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I Spent 9 Years In Prison Wondering If I'd Be Executed For A Gruesome Murder

Almost exactly 20 years ago, I became the first death row prisoner in the United States to clear my name through DNA evidence.The crime for which I was convicted was the brutal rape and murder of a...

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How The Secret FISA Court Justifies Spying

The top-secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court court at the center of the National Security Agency spying scandal is "almost a parallel Supreme Court," according to a new report in The New York...

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George W. Bush Says Immigration Reform Is Good Policy That Has A 'Chance To...

Former President George W. Bush hailed the recent progress made on immigration reform, saying it appears to have a “chance to pass.”“I think it’s very important to fix a broken system, to treat people...

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JOB OF THE WEEK: Senior Director Advanced Design Development

Check out the Business Insider Jobs section >>As part of our new partnership with CareerBuilder.com, each week we'll feature one of the awesome jobs advertised on the Business Insider jobs...

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Prosecuted Activist Slams Russia's 'Feudal Order' In Dramatic Closing Statement

Last week the Kirov-based trial of Russia's most prominent opposition leader Alexei Navalny began to wind up.Navalny, a lawyer who became famous for an anti-corruption blog and his role at anti-Putin...

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Lady Gaga Is Trying To Hide 'Sensitive' Legal Documents From The Public

Lady Gaga has attempted to block the release of "sensitive, private and personal information" as part of an ongoing court battle between two of the singer's former collaborators.According to website...

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America's Secret Spy Court Has Been Radically Expanding The Powers Of The NSA

The court overseeing National Security Agency surveillance has given the government power to amass vast collections of data on Americans by creating a secret body of law with almost no public scrutiny,...

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When A Teen's 'Sarcastic' Facebook Message Goes Terribly Wrong

On February 14, just two months after the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting, an 18-year-old in Texas named Justin Carter was arrested.Carter, an avid gamer, got into a spat with a fellow League of...

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It Might Be Harder To Fire People For Being Fat Now

The American Medical Association's decision to call obesity a "disease" instead of a medical condition could make it harder to discriminate against fat employees, The Wall Street Journal Law Blog...

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There Was A Bizarre Break-In At The Law Office Representing A High-Profile...

A Dallas law firm representing a high-profile State Department whistleblower is concerned after its offices were broken into and burglarized last weekend.But this wasn’t just a typical smash-and-grab...

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My Dream Home Turned Out To Be A Meth Lab

Buying a home isn’t easy.The bank watches your credit report like a jewel thief casing a diamond distributor, the seller can’t make up their minds about leaving the dryer behind, and the realtor is...

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Part Two Of Snowden's Guardian Interview Could Rekindle The PRISM 'Direct...

The Guardian has published part 2 of its June 6 interview with NSA whistleblower/leaker Edward Snowden, during which he matter-of-factly states that U.S. tech giants provide the National Security...

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Lauyrn Hill Heads To Jail For Tax Evasion

Lauryn Hill has checked in to prison in Connecticut to serve a three-month sentence for tax evasion, according to the Associated Press. The Grammy-award winning singer pleaded guilty to tax evasion...

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'It's Georgie:' Zimmerman's Friends Identify His Voice Screaming For Help

Many of George Zimmerman's close friends and co-workers testified Monday that they heard Zimmerman's voice screaming for help on a recorded 911 call played in court, Fox News reported.  A neighbor...

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A Cop With No Protective Gear Ran Into The Flaming Wreckage Of Asiana Flight 214

A police officer wearing no protective equipment joined firefighters onboard the flaming wreckage of the Asiana Airlines jet that crash landed in San Francisco to help injured passengers to safety.Jim...

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New Book Details The Disturbing Militarization Of America's Police

Radley Balko, a senior writer and investigative reporter for the Huffington Post,  has published an excerpt of his new book "Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces" in...

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POLICE: Zimmerman Said 'That Doesn't Even Sound Like Me' Screaming For Help

During George Zimmerman's second-degree murder trial, a lead police detective testified that Zimmerman initially said a voice screaming for help on a 911 call didn't sound like his own.The defense...

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16-Year-Old Pink Fan Arrested For Tweeting Alleged Bomb Threat

A 16-year-old Pink fan is feeling very "missundaztood," as the pop singer's second studio album was titled, after accidentally creating a bomb scare at an Australian arena on Sunday.Before the concert,...

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Don't Rush To Blame The 'Inexperienced' Pilot Of Asiana Flight 214

Though the investigation into the deadly crash landing of Asiana Flight 214 in San Francisco is just getting started, the news that one of the pilots had only 43 hours experience flying the 777 jet has...

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Experts Destroy Obama's Argument That Americans Must Sacrifice Privacy For...

On June 7 President Barack Obama defended the two secret National Security Agency (NSA) spying programs that were exposed by whistleblower/leaker Edward Snowden, saying: "You can’t have 100% security,...

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