Tag: Judiciary
AP-NORC poll: Police violence remains high concern in U.S.
<p>A year after <a href="https://apnews.com/hub/death-of-george-floyd">George Floyd’s murder</a> at the hands of a white police officer sparked global protests and a racial reckoning, a majority...
Judge agrees to unseal Fulton absentee ballots for audit
ATLANTA — A judge on Friday agreed to unseal absentee ballots to allow for an audit of November election results in Georgia's most populous...
Judge: City didn’t target dead lawyer in Mississippi scandal
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit claiming a Mississippi city was at fault in the death of a lawyer who killed himself in...
US steers El Salvador funding away from government
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — The United States Agency for International Development will redirect its funding from El Salvador's state institutions to its civil...
State Supreme Court to hear latest Abu-Jamal case filings
PHILADELPHIA — The latest appeal filed by Mumia Abu-Jamal and a related suit brought by the widow of the Philadelphia police officer he's convicted...
Murder case of meth user who delivered stillbirth dismissed
<p>SAN FRANCISCO — A California judge has dismissed a murder case against a woman who delivered a stillbirth after consuming methamphetamine, saying prosecutors failed...
CNN: Trump Justice Department seized reporter phone records
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration Justice Department secretly obtained the 2017 phone records of a CNN correspondent, the network said Thursday in revealing the...
Judge halts Georgia dredging plan over threat to sea turtles
<p>SAVANNAH, Ga. — A federal judge ordered an immediate halt on Thursday to plans to dredge a shipping channel on the Georgia coast, citing...
State Supreme Court to hear latest Abu-Jamal case filings
<p>PHILADELPHIA — The latest appeal filed by Mumia Abu-Jamal and a related suit brought by the widow of the Philadelphia police officer he's convicted...
CNN: Trump Justice Department seized reporter phone records
<p>WASHINGTON — The Trump administration Justice Department secretly obtained the 2017 phone records of a CNN correspondent, the network said Thursday in revealing the...