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US adding firing squads, electrocution and gassing to federal execution methods
The U.S. Department of Justice plans to add firing squads, electrocution, and gas asphyxiation as alternative federal execution methods amid lethal injection drug shortages.
Prosecutors say Bondi remarks won’t derail Mangione case
Federal prosecutors argue Luigi Mangione’s death penalty case should proceed despite AG Pam Bondi’s comments, urging a judge to reject efforts to dismiss charges.
Tennessee execution raises defibrillator, pain concerns
Story highlights • Ivan Black was executed in Tennessee amid medical concerns. • Officials refused to deactivate his implantable defibrillator. • Legal battles cited intellectual disability and medical ethics. • […]
Lawyers in death-penalty case seek answers on mental fitness
FAIRFAX (AP) Defense lawyers for a man facing a possible death penalty in the slaying of a Muslim teenager last year say their client likely suffers intellectual disabilities. The court […]
Legal Tech
- Gemini Legal launches DraftEngine for civil litigation forms
- Lawyers continue to grapple with AI ethical issues
- Are AI prompts privileged? Time will tell
Verdicts & Settlements
- Medical Malpractice – Death from cancer followed stomach pain misdiagnosis
- Workers’ Compensation – Seasonal worker paralyzed in tobacco baler accident
- Medical Malpractice – Jurors side with doctor in suit over rescue surgery
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Unicycle rider dies after being hit by car
- Premises Liability – Delivery driver injured by porch decking collapse
Opinion Digests
- Criminal – Allen charge wasn’t abuse of discretion
- Evidence – Expert’s exclusion from trial deemed harmless
- Parent and child – Mother held in contempt for violating visitation order
- Criminal – Court refuses to continue trial despite missing witness
- Criminal – Meth defendant wasn’t entitled to sentencing safety valve
- Tort – Comments about plaintiff were protected opinions
- Real Property – Condo unit owner challenges expansion plans
