Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam will issue some pardons before he leaves office. The term-limited Haslam has not decided whether he’ll grant clemency in the highly publicized case of Cyntoia Brown, or if he’ll stop an upcoming execution, The Tennessean reports. “We haven’t done any (pardons)...
Cybersecurity experts are raising concerns about plans for the U.S. Census Bureau to use digital questionnaires for the first time in 2020, Time reports. Eleven former government cybersecurity employees demanded the Census Bureau and Department of Commerce outline any planned security measures in a letter...
Within 24 hours after the shooting of Harith Augustus by Chicago police on July 14, the Chicago Police Department released body camera footage to the public. The video is less than a minute long and lacks sound, but the Civilian Office of Police Accountability, a...
The nomination of Ryan Bounds to serve on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals was dropped by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) after it became clear that several Republicans would oppose him over racially charged writings in his record, reports Politico. The move came...
Exploring legal software options can be a daunting task. Where do you start? How do you know you are making the right investment? Will the software meet your team’s needs? No matter if you are shopping for a team of one or a team of...
Last year, reporter David Migoya of the Denver Post was looking into an appeal filed by convicted murderer Aaron Thompson, but could find no mention of the case — either his conviction or the appeal — on any of the public-record computers the state provides...