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Early on the morning of Dec. 15, 2018, in the small Michigan town of Lake Orion, a burly middle-aged man came upon an unlocked walk-in cooler behind a restaurant while [...]

Before her client was sentenced for attacking a police officer during the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, Elizabeth Kelley wanted the judge to know that he was not [...]

The article discusses how a wrongful misdemeanor conviction has changed the life of Richard Leach who was accused of stealing beer from a restaurant in Michigan. Topics discussed include Leach's filing of bankruptcy after losing his job and home when he was found guilty and sentenced to jail, law students' investigation which led to the discovery of the real culprit and to vacate Leach's conviction, and the rise of the innocence movement driven by the success of the Innocence Project.

When he was a little boy growing up in Iran, Aarash Darroodi recalls dashing for cover when sirens warned that missiles were coming from Iraq. "I remember buildings being blown [...]

Standing in front of a judge, tears in his eyes, Rogel Aguilera-Mederos wanted to say something before being sentenced for killing four people and injuring six others after he lost [...]

When Jason Flom was a boy, his father, Joseph, a renowned mergers and acquisitions lawyer, gave him a piece of advice: "Do whatever you want for a living, but make [...]

As he prepared to leave prison for the second time, David Figueroa decided he was going to walk away from the Chicago street gang he belonged to since he was [...]

Hanging on a wall in Saul Kassin's office at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City are photos of 28 people who confessed to crimes they didn't [...]

Early in September just before dawn, police officers in Camden, New Jersey, cautiously moved in on a rape suspect they were following. The man, armed with a knife, parked his [...]

The article explores U.S. lawyer Elizabeth Kelley's aim to help clients with mental disabilities such as autism, bipolar disorder and dementia. Topics discussed include Kelley's criminal defense practice which represents people with mental disabilities, criminal justice for people with autism spectrum disorder citing the case of Kelley's client Devlyn Thompson who was sentenced for attacking a police officer, and Kelley's launch of the book "Representing People With Autism Spectrum Disorders."

Lawyers have a long tradition of supporting efforts to bring racial and social justice to this country. They've argued important civil rights cases, demanded police accountability and advocated for public [...]