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An Indictment Could Boost Trump's Campaign
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Alex Murdaugh Sentenced to Life Without Parole
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The Trump Organization's Tax-Fraud Trial Is Starting. Here’s What's at Stake
The criminal tax-fraud trial of the Trump Organization begins on Monday, and the outcome could impact more than the coffers of former President Donald Trump’s family business.
By Madeleine Carlisle
October 21, 2022
Trial Begins Over Arkansas Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth
The closely watched case—in which both sides argue they are acting in the best interest of children—has already received input from major medical organizations, LGBTQ advocacy groups, and the Biden Administration.
By Madeleine Carlisle
October 17, 2022
Parkland Gunman Avoids Death Penalty at Trial
He will be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after a Florida jury failed to unanimously agree on the death penalty for killing 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
By Katie Reilly
October 13, 2022
Parkland Prosecutors Detail 'Systematic Massacre' as Death Penalty Trial Ends
A jury is now tasked with deciding whether Nikolas Cruz will be sentenced to death or to life in prison for the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
By Katie Reilly
October 11, 2022
Police Raided Breonna Taylor's Apartment After 'Gut Feeling': Plea
The affidavit from former Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) Detective Kelly Goodlett pulls back the curtain on the investigation that led to the botched "no knock" police raid
By Josiah Bates
September 14, 2022
GOP Hopes for Lawsuit Over Biden Student Debt
Conservative legal groups are exploring who would have legal standing to sue. House Republicans could try to sue if they win back the chamber.
By Brian Bennett
August 29, 2022
Parkland Gunman 'Poisoned in the Womb': Defense
“He was poisoned in the womb, and because of that, his brain was irretrievably broken through no fault of his own,” Nikolas Cruz's public defender, Melisa McNeill, said in her opening statement
By Katie Reilly
August 22, 2022
Nicole Shanahan, the Woman at the Center of the Musk-Brin Rift
She is said to be seeking more than $1 billion as part of a prenuptial agreement with Google co-founder Brin
By Bloomberg
July 25, 2022
Prosecutors Recount Parkland Shooting as Gunman's Trial Begins
“The murders—all 17—were heinous, atrocious, and cruel,” the lead prosecutor said.
By Katie Reilly
July 18, 2022
The Parkland Gunman's Sentencing Trial Will Decide If He Gets the Death Penalty
A jury will decide whether the gunman who killed 17 people at a Parkland, Fla., high school will be sentenced to death or to life in prison.
By Katie Reilly
July 15, 2022
The Future of Abortion Access After Roe v. Wade
The period that we are entering now will look not like 1972. Rather, it will be a futuristic steampunk version of the American past
By Abigail Abrams
June 24, 2022
What Legal Experts Think of Amber Heard's Chances on Appeal
A jury may have come back with a victory for Johnny Depp in his defamation suit against ex-wife Amber Heard, but the legal drama is far from over. Heard's lawyers have said that she will...
By Eliana Dockterman
June 6, 2022
The Depp-Heard Trial Perpetuates the Myth of the Perfect Victim
Victim advocates hoped that, five years after #MeToo went viral, our culture would have developed a nuanced understanding of harassment and assault. Domestic abuse, in particular, is messy and complicated. The victim often stays with...
By Eliana Dockterman
June 2, 2022
Bill Cosby Is Facing Another Trial. Here's What to Know About the Judy Huth Case
Judy Huth, the plaintiff in the case, alleges that Cosby groped her while at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles 50 years ago
By Josiah Bates
May 20, 2022
3 Cops in Floyd Case Found Guilty in Federal Case
Three former Minneapolis police officers who were with Derek Chauvin when he killed George Floyd were found guilty in their federal trial of violating Floyd's civil rights on Feb. 24. This verdict comes just two...
By Josiah Bates
February 24, 2022
In New York, Eric Adams Targets Bail Reform Amid Plans to Curb Gun Violence
In New York City, Mayor Eric Adams wants to crack down on crime. And the state's bail system, which both criminal justice advocates and lawmakers have worked to reform in recent years, has been one...
By Josiah Bates
February 10, 2022
Atlanta's DA Explains the Trump Election Probe Grand Jury
With a judge having granted her request to seat a special grand jury in the 2020 election investigation, DA Fani Willis talks to TIME
By Janell Ross
January 25, 2022
Elizabeth Holmes Will Likely Land in Fenceless, Low-Security Prison for Theranos Fraud
Legal experts say that Holmes may serve as little as three years at one of the least restrictive facilities in the U.S.
By Malathi Nayak/Bloomberg
January 4, 2022
Ex-Cop Kim Potter Found Guilty in Daunte Wright's Death
Former police officer Kim Potter said she mistakenly pulled her gun instead of her Taser, leading to the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright
By Josiah Bates
December 23, 2021
The Conservative Case For Prison Reform
Jeremy Cady and I first met on the plush green grass in front of the Missouri Capitol. It was the spring of 2009, and once a week or so a group of capitol staffers, reporters,...
By Tony Messenger
December 23, 2021
Class Action Lawsuit Shows How Foster Care Fails Trans Youth
Benjerman Xander entered foster care in Oregon as a 10-year-old in 2013. Ben had always felt wrong in his body, he tells TIME, but around the time he entered care, he began going through puberty,...
By Roxanna Asgarian
December 7, 2021
What Being Incarcerated Taught One Public Defender About the Criminal Justice System
While a senior at Tennessee State University (TSU) in 2002, Keeda Haynes agreed to receive multiple packages for her then-boyfriend. He told her that the deliveries were for a cell phone and pager business. As...
By Josiah Bates
November 30, 2021
What To Know About the Contacts Book That Could Be Crucial to Ghislaine Maxwell's Trial
The trial of Ghislaine Maxwell began on Monday, more than two years after the death of her alleged associate Jeffrey Epstein, with whom she has been charged with conspiring to sexually abuse minors. The trial...
By Madeleine Carlisle
November 29, 2021
How the Rittenhouse Verdict Affects the Work of Activists
On the surface, the jury's Nov. 19 verdict in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse was all too simple. His defense team successfully pled the case that Rittenhouse was acting in self-defense when he shot and...
By Josiah Bates
November 23, 2021
The 'Vindicating' Exoneration of 2 Men Convicted of Malcolm X Killing
On Nov. 18, Muhammad Aziz and Khalil Islam—convicted of the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X—were exonerated after serving more than 20 years in prison. When I saw the news I thought, wow, this is significant....
By Zaheer Ali
November 19, 2021
Jury Acquits Kyle Rittenhouse of All Charges
Jurors accepted the defense argument that Rittenhouse fired in self-defense when he shot dead two men and wounded a third during a protest in Kenosha
By Josiah Bates
November 19, 2021
In Kyle Rittenhouse Case, Self-Defense Was on Trial
Prosecutors said Kyle Rittenhouse provoked the violence that led to two deaths; the defense said he was only trying to defend himself
By Melissa Chan
November 17, 2021
The Trial Over Ahmaud Arbery's Killing Is Set to Begin. Here's What to Expect
The February 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery served as a flashpoint for the reckoning on racial injustice in America that dominated much of the public consciousness last year. Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, was jogging...
By Josiah Bates
November 4, 2021
Why The Supreme Court's Gun Case Matters So Much
The U.S. Supreme Court will take up the biggest gun rights case in more than a decade, which could give new strength to the Second Amendment
By Melissa Chan and Madeleine Carlisle
November 2, 2021
In Lawsuit Against Texas Redistricting Maps, Plaintiffs See History Repeating
They argue that the new maps would depress Latino voter representation in the state
By Janell Ross
October 22, 2021
Does Happy the Elephant Deserve the Same Rights as a Human?
Animal activists say Happy the elephant deserves more than the Bronx Zoo gives her, and the appellate court of New York state has agreed to hear the case
By Melissa Chan
October 21, 2021
Arkansas Transgender Health Care Ban Temporarily Halted
A federal judge has temporarily blocked an Arkansas law that bans transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming health care
By Madeleine Carlisle
July 21, 2021
Sandy Hook Family Lawyers Accuse Gunmaker of Delay Tactics
Attorneys say gunmaker Remington dumped pictures of Santa Claus, ice cream and other "random" images on plaintiffs to delay a wrongful death lawsuit arising from the Sandy Hook school shooting
By Melissa Chan
July 9, 2021
What Bill Cosby’s Release Says About Overturned Convictions
As the Cosby news jolted the national conversation about the criminal justice system, the reaction among those who track and study wrongful convictions ranged from celebration to disgust
By Janell Ross
July 7, 2021
How Britney Spears' Case Could Change the Future of Conservatorship
When Britney Spears told a judge on Wednesday about her experience with her conservatorship—the legal arrangement that gave her father control over her finances and personal life—her words horrified the public. “This conservatorship is doing...
By Abigail Abrams
June 25, 2021
Inside Joe Biden's Plan to Confirm Diverse Federal Judges
Few politicians understand the federal judiciary like President Joe Biden does. As a young Senator, he served in top roles on the Judiciary Committee for over 15 years, overseeing the confirmation of hundreds of district...
By Madeleine Carlisle
May 11, 2021
Supreme Court Rules On Crack Cocaine Sentencing Case
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that people imprisoned for possessing small amounts of crack cocaine before 2010 are not eligible for reduced sentences under the 2018 First Step Act. The case, Terry...
By Madeleine Carlisle
May 3, 2021
Supreme Court Nonprofit Case Could Impact Campaign Finance
Upon first glance, the U.S. Supreme Court case Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Rodriquez might not seem like it could impact elections. The case, which will be argued before the Supreme Court Monday, examines the...
By Madeleine Carlisle
April 25, 2021
How Marc Elias Will Fight Voting Laws in Georgia and Beyond
The pandemic relegated Democratic power lawyer Marc Elias to fighting election lawsuits on an iPad from his home in Northern Virginia. He traded his suit and tie for a sweatshirt, and he argued cases with...
By Alana Abramson
April 6, 2021
Virginia Just Abolished The Death Penalty: Why It Matters
'The Virginia legislature is finally catching up with public opinion'
By Madeleine Carlisle
February 9, 2021
What To Know About Lisa Montgomery, The First Woman Executed By The Federal Government in Nearly 70 Years
'Lisa Montgomery’s execution was far from justice'
By Madeleine Carlisle
November 20, 2020
More Than 92,000 People Claim They Were Abused as Boy Scouts. Where Does the Organization Go From Here?
“Sadly there was an unspoken norm that sexual abuse of children would occur in the Boy Scouts"
By Eliana Dockterman
November 17, 2020
Amy Barrett had COVID-19 in Recent Months
Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, was believed to have COVID-19 earlier this year, according to multiple people close to her. Two friends of Barrett, who were granted anonymity because they did not...
By Tessa Berenson
October 2, 2020
Activists Grapple With Grand Jury’s Breonna Taylor Verdict
Louisville activists say that people weren't surprised by the grand jury’s decision, but many were still devastated
By Josiah Bates
September 25, 2020
N.C. Inmate Taken Off Death Row For Racism At Trial
Marcus Robinson, who proved in 2012 that racism affected his sentence, was re-sentenced to life
By Madeleine Carlisle
August 14, 2020
U.S. Prosecutor Calls on Prince Andrew to Speak With FBI After Ghislaine Maxwell's Arrest
The arrest of Ghislaine Maxwell on Thursday on charges that she recruited underage girls to be sexually abused by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has brought renewed attention to his relationship with Prince Andrew, the...
By Mahita Gajanan
July 2, 2020
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