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Federal Appeals Court Says White Restaurant Owner Who ‘Enslaved’ Intellectually Disabled Black Man Owes Double the Damages Initially Imposed Jerry Lambe © Provided by Law & Crime Bobby Paul Edwards mugshot A federal appeals court ruled that a wWhite restaurant owner who forced an intellectually disabled Black man into slave labor owes more than $500,000 in restitution, double the amount initially imposed by a lower district court. Bobby Paul Edwards, 56, pleaded guilty to a count of forced labor, was sentenced in 2019 to 10 years in prison and ordered by pay restitution...

April 29, 2021 at 1:43 PM Shares1 It’s not exactly news to point out that Jones Day operates like a cartoonishly evil law firm stereotype. From shady deals to gerrymander the South to disingenuous assaults on voting rights to… some interesting discrimination claims, the firm revels in its dastardly reputation. Wait, go back to that discrimination allegation… pointing guns at paralegals?!?! Obviously that’s not been tested in court yet, but it’s telling that given the firm, we all responded with “that seems entirely plausible.” Before the Lincoln Project became toxic, it joined o...

New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal addresses the media as he announces the Immigration Trust Directive, at the Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal at Liberty State Park in November 2018. Photo: USA Today Network via Reuters Connect The attorney general of New Jersey announced Tuesday that the state has filed a civil rights lawsuit against Jackson Township for discrimination against its Jewish community. The complaint, filed by Attorney General Gurbir Grewal and the Division on Civil Rights in state Superior Court in Ocean County, names Jackson Township, the Jackson Township Council...

ILLUSTRATION BY SAM GREEN It’s hard to find someone in Washington who doesn’t like Merrick Garland. There are Republicans who don’t like Barack Obama and accordingly blocked the former president from elevating Garland to the Supreme Court in 2016. There are Republicans who don’t like Joe Biden and don’t want to see him, through Garland, reshape the Justice Department into something less Trumpian than it became over the past four years. But the list of people who don’t actually like Merrick Garland for Merrick Garland’s sake is virtually nonexistent. Even many GOP senators enthus...

Andrew HarnikGetty Images The Senate Judiciary Committee, Richard Durbin (D-Illinois) presiding, heard from two administration nominees for critical positions in the Department of Justice. Todd Kim was nominated to be Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources. But he wasn’t the main event. That was Kristen Clarke, whom the administration wants to be the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights. Done correctly, this position is where all the hottest issues of the day come together, from police violence to voting rights to systemic racism. Over the past two dec...