Recent Updates

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  Alabama prison staff shortage worsens despite court order

  Headline Legal News 02/11/2023

  A federal judge said Friday Alabama prisons remain critically understaffed, with court filings showing the number of officers in state lockups has continued to drop despite a court order to increase numbers.The prison system has lost more than 500 se...

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  California Supreme Court dumps triple-slaying death sentence

  Headline Legal News 01/25/2023

  The California Supreme Court on Monday overturned the murder convictions and death sentence for a man who killed three people and committed a series of other crimes in San Diego in 1985.The court ordered a new trial for Billy Ray Waldon, ruling unani...

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  Supreme Court has failed to find leaker of abortion opinion

  Headline Legal News 01/20/2023

  The Supreme Court said Thursday an eight-month investigation that included more than 120 interviews and revealed shortcomings in how sensitive documents are secured has failed to find who leaked a draft of the court’s opinion overturning aborti...

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  Lawsuit against doctor who defied Texas abortion law tossed

  Headline Legal News 12/10/2022

  Lawyers for a doctor who intentionally defied a Texas abortion law that the lawyers called a “bounty-hunting scheme” say a court has dismissed a test of whether members of the public can sue providers who violate the restrictions for at l...

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  Case against former Tucson officer remanded to grand jury

  Headline Legal News 12/04/2022

  Former Tucson police Officer Ryan Remington, who was indicted on a manslaughter charge in the shooting of a shoplifting suspect, will have his case heard again by a grand jury.Pima County Superior Court Judge Danelle Liwski granted a defense request ...

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  Supreme Court weighs ‘most important case’ on democracy

  Headline Legal News 12/01/2022

  The Supreme Court is about to confront a new elections case, a Republican-led challenge asking the justices for a novel ruling that could significantly increase the power of state lawmakers over elections for Congress and the presidency.The court is ...

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  Judge denies 19-year-old’s ask to attend father’s execution

  Headline Legal News 11/26/2022

  A federal judge has denied a request from a 19-year-old woman to allow her to watch her father’s death by injection, upholding a Missouri law that bars anyone under 21 from witnessing an execution.Kevin Johnson is set to be executed Tuesday for...

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  Same-sex marriage is now legal in all of Mexico’s states

  Headline Legal News 10/25/2022

  Lawmakers in the border state of Tamaulipas voted Wednesday night to legalize same-sex marriages, becoming the last of Mexico’s 32 states to authorize such unions.The measure to amend the state’s Civil Code passed with 23 votes in favor, ...

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  NC legislative races: Sharp divisions over abortion, economy

  Headline Legal News 10/15/2022

  With abortion restrictions, looser gun rules and deeper tax reductions likely in the balance, North Carolina Republican lawmakers and Democratic Gov. Roy GOP lawmakers appeal Ohio map flap to US Supreme CourtRepublican state lawmakers involved in Ohi...

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  Bench trial for a man accused of killing 2 women in Phoenix

  Headline Legal News 10/02/2022

  A bench trial is scheduled to begin Monday for a man accused of sexually attacking and fatally stabbing two young women in separate killings nearly 30 years ago near a metro Phoenix canal system.Bryan Patrick Miller, 49, is charged with two counts ea...

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  Judge won’t toss suit over Delaware court political balance

  Headline Legal News 09/26/2022

  A federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit against Democratic Gov. John Carney over Delaware’s requirement for political balance on its courts.Friday’s ruling is the latest in a long-running legal battle over a “major-party&rd...

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  Court rehears fight over vaccine mandate for federal workers

  Headline Legal News 09/13/2022

  President Joe Biden has the same authority to impose a COVID-19 vaccine requirement on federal workers that private employers have for their employees, an administration lawyer told a federal appeals court Tuesday.A lawyer for opponents of the vaccin...