San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan is seeking to roll back Senate Bill 203, which requires youth to consult with legal counsel before waiving their Miranda rights, a move advocates warn would allow children to be questioned by police without an attorney present.
Ralph Menzies, who is scheduled to be executed by firing squad in September 2025, has submitted a clemency petition to the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole, citing his irreversible vascular dementia and a crumbling foundation of flawed trial proceedings, false testimony, prosecutorial misconduct, and ineffective legal representation.
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has released Dr. Badar Khan Suri, a Georgetown scholar, from detention on bail, denying the Trump administration’s request for a stay of a lower court’s decision, citing the First Amendment and the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment.
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