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  • Did the Boston Strangler Get It Wrong? A Murderer’s Confession, DNA Twists, and a Case That Still Haunts Justice

    The Boston Strangler case has haunted American criminal justice history for over half a century. Between 1962 and 1964, thirteen women in the Boston area were murdered in chillingly similar circumstances . They were all sexually assaulted, strangled, and often left posed in their homes. The city spiraled into fear. Women double-locked doors and carried…

  • Parents File Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Piedmont Eastside Medical Center Over Toddler’s Fatal Allergic Reaction

    The parents of a two-year-old child who died following an allergic reaction have filed a wrongful death and medical malpractice lawsuit against Piedmont Eastside Medical Center, alleging fatal delays in treatment and inadequate emergency preparedness. Filed this week in Gwinnett County State Court, the lawsuit stems from the October 7, 2024 death of Maya Getahun,…

  • Teen Acquitted After Stabbing His Mother To Death, 17 Months After Killing His Father

    A Florida jury has found 17-year-old Collin Griffith not guilty of first-degree murder and kidnapping in the 2024 stabbing death of his mother — a verdict that comes just 17 months after he fatally shot his father in Oklahoma under disputed circumstances. The highly publicized trial concluded Wednesday after days of emotional testimony and complex…

  • One Name, Two Faces: The Chilling Case That Ushered In Fingerprints And Revolutionized Forensic Identification

    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…

  • Harvard Sues Trump Over $2 Billion Research Freeze: 7 Key Allegations in the Federal Lawsuit

    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…

  • How Florida’s ‘Unauthorized Alien’ Law Led to Detention of U.S.-Born Citizen

    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…

  • 18 Years, No Trial! How a Houston Man Got Lost in the System

    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…

  • Rep. Jasmine Crockett Praises SCOTUS Ruling Pausing Deportations: ‘That Plane Better Not Take Off’

    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…

  • Supreme Court Halts Trump’s Deportation of Venezuelan Migrants Under Wartime Law

    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…

  • Conservative Judge Slams Trump Administration for ‘Shocking’ Deportation Tactics in Abrego Garcia Case

    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…