Law

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., speaks during an appearance in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.

Ryan: Trump's Criticism Of Judge 'Textbook Definition Of A Racist Comment'

12:49pm June 07, 2016

by Sarah McCammon

Donald Trump is unlikely to change course, according to a senior campaign source. The presumptive GOP nominee urged allies to keep pressure on Gonzalo Curiel and the press in a conference call Monday.

Momentum Grows To Oust Judge After Rape Sentence Sparks Outrage

11:36am June 07, 2016

by Tovia Smith

A California judge is under fire for giving what some are calling a slap on the wrist to a former Stanford University student convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman after a frat party.

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New Mexico Ended Civil Asset Forfeiture. Why Then Is It Still Happening?

6:17am June 07, 2016

by Martin Kaste

New Mexico passed a sweeping overhaul of civil asset forfeiture. Legislators say some cities' budgets are so dependent on seized assets that they disregarding the law.

California Rape Case Sentence Sparks Outrage

9:33pm June 06, 2016

by Richard Gonzales

Former Stanford swimmer Brock Turner was sentenced to six months in county jail for sexual assault. Prosecutors had recommended six years in prison. An online petition seeks the judge's recall.

Lonnie Franklin Jr. listens to one of his attorneys during a pre-trial hearing last year.

National

Jury Gives Grim Sleeper Serial Killer Death Sentence

7:41pm June 06, 2016

by Chris Arnold

The death penalty will be official if upheld by a judge at a sentencing hearing. Sixty-three-year-old Lonnie David Franklin Jr. was convicted in the murders of nine women and a teenage girl.

Environment

Fish And Wildlife Service May Appeal Judge's Ruling On Cormorants

2:59pm June 06, 2016

by Peter Payette

A federal judge says the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service overstepped its bounds when it allowed some migratory birds to be killed in large numbers across the eastern United States.

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Politics & Government

Trump Questions Neutrality Of Muslim And Mexican-American Judges

2:21pm June 06, 2016

by Nina Totenberg

After criticism from legal scholars for saying a judge could not treat him fairly because he was of Mexican descent, Donald Trump has extended his concern about judicial bias to Muslim Americans.

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The mother of a 3-year-old boy was not negligent when he fell into part of the Cincinnati Zoo's Gorilla World exhibit, officials say. Here, a boy touches a bronze statue at the zoo that became something of a memorial in the days after the gorilla was shot

National

No Charges Against Family In Gorilla Incident At Cincinnati Zoo

1:31pm June 06, 2016

by Bill Chappell

The boy's mother "did not act in any way where she presented this child to some harm," the county prosecutor says of the May 28 incident.

Trump Presses Case That 'Mexican' Judge Curiel Is Biased Against Him

9:27am June 04, 2016

by Nina Totenberg

Donald Trump intensified his attacks on the federal judge presiding over fraud lawsuits against Trump University — saying Indiana-born Gonzalo Curiel is biased against him because "he's a Mexican."

National

Video Release In Chicago Police Cases Is Unusual, Experts Say

8:01am June 04, 2016

by Matin Kaste

Chicago police made public video on dozens of stops but there's no clear reason why, other than political pressure. In fact, there's no clear practice across the U.S. for releasing this kind of data.