MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WAFF) – The month of June hasn’t been great for the Rocket City Trash Pandas. In fact, it’s been historically bad. In the past two weeks, the team hasn’t won a single game. Their most recent victory was a 4-1 win over Pensacola all the way back on Friday, June 13th. It was…
Man serving 5 life prison sentences walks free after judge gives second chance – CBS News Watch CBS News A man sentenced to life in prison, with what seemed like no chance of getting out, is now free. That’s because of a 90-year-old judge who is trying to rethink America’s justice system. Scott MacFarlane has…
Judge Tanya Chutkan has said that she doesn’t believe she can impose a general restraining order on Elon Musk and his budget-cutting Department Of Government Efficiency (DOGE) over the alleged firing of thousands of federal employees. Why It Matters Musk, the CEO of Tesla, has vowed to cut up to $2 trillion a year from…
President Joe Biden has faced criticism from victims of the so-called “Kids for Cash” scandal for commuting the sentence of a Pennsylvania judge involved in the scheme. Michael Conahan was among the nearly 1,500 people placed under home confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic that Biden announced Thursday would have their sentences commuted. Conahan was jailed…
China’s judges and prosecutors must pay more attention to solving conflicts and ensuring fairness rather than just closing cases, a senior judicial official said in a rare commentary, as authorities reflect on a string of mass killings in recent weeks. Wang Chengguo, secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of Zhejiang province, wrote in…