Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is suing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, alleging that Abbott is holding up the extradition of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer charged with assault in the shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in Minneapolis on Jan. 14. The agent, Christian Castro, was arrested in Cameron County, Texas, on May 29 by […]
A Maricopa County Superior Court judge has disqualified the Pinal County Attorney’s Office and the Pinal County Superior Court from trying a high-profile capital murder case plagued by legal scandal. Judge Patricia Starr issued her order Aug. 12. It’s still unclear which county will prosecute the case and where it will be tried, and it’s […]
One candidate for Ohio attorney general is calling for the state inspector general to investigate new revelations about ties between the head of the state’s quasi-public economic development agency JobsOhio, the governor’s office, and Intel, a company that has received millions. The other candidate hasn’t responded to questions about the matter. John Kulewicz, the Democratic […]
Attorneys representing the children of a father who sexually abused them and reported that abuse to church leaders are asking the Arizona Supreme Court to reconsider its unanimous ruling last month siding with religious leaders who argued the state’s clergy-penitent privilege law shielded them from reporting that abuse to authorities. The justices also declared that […]
Homeland Security investigators secretly recorded conversations, infiltrated Signal chats and obtained financial records for labor unions and progressive groups as part of a wide-ranging surveillance effort during Operation Metro Surge, according to court documents filed Thursday morning. The documents, first reported by The New York Times, were filed by defense attorneys in the federal case […]
Attorneys for a Tennessee death row inmate filed a request Wednesday to stop his execution, saying the man could be physically incapable of going through the state’s lethal injection protocol. Darrell Hines’ legal counsel filed motions in U.S. District Court for a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction to prevent him from being executed, based […]
A Maricopa County judge has dismissed the criminal case against Arizona’s 11 fake electors but left the door open for future indictments — though whether that happens depends on the outcome of November’s election. Two years ago, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes filed charges against the 11 fake electors who signed a document falsely awarding […]
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is declining to stop Thursday’s scheduled execution of death row inmate Darrell Hines, even as his attorneys claim he could suffer cruel and unusual punishment because of an “under-skilled” physician. “After deliberate consideration of Anthony Darrell Hines’ request for clemency, and after a thorough review of the case, I am upholding […]
The Department of Homeland Security has awarded a $63 million contract to an Alaska corporation to operate a national immigration enforcement call center in rural Tennessee, a federal contract database shows. The city of Adams, a Robertson County town of about 600 people near the Kentucky border, is identified in the database as the future […]
A Tennessee man scheduled to be executed Thursday night for a 1986 murder is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review his claim that he could suffer cruel and unusual punishment because of an “under-skilled” physician in charge of administering lethal drugs. Attorneys for Darrell Hines filed a petition with the nation’s high court Sunday […]
