Tag: Judiciary
Court to hear appeal of Dallas officer who killed neighbor
DALLAS — A Texas court is scheduled to hear arguments Tuesday on overturning the conviction of a former Dallas police officer who was sentenced...
Floyd verdict won’t remove blocks to police accountability
<p>The guilty verdicts in the George Floyd murder case felt like a watershed moment to many Americans. President Biden called the verdicts a “giant...
Ex-Justice Cheri Beasley joins North Carolina Senate race
RALEIGH, N.C. — The first Black woman to serve as chief justice on the North Carolina Supreme Court announced her entry Tuesday into the...
Sentencing set for juvenile lifer whose case set precedent
<p>MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A judge is set to decide the punishment for an Alabama man, sentenced to life in prison for a murder he...
Floyd verdict won’t remove blocks to police accountability
The guilty verdicts in the George Floyd murder case felt like a watershed moment to many Americans. President Biden called the verdicts a “giant...
Feds accused Georgia sheriff of civil rights violations
<p>ATLANTA — An Atlanta-area sheriff is accused of violating the civil rights of several people in his agency's custody by ordering that they be...
Feds accused Georgia sheriff of civil rights violations
ATLANTA — An Atlanta-area sheriff is accused of violating the civil rights of several people in his agency's custody by ordering that they be...
Judge gives Corps 2nd chance to offer oil pipeline opinion
<p>FARGO, N.D. — A federal judge faced with a motion on whether the Dakota Access oil pipeline north of the Standing Rock Indian Reservation...
Judge gives Corps 2nd chance to offer oil pipeline opinion
FARGO, N.D. — A federal judge faced with a motion on whether the Dakota Access oil pipeline north of the Standing Rock Indian Reservation...
US to limit immigration arrests at courthouses under Biden
<p>WASHINGTON — Immigration arrests at courthouses will be more limited than they were under President Donald Trump under a change of policy announced Tuesday...