St. Tammany Parish Grand Jury indicts two people in two separate violent incidents

The St. Tammany Parish Grand Jury indicted two people in connection with two separate incidents that occurred in October 2025 ...

Gunman gets 2 life sentences for murder outside of Belle Glade rodeo

A West Palm Beach judge sentenced Louis Garcia to two consecutive life terms, calling the murder "one of the more depraved ...

Rapides Parish Police Jury passes vote on president appointments

RAPIDES PARISH, La. (KALB) - The Rapides Parish Police Jury has voted to reappoint District C Juror Craig Smith as president ...
NPR

A federal jury finds Milwaukee judge guilty of obstructing immigration agents

MILWAUKEE — A federal jury found Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan guilty Thursday of obstructing immigration agents as they attempted to arrest an undocumented immigrant defendant ...
WUNC

NC courts taking steps to make jury duty easier

North Carolina's court system is taking steps to make jury duty less painful. Jurors will now receive payment for their service on a debit card as they leave the courthouse. Until now, they've had to ...
NPR

Grand jury rejects new mortgage fraud indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James

The Justice Department failed Thursday to secure a new indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James after a judge dismissed the previous mortgage fraud prosecution encouraged by ...
Phys.org

Limiting jury trials will harm minority ethnic victims and defendants, research shows

The right to trial by jury dates back to at least the 12th century. The government's proposals to limit it in England and Wales, many argue, run counter to the UK's core democratic principles. And as ...
Aclu.org

Your Questions Answered: How Jury Duty Protects Your Rights

Jury service is a civic duty as important as voting, but receives far less attention from the everyday citizens who may be called to serve. For many people, jury service is nothing more than something ...
The Conversation

Jury trials: what the UK government’s plan to limit them would mean for victims, defendants and courts

Daniel Alge does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
Reuters

Britain plans to curb jury trials to tackle court crisis

LONDON, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Britain will remove the historic right to trial by jury for defendants in many less serious criminal cases in an effort to tackle a growing crisis in the court system, ...
The New York Times

How a Verdict by a Jury of 11 People in Queens Made Legal History

New York’s highest court let a verdict by 11 jurors stand in a criminal case that involved an escort, machetes and a mysterious visitor. The ruling broke 342 years of precedent. By Chelsia Rose ...
THE WEEK

Should the right to trial by jury be untouchable?

Justice Secretary David Lammy has unveiled a watered-down version of his plans to dispense with jury trials for all but the most serious offences. Under his original plan, offences carrying a sentence ...