Crime, Law and Justice

Trump's comments likely to cause heartburn for U.S. lawyers
President Donald Trump lobs verbal bombshells on Twitter and fiercely criticizes federal judges overseeing his court cases. He openly discusses pending legal matters on which lawyers usually advise their clients to stay mum.
Fact check: Trump selectively quotes from a legal blog
Making a legal argument in 140 characters is no easy task, and President Donald Trump may have confounded people Friday morning with his tweet about the appeals case that kept the borders open to people he wants banned.
Scarsella juror: I didn't buy self-defense shooting claim
"The defense witnesses, except for the police, were lying through their teeth," said juror Eileen Parker, who helped convict Allen Scarsella, a white man, of shooting five black men at a 2015 Jamar Clark protest.