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Law
fromSlate Magazine
1 day ago

Brett Kavanaugh and John Roberts Remain Strangely Clear-Eyed About One Kind of Racism

Mississippi violated the Constitution by allowing prosecutors to strike Black jurors and blocking defense objections during jury selection.
Social justice
fromNature
3 days ago

Memory on trial: the new science of when to trust eyewitness testimony

Forensic hypnosis and suggestive eyewitness procedures can distort memory, leading to wrongful identification and conviction without DNA evidence.
US news
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

Mississippi man charged with six murders, including father, brother and a child

A Clay County man was arrested and charged in the fatal shootings of six relatives, including a child, with prosecutors likely seeking capital murder charges.
Law
fromABA Journal
8 months ago

Utah contracts with former federal defender chief to represent suspect in Charlie Kirk shooting death

Utah County contracted former federal public defender Kathryn N. Nester to represent Tyler James Robinson, accused in Charlie Kirk's fatal shooting; contract expected around $750,000.
US news
fromwww.mercurynews.com
8 months ago

Cuban national accused of beheading motel manager had criminal arrest history across Florida, California and Texas

Yordanis Cobos-Martinez, a Cuban national, faces capital murder charges in a Dallas motel beheading and has an extensive multi-state arrest history.
fromESPN.com
10 months ago

Date set for Darius Miles' capital murder trial

Darius Miles is scheduled to stand trial for capital murder on Dec. 1, more than two years after being arrested for the fatal shooting of Jamea Harris in Tuscaloosa.
US news
Law
fromwww.mediaite.com
11 months ago

DOJ Employee Charged After Allegedly Slipping Abortion Drug Into Girlfriend's Drink

A Texas man faces capital murder charges for allegedly drugging his girlfriend to induce an abortion without her consent.
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