Bill on Bankruptcy: Complaint Claims Judge Is a Bigot
June 5 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg News Editor-At-Large Bill Rochelle talks with Sarah Kopit about the judicial misconduct complaint against Texas federal appeals judge Edith Hollan Jones, the bankruptcies of Jefferson County,...more
The days of putting convicted criminals to death in the United States could be on the wane. Six states have gotten rid of capital punishment in the last six years, while more could be on the way...more
When you are defending yourself against serious criminal charges, it might seem counter-intuitive that the best thing you can do for yourself is to plead guilty. That is especially hard if you know, in your heart, that you...more
As a regular observer of our criminal justice system, there are few things more maddening than to watch a prosecutor or other law enforcement officials simply refuse to say, “We got it wrong.” Despite overwhelming evidence of...more
Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for accused Aurora theater gunman James Holmes, who is facing 166 murder and attempted murder charges for the shooting rampage last July....more
Prosecutors and Jared Lee Loughner, who shot Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, killed six people and injured 13 others in a shooting rampage at an Arizona political gathering, reached a plea deal in August 2012. Under...more
This past August, a jury in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, decided on a death penalty verdict for 22-year-old Melvin Knight, who pleaded guilty to murder in the torture killing of a mentally disabled woman he held captive...more
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