Legal System
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Loving v. Virginia: The Landmark Case That Legalized Interracial Marriage in the US
Richard and Mildred Loving's interracial marriage was against the law. But it led to the Supreme Court's historic decision in 1967 to ban anti-miscegenation laws across the country.
Women Have Been Vanishing for Decades on Canada's Highway of Tears
Who has been kidnapping and killing the indigenous women along Highway 16 in British Columbia?
Attorney General Jeff Sessions wants to reinstate mandatory minimum prison sentences. But do they really deter future criminals, or do they proportionately affect certain groups instead?
Study Pinpoints Best Strategy to Address Past Crimes in a Job Interview
A new study examines how former offenders should — and should not — speak about a history of incarceration.
Research shows that nicotine residue lingering in furniture and carpets may be hazardous to kids. Could that mean legal action for unsuspecting homeowners and tenants?
Can the Government Access Data on Electronic Devices in Checked Luggage?
The TSA can open your checked bags at an airport. But how deep can they dig into electronic devices they find inside?
The divisive serial comma finally got its day in court—it was glorious.
Antarctica belongs to no one nation. So what happens in the event of a crime?
While the press often gets a beating from the public and politicians, journalists have brought to national attention lots of issues that would otherwise remain hidden.
The U.S. has thousands of prisoners in solitary confinement. But experts are now saying it does more harm than good.
Guy walks into a bar looking for a fight. When is it legal and illegal to clock him?
Companies are actually hoping you won't read these 8,000-word documents before you click "agree." But why?
Gun Violence Spreads Through Social Networks Like an Epidemic, Study Shows
According to new research, shootings pass from person to person like a contagious disease.
Good Samaritan laws are intended to protect you from a lawsuit if you help strangers during an emergency. But they may not protect you in every situation.
Should you ever find yourself in the middle of a protest, you're going to want to avoid being targeted by one of these 'less-lethal' weapons.
Some serial killers have murdered more than 100 people. Who are these people, and why did they do it?
Thousands of Saudi women signed a petition that seeks the end of the country's male guardianship system. How does that system affect Saudi women now?
Inmates have been using cigarettes as currency for more than a century in U.S. prisons. So what's behind the switch to ramen cups at one prison?
The Supreme Court has ruled in a big Fourth Amendment case that under certain circumstances, evidence found during an illegal stop could be used in legal proceedings.
The nose knows, apparently. A new study suggests smells associated with emotional events like a crime could be just as reliable as eyewitness accounts. So, nosewitnesses?
A former undersecretary of the Department of Homeland Security explains how terrorists could use virtual reality to train for strikes.
With more drug companies refusing to allow their drugs to be used in executions, states have turned to riskier pharmaceuticals.
Bigoted requests aren't as rare as you might think in hospitals. It's also not rare for hospitals to accommodate such requests. Why?
After nearly two decades as a judge, the Supreme Court nominee's record offers few clues as to where he stands on many social issues.
It's not quite what you'd expect, is it?
