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Nicholas Goldberg: Are animals entitled to basic legal rights just like people?
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHappy, a nearly 50-year-old Asian elephant at the Bronx Zoo, was the subject of a four-year-long...
It's Debatable: Are intelligent animals entitled to Constitutional protections?
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal via Yahoo News· 1 month agoIn this week's "It's Debatable" segment, Rick Rosen and Charles Moster debate on the question: Are...
Vacated death penalty for convicted child molester, killer overturned
The Brunswick News, Ga. via Yahoo News· 12 months agoJul. 1—A Glynn County man convicted of sexually assaulting and murdering a 6-year-old is back on death row following a decision by the Georgia Supreme Court that was released this week. The ...
Once sentenced to life in prison on drug charges, Springfield man gets second chance
Springfield News-Leader via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA Springfield man who was sentenced to life in prison on drug charges in 2012 could be out soon thanks to his self-taught legal knowledge and a Trump-era criminal justice reform act. Christopher ...
How can you best assess judges up for retention?
Las Cruces Sun-News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOn this year's ballot you will see two statewide judicial retention races. Senior Justice Michael E. Vigil is standing for retention to serve another term on the New Mexico Supreme Court and ...
Why the Palestinian Prisoners Are Central to the Israel-Hamas Hostage Deal
Time via Yahoo News· 7 months agoIsrael released a list of 300 Palestinian prisoners who could be freed as part of a...
Resentencing possible for Lampkin: Man who was accessory to 1998 double murder could be set free
Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif. via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAug. 29—Nearly 25 years after being convicted of first-degree murder, Leon Lampkin Jr. has appealed for resentencing, after having played a role as an accessory to the robbery and murders of ...