Criminal Law

Senate slashes money for public defenders
From The (Macon, GA) Telegraph: The funding roller coaster continued for Georgia’s public defenders on Tuesday as a key Senate committee slashed their budget to just a fraction of what they had sought to stay afloat...

No charges against Price Chopper security guard
Jackson County prosecutors won't file charges against a security guard who shot and killed an alleged shoplifter after that man reportedly stabbed him, KSHB reports.

KMBC: Shoplifter hits pedestrian
Happened this morning at a Home Depot near 152 and I-35, the station reports. Apparently, the shoplifter was driving fast through the store's parking lot when it happened. The victim didn't have to go to the hospital...

UPDATE on alleged shoplifter shot by security guard
Anthony Trezvant allegedly stole some batteries from the Brookside Price Chopper, and when a security guard chased him out of the store, Trezvant reportedly stabbed him in the throat and back...

NOT WITH MY LAPTOP, YOU DONT: SENATOR FEINGOLD LEADS THE CHARGE
Most Americans would be appalled to know that a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agent can explore your laptop at will and without probable cause, having it confiscated if it pleases the agent so the laptop can be explored by...

High Court, 8-0, Slashes Damages in Exxon Valdez Spill
High Court, 8-0, Slashes Damages in Exxon Valdez Spill :: Exxon Shipping v. Baker :: A New Day on Punitive Damages Law

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

Rightwing Extremism
Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment

Department of Homeland Security, FBI, and Social Security Administration
allegedly denied social security insurance to disabled and elderly immigrants.

VA Sets New Benefit Rules for Agent Orange-Related Ilnesses
Agent Orange-Related Ilnesses VA Sets New Benefit Rules

Agent Orange,
Heart Disease, and Parkinson's Disease may be Linked

Apprehension Agent
State of Minnesota pays employee whistleblower and discrimination settlement.

Social Security Loses Class Action, Will Pay $500 Million in Benefits
Social Security Loses Class Action, Will Pay $500 Million in Benefits

Security One
accused of selling faulty alarms