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Down-ballot races could prove pivotal in battleground states. In total, more than 80 state supreme court seats are on the ballot, along with far more races for lower courts.

Jul. 30, 2022

Federal Prosecutors Are Using a Law Intended for the Mob in Unexpected Cases

A statute created to bring down the mafia is being used more creatively to go after individuals, like singer R. Kelly and Nxivm founder Keith Raniere.

Dec. 26, 2021

The Derek Chauvin Prosecutors and Their Big Gamble

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison took risks, brought in outside lawyers, and won a rare murder conviction of a police officer.

Apr. 22, 2021

Trump’s Challenges to Election Results Face End of the Legal Road

In the five weeks since Election Day, the Trump campaign and other Republicans have lost at least 40 times in six pivotal states.

Dec. 9, 2020

Murder Case Exposes Bail System’s Flaws, Advocates for Abuse Victims Say

As a jailed New York City nurse awaits trial, some say the law has ignored years of physical abuse by her husband.

Sept. 24, 2020

‘There’s No Escape’: Finding New Ways to Help Domestic-Violence Victims Trapped in Lockdown

Authorities and advocates are launching text lines, handing out prepaid cell phones that abusers can’t track, setting up remote systems for restraining orders and offering free apartments.

May 13, 2020

Coronavirus Puts a Prison Under Siege

A prison 200 miles west of New Orleans has emerged as a focal point of the coronavirus pandemic inside the nation’s lockups: Five prisoners have died there from the disease, the most of any federal prison.

Apr. 7, 2020

Harvey Weinstein Prosecutors to Deploy Controversial Strategy in Trial

Judge permits testimony from three accusers whose allegations didn’t result in criminal charges

Jan. 22, 2020

The Washington Post

After decades visiting his parents in prison, this lawyer wants to be San Francisco’s next DA

At 39, public defender Chesa Boudin might upend the justice system in one of the nation's largest cities with a viewpoint developed from inside correctional facilities.

Nov. 4, 2019

‘All my friends are dead’

One raced to Tree of Life, the other had stayed home. Healing has been a struggle for both.

Oct. 26, 2019

It’s Alan Dershowitz vs. David Boies, again and again

Accusations and a secretly taped phone call populate the years-long conflict between the famed attorneys, now playing out in the Jeffrey Epstein case.

Aug. 13, 2019

The real reason the Trump administration is constantly losing in court

Federal judges have ruled against the Trump administration at least 63 times, often agreeing with plaintiffs that agency decision-making is arbitrary and capricious.

Mar. 19, 2019

How domestic violence leads to murder

Nearly half of the women who were murdered during the past decade were killed by an intimate partner; in five cities, about a third of the male killers were known threats.

Dec. 9, 2018

An Ohio judge blocked transgender teens’ new names, so they set out to change the system

The judge “chose to substitute his own view for the views of the expert about what’s in the child’s best interest,” the teens' lawyer said.

Aug. 14, 2018

‘A little anarchist in Austin’: 3-D gunmaker pledges to continue fight for homemade guns despite pushback

Cody Wilson says that publishing information for the production of firearms is protected speech under the First Amendment.

Aug. 9, 2018