Allegations of sexual misconduct against Kentucky legislators have become so common that the statehouse has seemed more like a frat house: Seven have faced accusations, including four who settled secretly with a female legislative aide. The voters’ response has mostly been to keep them in...
Recent changes in the U.S. asylum system mean that as a place of refuge, America is largely closed for business, the New York Times reports. While migrants fleeing communist governments in Central America during the Cold War were welcomed in the 1980s, those arriving now...
A former high-ranking administrator accused of fostering violence at a dangerous North Carolina prison acknowledged in federal court Tuesday that he kept homemade weapons such as shanks hidden in the ceiling of his prison office, reports the Charlotte Observer. Testimony from former manager Jeffery Wall...
Convicted of the horrific murder of a Cincinnati man, Robert Van Hook died by lethal injection on Wednesday in Ohio’s first execution in more than 10 months, the Columbus Dispatch reports. Van Hook, 58, served a violence-plagued 32 years in prison after a death-penalty conviction...
Equal Justice Under Law (EJUL) filed a lawsuit yesterday against an Arkansas city for allegedly discriminating against poor residents. The D.C.-based civil rights organization charges in its complaint that the city of Newark’s 2015 exclusion ordinance forbidding mobile homes worth less than $25,000 (single-wide) or $35,000...
You probably keep your valuables under lock and key to keep them safe, but do you take the same care with your clients’ digital information? Technological advancements provide lawyers with more efficient processes to store, transmit, process, and use documents and other data. However, advancements in...