In what many view as an attempt to avoid the death penalty, Charleston, South Carolina shooter Dylann Roof, a self-proclaimed white supremacist who confessed to the brutal massacre of nine people at a predominantly black church in June of 2015, has been granted the right to represent himself in court, at his request, by a
Incoming President-elect Trump certainly has his share of legal troubles to work through, but here’s one I bet he didn’t expect to face: a bunch of kids suing his government over the inevitable effects of climate change. The climate change kids won their right to a day in court recently when US District Judge Ann
A Morris County, New Jersey woman who suffers from severe anorexia and weighs a mere 69 pounds may not be force-fed, as ruled by a superior court judge on Monday, November 21. The 29-year-old has been a psychiatric patient at the state’s Greystone Park facility since 2014 upon having been found unconscious in a hotel
In what comes as another crushing blow to ‘Making A Murderer’ defendant Brendan Dassey, who was ordered to be freed by 8 PM on Friday, November 18, by a federal judge, his much anticipated release has been blocked once again by a federal appeals court. Dassey’s original conviction was overturned by magistrate William E. Duffin
After being found liable in the death of Bobbi Kristina Brown, the only daughter of the late Whitney Houston and former New Edition singer Bobby Brown, Nick Gordon has been ordered by a judge to pay $36 million to her estate in response to the wrongful death civil suit filed against him by surviving members
In January of 2015, the families of 10 victims involved in the devastating Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, which left 20 first-grade children and six educators dead, filed a lawsuit against the manufacturer of the gun used by Adam Lanza to carry out the massacre. The suit primarily sought to hold Remington Outdoor Company, among
It has been reported several alleged victims of sexual abuse by late priest A. Joseph Maskell have received cash settlements from the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Most of the allegations stem back decades, some as far back as the 60s, during Maskell’s time working at Archbishop Keough High School. Prior to his passing in 2001, Maskell
In a 17-page ruling released Monday, November 14, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Federal Judge William Duffin, who originally overturned ‘Making a Murderer’ subject Brendan Dassey’s conviction in August of this year, ordered the young man be released on his own recognizance, despite the continued protestations of the state’s Attorney General Brad Schimel. When Duffin initially overturned Dassey’s
As previously reported, Mylan Inc., the pharmaceutical manufacturer of the life-saving EpiPen, misclassified their brand name drug as generic for years, thus deceiving and effectively defrauding governmentally-funded insurance providers Medicare and Medicaid, resulting in millions of dollars in overpayments by taxpayers, all in an effort to save themselves money prior to hiking the price of
After countless children experienced severe, life-threatening bacterial and bone infections upon being exposed to dirty water during pulpotomy procedures at the Children’s Dental Group in Anaheim, California, their families are beginning to fight back by filing a civil lawsuit against the clinic. Among other charges, the initial lawsuit alleges the clinic engaged in fraudulent behavior