There are a lot of reasons that the death penalty is almost never imposed anymore. Not only is it hugely and uniquely expensive to apply and proven to be of no use in deterring crime, but stacks of ...

Nifong was disbarred for withholding evidence from defense lawyers. Former Duke University President Richard Brodhead, who canceled the rest of the lacrosse season and suspended the players ...

Although the 13 United States Courts of Appeals are the final word on 99 percent of all federal cases, there is no detailed ...

He graduated magna cum laude from Duke with a degree in political science, where he was elected Phi Beta Kappa. He later received his law degree from the University of Chicago Law School in 1973.

and as Newsline learned in a recent conversation with the head of the Wilson Center for Science and Justice at Duke University Law School, Professor Brandon Garrett, we’ve reached a point here ...