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The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to pause the looming execution of an Alabama prisoner who survived the state's previous attempt to kill him via injection, allowing Alabama to perform the nation's first execution using nitrogen gas.
The family of a 46-year-old woman who died in the custody of a private East Texas jail has reached a $7 million settlement in what attorneys say is the largest known jail death settlement in the state's history and one of the largest reached nationwide over an in-custody death.
This year could see a spike in evictions and further setbacks at the U.S. Supreme Court for those looking to further equality, but potential changes to legal industry regulations and continued criminal justice reform efforts still offer hope.
A team of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP attorneys recently helped a pro bono client who was wrongfully convicted of a New Orleans murder during an era of prosecutorial misconduct walk out of prison a free man after 35 years at Angola State Penitentiary.
Those living in chosen families, such as same-sex couples, unmarried partners, triads and platonic co-parents, often face legal challenges posed by the law's outdated definition of family. Some attorneys are working to fix that.