Browsing: Crime & Justice

A barrister has suggested that a “dead woman was put on trial” in the case of Christopher Trybus, who was cleared of manslaughter by a jury.Charlotte…

The claims Samuel Alito, a supreme court justice, made about voter turnout in Louisiana in a landmark Voting Rights Act case were based on a misleading…

new video loaded: How Trump Is Prioritizing White People as RefugeesPresident Trump has upended the U.S. refugee program to prioritize mainly white Afrikaners. Our White House…

I was delighted to read Phil Coughlin’s nostalgic account of Spike Milligan’s border-straddling pub in Puckoon (Letters, 1 May).But, here in Wales, we have the real…

The lawyer and elections expert Reg Austin, who has died aged 91, played a key role in the transition to democracy in countries such as Cambodia,…

A Greenlandic woman whose newborn baby was forcibly removed by Danish authorities as a result of controversial parenting competency tests has won a landmark case in…

The reaction speed of southern states to the US supreme court’s decision last week in Louisiana v Callais has been breathtaking for voting rights activists.One week…

When the Supreme Court weakened the Voting Rights Act of 1965 last week, Republicans saw new political opportunities across the South. Congressional districts that were considered…

new video loaded: Tennessee Passes New Redistricting Map, Breaks Up State’s Lone Democratic DistricttranscriptBacktranscriptTennessee Passes New Redistricting Map, Breaks Up State’s Lone Democratic DistrictGov. Bill Lee…

new video loaded: Why Trump’s Feud With the Pope Worries RepublicansOur national political correspondent Lisa Lerer explains the impact of President Trump’s spate of attacks against…