Criminal Law
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Beavercreek Police Shooting at Walmart Reaches $1.7M Settlement in Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Nearly six years after a Beavercreek police officer shot and killed a customer in Walmart, the…
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$2.25M Settlement Proposed for Unarmed, Developmentally Disabled Man Shot by Police
Chicago taxpayers will pay $2.25 million to an unarmed, developmentally disabled man shot by a…
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Three Men Awarded $18M Settlement For Wrongful Imprisonment
Three men who were wrongfully convicted and imprisoned in connection to a deadly robbery in…
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Prosecutors Oppose Chicago Convict’s Early Release Over COVID-19
Government attorneys are opposing the early release of Chicago terror convict Tahawwur Rana. The 59 year…
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Court Throws Out Lawsuit on Inmate Safety at Kansas Prisons
A Kansas court has thrown out a lawsuit filed by a civil rights rights group…
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Appeals Court Upholds Verdict Favoring Widow in 2012 Crash
The Nebraska Court of Appeals has upheld a jury verdict that sided with the widow…
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Kansas Inmate’s Family Sues Over Failure to Prevent Her Death
The family of a Kansas inmate who hanged herself at a rural county jail has…
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Judge Rules Against County Sheriff in Coronavirus Jail Dispute
A federal judge has ruled that the Weld County Jail’s handling of COVID-19 has violated…
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New Lawsuit Filed After Coronavirus Case At Tacoma Immigration Jail
Officials on Friday confirmed the first positive COVID-19 test at the Northwest detention center in…
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State Seeks Dismissal of 2nd Inmate COVID-19 Lawsuit
Lawyers in the state attorney general’s office, who have won dismissal of a state-court lawsuit…
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