judges
Could Removing Brock Turner’s Judge Hurt Poor and Minority Defendants?
Public defenders say Aaron Persky isn't known for giving whites special treatment and that trying to recall judges who don't punish harshly is bad news for people of color.
The Small Town Judge Who Sees a Quarter of the Nation’s Patent Cases
Texas Judge Rodney Gilstrap didn’t design this system, but he’s been a willful participant in it.
This Man Is on Death Row for Killing His Alleged Rapist
Terry Williams's death sentence is the product of prosecutorial misconduct, a judge's conflict of interest, and a life of sexual abuse. On Monday, the US Supreme Court hears his story.
Cry-Baby of the Week: A Writer Attacked a Woman with a Wine Bottle Because She Didn't Like His Book
Also this week: A judge ordered some foster parents to give up a child because they are lesbians.
Just in Time For "Back to the Future" Day: Hermetically Sealed MMA Judges
At long last, New Jersey isolates the people who decide MMA’s legitimacy.
Does an Australian Judge's Decision to Stop a Tattooed Woman from Breastfeeding Set a Dangerous Precedent?
"It certainly looks to be paternalistic," said an Australian law professor.
Is New York City Finally Fixing Its Hellish Court System?
Making the gears of the criminal justice system faster should reduce the number of kids stuck in jail for insane periods of time, but reformers say it dodges law enforcement's larger problems.
In Defense of the UK's Four Masturbating Judges
Just because they watched a bit of porn on a work computer doesn't mean they're the monsters the British media is making them out to be.
Oklahoma and Nebraska Want to Kill Legal Weed in Colorado
The two states are accusing Colorado's booming cannabis industry of spilling across their borders and getting their citizens illegally high.
The Judges Approving the NSA’s Surveillance Requests Keep Buying Verizon Stock
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court judges own stock in telecom companies that are handing over data to the government.
The Judges Approving the NSA's Surveillance Requests Keep Buying Verizon Stock
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA) is packed with judges who own stock in the telecom companies handing over data to the government.
Americans Get Off on Bizarre Punishments
Canada has some pretty chill judges compared to the perverted, public humiliation lovers across the border.