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Ohio Senate Bill 256 gives adults who were convicted of serious crimes as children a chance at parole later in life. Two individuals, Clarence Coleman and Mincey Meece, could have their original sentences shortened by decades as a result. And at least one of the survivors of their crimes is concerned. Svetlana Shtrom’s father, Moisey Shtrom, was killed by a then 16-year-old Mr. Coleman. Disco...

Gun violence survivors hold their banners during a rally Wednesday outside of the U.S. Supreme Court. The court heard arguments in a gun rights case that centers on New York's restrictive gun permit law. Updated November 3, 2021 at 3:52 PM ET At the U.S. Supreme Court, the conservative majority seemed ready Wednesday to broaden gun rights by striking down a New York law that limits the righ...

At the U.S. Supreme Court, the conservative majority seemed ready Wednesday to broaden gun rights by striking down a New York law that limits the right to carry concealed handguns. Some 80 million people live in states that, like New York, limit concealed carry. In 2008, the court ruled for the first time that the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms guarantees individuals the right t...

Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby I remember the first time I sat behind a desk in a law office and thought I was a now a lawyer. Boy, was I mistaken. Your first few years as a lawyer will be the most stressful time of your life. I have experienced both ups and downs since that first day, and I hope that learning from my mistakes will give you piece of mind knowing that you...

Corliss King and husband Terrance Hale celebrated at her 50th birthday party in June 2016. Corliss King Southwest flight attendant Corliss King lost her husband during treatment for kidney failure, ending a 24-year marriage. She was stricken of course. But by the time that Terrance Hale died in 2020, King was battling not only to establish his legacy but also to change an Illinois law that ...

Nearly two dozen N.C. law professors have signed on to two new friend-of-the-court briefs in a high-profile N.C. Supreme Court case involving voter ID. Both briefs filed Tuesday urge the state Supreme Court to remove two Republican justices from hearing the case. Thirteen professors have signed onto a brief as N.C. professors of constitutional law. The other 10 label themselves “professors of...

Texas officials essentially and unconstitutionally banned abortion by way of a bizarre state law, and it sounds like the Supreme Court isn’t buying into the state’s scheme. On Monday, justices heard nearly three hours of oral arguments in two cases brought by the U.S. Department of Justice and by a group of abortion providers challenging the Texas law. The state has banned abortion at six wee...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The primary funder of a ballot drive to toughen Michigan's voter identification law and restrict mass mailings of unsolicited absentee ballot applications is Ron Weiser, chairman of the state Republican Party. Secure MI Vote filed a statement Tuesday showing that Weiser donated $80,000 out of roughly $85,000 the committee raised between Sept. 30 and Oct. 26. The group ne...

On October 20, 2021, Law 10029, Amendment to Articles 29 and 38 of Law Against Sexual Harassment, Law 7476, came into force. This amendment extends the statute of limitations to file a complaint of sexual harassment, from two to eight years, in both the public and private sectors. The eight-year term will begin as of the last sexual harassment conduct occurred or once the cause that prevente...

ExpandThe U.S. Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021, as television cameras are set up. The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in a gun rights case that centers on New York’s restrictive gun permit law and whether limits the state has placed on carrying a gun in public violate the Second Amendment. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) WASHINGTON — (AP) — The ...