George Nyavor
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How the uncanny story of Will West and William West led to fingerprinting becoming the gold standard in criminal justice. In the early 20th century, long before DNA profiling or digital surveillance, American prisons relied on an elaborate system of physical measurements to identify inmates. It was known as Bertillonage, and it was considered cutting-edge…
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Harvard University has filed a sweeping 51-page federal lawsuit against the Trump administration, accusing it of unlawfully freezing $2 billion in research funding in retaliation for the university’s alleged failure to crack down on antisemitism. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court, claims the government is abusing its authority to force ideological compliance from one…
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NFL Hall of Famer and media personality Shannon Sharpe has been named in a civil lawsuit filed Sunday, April 20, 2025, in Nevada state court, accusing him of multiple counts of sexual assault, battery, and coercive conduct stemming from an alleged abusive relationship with a woman more than 30 years his junior. The complaint, filed…
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A 20-year-old U.S.-born citizen was jailed for 24 hours under Florida’s controversial immigration law, despite presenting multiple forms of identification proving his citizenship — a detention experts say underscores serious legal, constitutional, and racial profiling concerns. Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez, born in Georgia and a native-born American citizen, was arrested earlier this week under Florida’s Senate…
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How does someone spend 18 years in jail without ever having a trial? That question is echoing across Harris County, Texas, after revelations that Edric Wilson — once accused of murdering the great-aunt of megachurch pastor Joel Osteen — spent nearly two decades in pretrial detention at the Harris County Jail, only to have his…
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In the early hours of Saturday morning, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 7-2 decision temporarily halting the Trump administration’s use of a wartime law to deport Venezuelan migrants. While the ruling was praised by civil rights advocates, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) expressed frustration that it wasn’t unanimous — and warned of the administration’s apparent…
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In a late-night decision, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a temporary pause on the deportation of Venezuelan migrants accused of gang affiliation under a rarely used wartime statute. The court made the rulings in response to urgent filings from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) that warned of imminent removals without judicial review. The unsigned…
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A prominent conservative federal judge has delivered a blistering rebuke of the Trump administration’s handling of the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, calling its actions “shocking” and a fundamental violation of constitutional due process. In a sharply worded Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals opinion issued Thursday, Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III, a Reagan appointee with…
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Legal experts warn of stricter immigration interviews, more documentation demands amid revived marriage fraud concerns Spouses of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents are finding that marriage is no longer a guaranteed pathway to permanent residency, as U.S. immigration officials tighten the screws on green card interviews and documentary requirements. Immigration attorneys are reporting a…
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A federal judge in Maryland has ordered four former Trump administration officials to provide sworn testimony regarding their alleged failure to comply with a court order in the high-profile wrongful deportation case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. On Tuesday, US District Judge Paula Xinis granted attorneys for Abrego Garcia the authority to depose Robert Cerna, Evan…
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