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C-Murder will remain behind bars after a judge rejected his legal team’s attempt to overturn his murder conviction.  On Tuesday, November 29, The Source reported that District Judge Sarah Vance rejected the rapper’s habeas petition in a federal court ruling that was made earlier this month. C-Murder’s attorneys aimed to reverse his 2009 conviction that found him guilty […]

A federal jury convicted two longtime U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration supervisors Wednesday of leaking confidential information to defense attorneys as part of a bribery conspiracy that prosecutors say imperiled high-profile cases and the lives of overseas drug informants. The Manhattan jury found John Costanzo Jr. and Manny Recio guilty of bribery and honest-services wire fraud […]

Muhammad Aziz , a man who was wrongfully convicted in the 1865 assassination of Malcolm X , was exonerated of the crime back in 201. Now, Aziz is filing a lawsuit against the federal government over the FBI allegedly withholding proof of his innocence.  Muhammad Aziz, 85, filed the lawsuit in a Brooklyn, N.Y. federal court last week, […]

Maine is pondering a move to allow some aspiring lawyers to take the bar exam without going to law school, joining four other states with so-called apprenticeship programs. State lawmakers on Tuesday will hold a public hearing on a bill that would allow those who have studied for two years under an experienced attorney to take the […]

A group of state supreme court justices and state court administrators from across the country will examine lawyer licensing and whether law schools are adequately preparing students for real-world practice. The Committee on Legal Education and Admissions Reform is a joint effort by the Conference of Chief Justices and the Conference of State Court Administrators. […]

The governor of Nigeria’s Kaduna state has signed a law saying men convicted of rape will face surgical castration, and anyone raping a child under age 14 will face the death penalty. Gov. Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai said the “drastic penalties are required to help further protect children from a serious crime.” Reported cases of rape […]

Animal health biotech startup Loyal is a step closer to being able to market a drug for lifespan extension in dogs. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Veterinary Medicine has approved the “Reasonable Expectation of Effectiveness” section of Loyal’s application to sell a new large- dog-focused drug called LOY-001. “Four years ago I […]

A former Seattle Police officer is accused of cozying up to a felon and the felon’s wife in a drug trafficking operation that drew the attention of Seattle’s Office of Police Accountability. That officer, Brandon Gandy, ultimately quit his job before being fired. Now, the state’s Criminal Justice Training Commission is piecing through his story […]

Monica Lewinsky penned on op-ed Monday calling for a series of constitutional amendments, including age limits for elected officials and a ban on presidential self-pardons.  In a piece in Vanity Fair , Lewinsky offered her vision for a more robust democracy via six new amendments: no presidential self-pardons, mandatory background checks for presidents, no suspensions of the […]