BLANKSep 9, 2013
In a disturbing new report, two academics argue that incentives -- from career gains to lab test payments -- may be leading to high numbers of false convictions in American courts. They call for more study, but also for a systemic overhaul. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigJul 31, 2013
A 70-year-old Missouri court clerk who was just nine months short of retirement thought she was doing the right thing by helping to secure a DNA test that exonerated a man who had served years in prison for a rape he insisted he did not commit. Instead, she was terminated by the court she had worked at for 34 years because it said she had violated rules about assisting a party in a case. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Peter Z. Scheer / TruthdigFeb 21, 2013
Pleading guilty to fraud and facing as many as five years in prison, former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. tearfully acknowledged Wednesday that he was losing one of the rights for which his father fought. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 20, 2013
Despite the Supreme Court's 2002 ruling that it is unconstitutional to put someone who is mentally handicapped to death, the state of Georgia is planning to execute a man with an IQ of 70 on Tuesday evening. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
By Thomas Hedges, Center for Study of Responsive LawJan 19, 2013
Nader is suing the Federal Election Commission for not investigating the law firms that allegedly worked on behalf of the Democratic National Committee in a coordinated effort to obstruct his bid for the presidency in 2004. Nader is suing the Federal Election Commission for not investigating the law firms that allegedly worked on behalf of the DNC in a coordinated effort to obstruct his 2004 bid for the presidency. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigJan 5, 2013
A California appeals court has decided that an 18-year-old woman technically wasn't raped by a man who had sex with her while she was asleep because he was pretending to be her boyfriend. But if the woman had been married and the man had been impersonating her husband? The court acknowledged the outcome would have been different. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigAug 13, 2012
Credit card companies are increasingly turning to the legal system in their rush to collect money that is owed to them. But, there now exists a very big problem in this litigious-happy practice -- nearly all these lawsuits may be flawed. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigJul 23, 2012
James Holmes, the man suspected of going on a deadly shooting rampage inside a Colorado movie theater at a midnight showing of the new Batman film, faced a judge for the first time on Monday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 1, 2012
You already knew it was happening, but The New York Times points to internal documents to confirm that police departments across the country are using cellphone-tracking technology aggressively in all kinds of investigations, often without a court order or judicial oversight. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 29, 2011
A federal judge will not accept the SEC's settlement with Citigroup for defrauding its customers of more than $700 million in just one of the firm's lousy investment opportunities. (more)A federal judge will not accept the SEC's settlement with Citigroup for defrauding its customers of more than $700 million in just one of the firm's lousy investment opportunities. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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