Mueller, a former public defender, eventually took the case and mostly won at trial. A jury acquitted Thompson of the felony ...

Californians rejected the anti-slavery ballot measure Proposition 6, which would have forbid forced prison labor. Reparations ...

Earlier this month, a Maine Superior Court judge ruled the state violated the Sixth Amendment rights of some low-income defendants by failing to provide them with legal representation. Sign up for ...

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced Friday that the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered a ratified addition to the U.S. Constitution, making a symbolic statement that's unlikely ...