A Louisiana justice of the peace who refused to marry a couple because the bride was white and groom was black has resigned. ...more

November 3, 2009

It's a sad and appalling fact that children were routinely beaten and abused while in custody at Florida's old training schools for juvenile offenders. ...more

December 15, 2008

A woman's federal civil rights lawsuit against the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, accusing detention deputies of abusing her, has been referred to mediation. ...more

November 17, 2008

CHICAGO - The investigation of decades-old claims that Chicago police tortured suspects with beatings, electric shocks and games of Russian roulette won't stop with last week's federal indictment of a controversial homicide commander. ...more

October 25, 2008

TAMPA - A woman who accused Hillsborough County detention deputies of abusing her when she was jailed in November 2006 was arrested again last week on a charge of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. ...more

June 9, 2008

A newly released video showing a detention deputy striking an inmate proves the recent dumping of a paralyzed man out of his wheelchair by another detention deputy was part of a pattern of abuse at the Orient Road Jail, the inmate's attorney said Monday. ...more

February 19, 2008

TAMPA - A newly released video showing a detention deputy striking an inmate proves the recent dumping of a paralyzed man out of his wheelchair by another detention deputy was part of a pattern of abuse at the Orient Road Jail, the inmate's attorney said Monday. ...more

February 18, 2008

A Long Island man with "GETOSAMA" license plates now wants to get the Department of Motor Vehicles into court. ...more

November 30, 2007