Minnesota prosecutors charged a man under an unconstitutional statute after he threatened to send video of his ex-girlfriend talking about marijuana to her employer, a state appeals court ruled Monday.
Read moreNearly a month after the court-ordered deadline for the federal government to reunited children separated from their parents after illegally entering the United States, two immigrants rights groups claim federal agents coerced parents to agree to deportation before getting their children back.
Read moreA former member of the Ohio State University Diving Club claims in a class action that a former coach used his position to sexually abuse her and says neither the college nor USA Diving did enough to protect female athletes from such abuse.
Read moreA man exonerated of kidnapping two children and killing their parents sued a disgraced former Chicago detective blamed for a string of wrongful convictions, claiming the officer beat a false confession out of him and the police department falsified and suppressed evidence.
Read moreThree Indiana teens arrested in connection with their uncle’s death can sue the police officers they say coerced them into confessing to murder, the Seventh Circuit ruled Tuesday.
Read moreA divided en banc Seventh Circuit ruled Friday that Brendan Dassey of “Making a Murderer” fame is not entitled to a new murder trial, finding that his controversial confession as a teenager was not coerced.
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The en banc Seventh Circuit heard arguments Tuesday over whether Brendan Dassey of “Making a Murderer” fame was coerced into confessing to the rape and murder of a Wisconsin woman a decade ago.
Read moreThe en banc Seventh Circuit agreed Friday to rehear the overturned homicide conviction of “Making a Murderer” subject Brendan Dassey to determine if the intellectually disabled teen’s confession to rape and murder was voluntary.
Read moreThe Seventh Circuit heard arguments Tuesday over whether Brendan Dassey of “Making a Murderer” fame was coerced into confessing to the rape and murder of a Wisconsin woman a decade ago.
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