Jones, a New Orleans...
Parents of children killed at the Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting are suing Alex Jones, the InfoWars conspiracy theorist who has repeatedly proclaimed the bizarre falsehood that the 2012 shooting that killed 20 first graders and six adults in Newtown, Conn., was an elaborate...
Law firms and attorneys know that the likelihood of a cyber attack is high and acknowledge that the industry is under siege from cybercriminals. Attackers have evolved from opportunistic and transactional attacks to more bespoke operations that target specific firms, or worse, specific attorneys. Hackers have...
The solitary housing unit (SHU) was created to discipline the most violent offenders in prison and separate them from the community, but who is really sitting in the SHU? According to a new study by the Vera Institute of Justice, most individuals in solitary confinement are...
The Legal Technology Resource Center’s Women of Legal Tech initiative is intended to encourage diversity and celebrate women in legal technology. This initiative launched in 2015 with a list of innovators and leaders in legal technology and with this year’s additions, that list now includes...
The only gun shop in all of Mexico is behind a fortress-like wall on a heavily guarded military base on the outskirts of Mexico City. To enter the Directorate of Arms and Munitions Sales, customers must undergo months of background checks, which require submission of...