In 2009, Shirin Bryant watched as an all-white jury acquitted a white police detective who shot and killed her 18-year-old brother, Jashon, in the north end of Hartford. The detective, Robert Lawlor, ...
Thanks largely to Republican political tactics, the courts were already losing legitimacy for millions of Americans before a jury found Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty Friday. Progressives are now afraid ...
BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - You've probably heard of a grand jury in the news or on TV crime shows but what exactly is a grand jury? And how is it different than a regular trial jury? The simplest ...
Trial by jury has long been considered a jewel in the crown of America’s constitutional republic. Alexis de Tocqueville, who traveled the young nation observing its social, political and legal ...
AT&T and Verizon said they were deprived of their right to a jury trial when the agency penalized the companies for failing to protect consumer information. By Ann E. Marimow All Americans benefit ...
I didn't want to write this, but I feel compelled to after my recent term of service on a Harris County grand jury. Our grand jury system in Harris County is broken. Something desperately needs to be ...
Long before the jury began to deliberate the fate of three men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery in Glynn County, Ga., one result was certain: the verdict would be condemned by some and celebrated ...
The facts, as lawyers say, are not in dispute. No one, not even the Conservative opposition that bequeathed the mess, seriously argues that all is well in Britain’s criminal justice system. Our ...
MIDLAND, TX (KWES) - For years, Midland County has struggled with getting people to show up for jury duty. "I would print 1,000 jury summons and send them out per week. We were receiving about a 17.2 ...