DETROIT — The Democratic candidate for Michigan attorney general said Thursday she probably wouldn’t defend a law that allows faith-based groups to refuse serving same-sex ...
Read More »Ex- justice blames gender bias for impeachment
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — An impeached former West Virginia Supreme Court justice has filed a federal lawsuit accusing elected officials of gender bias and other violations. ...
Read More »Noor faces April 1 trial date in woman’s death
Prosecutors can use a former Minneapolis police officer’s psychological records against him when he goes on trial next year for fatally shooting an unarmed Australian ...
Read More »Lawyers: Mandela’s ordinariness helped make him great
JOHANNESBURG — While Nelson Mandela is celebrated at the United Nations this week, two prominent South African lawyers say his greatness lay partly in his ...
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ATLANTA — Georgia’s governor has expanded the state Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals by adding five jurists in a series of moves that ...
Read More »Cosby trial was racist and sexist, defenders say
NORRISTOWN, Pa. — A publicist for the once-beloved Bill Cosby complained that his conviction and three- to 10-year prison term for sexual assault stem from ...
Read More »Bankruptcy court OKs settlement for clergy sex abuse victims
A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge has approved a reorganization plan for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis that will compensate victims of clergy sex ...
Read More »No jail time in assault case spurs push to oust Alaska judge
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A man drove an Alaska Native woman to a dark street, said he would kill her and choked her until she blacked ...
Read More »Ford’s lawyers submit 4 affidavits backing up assault story
WASHINGTON — Christine Blasey Ford’s lawyers said Wednesday they have given the Senate sworn affidavits from four people who say she told them well before ...
Read More »Prosecutors in Minneapolis to review Liu sexual assault case
Minneapolis police have finished their initial investigation into a sexual assault allegation against Chinese billionaire Richard Liu and have turned the case over to prosecutors ...
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