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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said Tuesday he is "concerned" about the prospect of potential jurors being dismissed because of their religious beliefs, as the justices declined to hear a case in which Christian jurors were excused over their views on homosexuality. ....
Halfway into a contentious U.S. Senate hearing on Wednesday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg turned to face scores of attending families whose children had been gravely harmed by social media some to the point of suicide to apologize for their suffering. ....
Working alongside the Tennessee Innocence Project, Bass Berry & Sims PLC committed more than 4,000 hours of pro bono work to challenge the wrongful convictions of three Black men. Thanks to those efforts, Wayne Burgess, Artis Whitehead and Thomas Clardy all walked free last year after collectively spending 62 years behind bars. ....
A Manhattan grand jury has indicted former President Donald Trump on charges that have not yet been released to the public, the district attorney's office said Thursday, following an investigation into an alleged hush-money scheme ahead of the 2016 election. ....
Anticipating a flood of lawsuits from a new state law ending the statute of limitations on child sex abuse claims, the Archdiocese of Baltimore took refuge in bankruptcy court last month to shield itself from liability as it tries to ensure its solvency. It’s a strategy that dioceses around the country are using more frequently in what some attorneys say is a bid to escape the tort system. ....