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U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on April 22 in a case that will determine if cities can use criminal penalties to punish homeless people.

Following the rejection from the Missouri Supreme Court to stay the execution for Brian Dorsey, he filed a petition Sunday for writ of certiorari in the Supreme

The Supreme Court of the United States is set to hear arguments in late April over the constitutionality of homelessness policies in Grants Pass, Ore. -- but one organization is arguing the policies disproportionately harm the LGBTQ+ community.

Brian Dorsey's supporters also include five jurors who helped convict him and a retired state Supreme Court judge who voted to uphold his death sentence

A new report shows Montana has the nations most rapidly rising homeless population. Advocates for more affordable housing call the situation critical. One Kalispell-based shelter is asking for state funding to expand, and do what it can to help. ...

A Boone County jury sentenced Dorsey to death for the 2006 murder of his cousin Sarah Bonnie and her husband, Ben. Corrections officers and relatives of Dorsey are also appealing to Missouri Gov. Mike Parson to halt Tuesdays execution.

Prosecutors said Bennie Frank Withrow IV is a member of the Universal Aryan Brotherhood, a white supremacist gang based in Oklahoma prisons.

ACLU of Alaska has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to rule against allowing local governments to punish people who sleep outside.

Four unhoused Clarkston residents, along with the nonprofit Elves for the Homeless, have filed a complaint and jury demand against the city of Clarkston in the United States Eastern District

No city is going to solve homelessness by criminally prosecuting the unhoused. The only solution is to provide shelters and housing.