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Case Study: Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) — Expanding the Right to Counsel in State Criminal Trials Introduction In the pantheon of landmark U.S. Supreme Court decisions, Gideon v. Wainwright stands as a powerful affirmation of due process and equal protection under the law. Decided in 1963, the ruling cemented the principle that the Sixth Amendment’s…
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The sex trafficking trial of hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs continued Monday, June 2, with testimony from a former assistant, identified only as “Mia”. She told a federal court that she attempted to block out the abuse she allegedly suffered while working for Combs from 2009 to 2017. Testifying under a pseudonym to protect her…
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U.S. Representative Terri Sewell (D-AL), an attorney and former public finance litigator, raised serious legal and public health concerns this week after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) abruptly terminated a $190 million federal grant to the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), a move that immediately eliminated 140 full-time positions across county…
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In a significant legal rebuke to the Trump administration’s immigration agenda, a federal judge on Friday halted the government’s attempt to revoke Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for approximately 5,000 Venezuelan nationals, preserving their right to live and work in the United States—for now. U.S. District Judge Edward Chen of the Northern District of California ruled…
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A newly filed lawsuit claims that filmmaker Tyler Perry and Netflix have infringed upon the intellectual property and mission of a nonprofit organization through their upcoming series She The People. Aimee Allison, founder and president of the national nonprofit She the People, lodged the complaint just ahead of the series’ scheduled release. The suit, filed…
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A South African court has handed down life sentences to Racquel “Kelly” Smith, her boyfriend Jacquen Appollis, and associate Steveno van Rhyn for the human trafficking and kidnapping of six-year-old Joshlin Smith, The little girl disappeared from her home in February 2024 and has not been found. The three were each sentenced to life imprisonment…
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NBA player Zion Williamson is at the center of mounting legal controversy following the emergence of a civil lawsuit accusing him of rape, assault, and kidnapping. The lawsuit, filed by an anonymous plaintiff identified as “Jane Doe,” alleges that Williamson engaged in a years-long relationship marked by emotional abuse, physical violence, and threats to her…
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The sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs continued Friday with harrowing testimony from “Mia,” a former assistant to the music mogul and longtime friend of singer Cassie Ventura. Testifying under a pseudonym to protect her identity, Mia described enduring years of physical, verbal, and sexual abuse while employed by Combs —…
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Nearly four years after the tragic death of Lauren Smith-Fields, legal questions and calls for justice continue to reverberate nationwide. The 23-year-old Black woman was found unresponsive in her Bridgeport, Connecticut apartment on December 12, 2021—just hours after a date with a white man she met on the dating app Bumble. Despite glaring inconsistencies in…
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In a sharply worded dissent, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson condemned her colleagues for allowing the Trump administration to revoke humanitarian parole status for over 500,000 immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela—sparking what she warned will be “needless human suffering.” The majority decision came Friday, May 29, when the high court granted…
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