Baltimore County police have started testing a backlog of evidence from rape cold cases. Ten of 49 cases processed so far have yielded actionable DNA profiles. In at least one case, the answers came too late.
Donald Trump is bracing for possible indictment. Ari Melber reports on the precedent for indicting a president, drawing on historical comparisons to Bill Clinton and Richard Nixon, as well as foreign states.
No legal doctrine should shield anyone—including Donald Trump, if reelected—from prosecution for criminal wrongdoing.
“Innocence is not enough” are words to chill your heart. Janine Jackson interviewed Liliana Segura about a Supreme Court death penalty case for the 6/3/22 episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript.
Since 1973, 187 people have been exonerated from death row, with one of the main reasons being inadequate counsel. This will only worsen that situation.
Today in Guatemala there are sustained attacks on judicial independence and threats against human rights defenders. But after waiting nearly four decades, the families of the victims of wartime atrocities demand their day in court.
The alarming parallels between a 1968 trial and the Terrance Stangel case
John Oliver explains why it’s so difficult to be exonerated for a wrongful conviction, even when there’s compelling evidence to prove your innocence, and how we can correct the state’s mistakes.
Nothing short of convicting Trump will disqualify him from running in 2024 — and claiming the mantle of the martyred hero while doing it.
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