An Oklahoma police officer has been charged in the shooting death of an African-American man while North Carolina authorities continue to balk on releasing a video in a shooting case there.
After two questionable police shootings, protests erupted overnight in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Just about two days after setting off bombs in New Jersey and New York City, a suspect is in custody.
A long way off, but there are some important pre-trial matters to resolve between now and then.
After four straight losses, prosecutors in Baltimore are throwing in the towel in the Freddie Gray case.
Thirty five years after trying to kill President Reagan, John W. Hinckley Jr. is close to being a free man.
Another acquittal in Baltimore leads to questions about whether or not prosecutors should continue with the trials against the officers involved in the Freddie Gray matter.
Another targeted killing aimed at police.
Two cases quite a distance from each other, but in both police seem to be acting with a ‘shoot first, ask questions later’ attitude, especially when it comes to African-American men.
In a sign that the ongoing F.B.I. investigation into her use of a private email server and handling of classified information is coming to an end, the former Secretary of State was interviewed by Federal Agents today.
In overturning former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell’s conviction, the Supreme Court has sent a powerful message to overly zealous prosecutors.
The Supreme Court balances the Fourth Amendment against public safety concerns and, for the most part, gets it right.
The trial of the man who was believed to be the most culpable in the death of Freddie Gray has been acquitted, calling the entire prosecution strategy into question.
“Common sense” measures and the worst shooting spree in American history.
Sprinter Oscar Pistorius served only one year in prison after being convicted of manslaughter. Now, he’s facing fifteen years in prison after being convicted of murder in the same case.
An overnight shooting at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida has left 20 people dead and at least 42 injured.
It won’t be a very good holiday season for Charleston Church shooter Dylann Roof.
Following in the footsteps of state prosecutors, Federal prosecutors have announced they will seek the death penalty for Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof.
A Pennsylvania Judge ruled today that there was sufficient evidence against Bill Cosby to allow the sexual assault charges against him to proceed to trial.
An acquittal in one of the six Freddie Gray cases, but not an unexpected one.
Bowe Bergdahl’s Court Martial has been delayed until 2017, which raises the possibility that comments by Donald Trump could result in Bergdahl getting off scot-free.
No trial for Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood Robert Dear, at least not for now.
Former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell’s fate lies the hands of the Supreme Court.
A victory in the fight to reform civil asset forfeiture laws.
The 2016 Campaign just keeps getting weirder.
A Pennsylvania Judge has refused to dismiss sexual assault charges against Bill Cosby based on an alleged 2005 Immunity Agreement.
An agreement purportedly made ten years ago by a former prosecutor could mean the end of the criminal charges against Bill Cosby.
The Supreme Court has agreed to review the legal basis for the conviction of former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell on public corruption charges.
The gun control regulations to be announced later today by President Obama later today amount to far less than the hype would lead you to believe.
A group led by Ammon Bundy, son of Clive Bundy, has taken over the Malheur Wildlife Refuge near Burns, Oregon to protest somethingorother.
After nearly two years of decades old stories leaking out, entertainment legend Bill Cosby has been charged with drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 2005.
The decision by a Cleveland Grand Jury to decline to indict a police officer in the shooting of 12 year old Tamir Rice raises once again questions about how the law handles shootings involving police officers.
Delaware has become the latest state to liberalize its laws regarding marijuana.
A setback for prosecutors in the Freddie Gray case.
A new poll shows that a majority of Americans oppose a ban on so-called ‘assault weapons,’ a marked change from two decades ago.
Every public school in Los Angeles, which covers over 600,000 students, plus teachers and staff, has been closed for the day in the wake of unspecified threats.
The man who killed three and wounded several others at a Colorado Planned Parenthood seemingly admitted guilt and motive in a courtroom outburst, but questions about his mental capacity remain.
The Justice Department has launched a widespread investigation into the operation of the Chicago Police Department in the wake of the murder of LaQuan McDonald.
Yesterday, cable news networks, and most especially MSNBC, showed their profession at its most pathetic.
The probability that the shootings in San Bernardino were at least inspired by ISIS and/or other Jihadist terror networks is increasing.
No, there really haven’t been 355 ‘mass shootings’ since January 1st. Not unless you’re relying on completely unreliable data.
Mass shootings rightly grab our attention. But the obscure the overall picture of violent crime.
The suspects in the San Bernardino shootings are dead, but that’s about all we know so far this morning.