Federal prosecutors have identified 22 current investigations into civil rights-era crimes that could be affected by a federal appeals court's decision to overturn a conviction in a 1964 kidnapping case. ...more

October 23, 2008

It is shameful that this nation founded on the principles of open government is chipping away at the ability of the press to tell the public what's really going on. ...more

July 28, 2008

One juror, a white woman, was trying to convince the others that the murder victim had been bruised during a struggle, not during consensual sex with the defendant. Bruises like those, the juror supposedly said, can happen "when a big black guy beats up on a small woman." ...more

January 4, 2008

A federal judge on Thursday struck down portions of the Patriot Act as unconstitutional, ordering the FBI to stop issuing 'national security letters' that secretly demand customer information from Internet providers and other businesses. ...more

September 7, 2007