JURIST
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
If it had chosen to hear the case, the court could have decided whether it is inherent within the Constitution that criminal defendants are entitled to a trial by a jury of 12 or more members of the community. This deviation from the standard 12-person jury was permitted by the 1970 US Supreme Court ruling in Williams v.
JonathanTurley
SEPTEMBER 19, 2021
Police in Poseyville, Indiana have a curious criminal case. It started when at 8:24 pm Donald Ricketts, 56, of Poseyville, drove left of center of a highway and struck the driver’s side of a tractor-trailer. He was allegedly drunk and called his wife to come get him.
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JonathanTurley
JULY 13, 2022
We have been discussing the controversy over a ten-year-old girl who was raped in Ohio and removed to Indiana because the Ohio abortion law would not allegedly allow for the termination of her pregnancy. The Columbus Dispatch reports that a man, Gerson Fuentes, has now been arrested in the case.
JonathanTurley
JUNE 16, 2021
There is an interesting lawsuit out of Indiana where Indianapolis Metro Police Department Officer De’Joure Mercer is suing the National Football League (NFL) for defamation after the NFL claimed that his shooting of an African American man was due to “systemic racism.” Screenshot from federal complaint.
LegalTalkNetwork
FEBRUARY 5, 2019
On this episode of On The Road, Law Library of Congress’ Barbara Bavis returns to the air to share her favorite free resources for legal research in areas like case law, state law, criminal law, civil law, international law, and more. ABA Midyear Meeting 2019: ABA Blueprint.
JonathanTurley
JULY 13, 2022
Below is my column on the case of the ten-year-old rape victim who allegedly was taken to Indiana because an abortion was barred in Ohio. (A There is a Fox News report that it was able to confirm an abortion involving a ten-year-old girl in Indiana but could not confirm the other claims. Ten years old — 10 years old!
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 27, 2020
Last year, the Kellem family started early by bagging a 30-pound wild Turkey in Indiana when it went smashing through their rental car window. Williams is quoted as saying “I want you the f–k out of here” before stabbing Stewart in the chest with a kitchen knife. He then fled.———————————————————.
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