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Martin Luther King and Ralph Abernathy (background) leave Birmingham City Jail following their release on April 20, 1963, after eight days of imprisonment. (Associated Press)April 16, 1963MY DEAR FELLOW CLERGYMEN:While confined here in the Birmingham City Jail, I came across your recent statement...

APR 3, 2013 - Alex Marvez / Fox SportsThere will be roughly 2,800 players vying for roster spots in NFL training camps.None will have a more inspirational story than linebacker Brian Banks.Banks - who spent a decade trying to exonerate himself for a crime he didn’t commit - was signed Wednesday a...

Has Brian Banks' dream of an NFL career been delayed or even destroyed by a false charge of rape and 5 years in prison? James Brown reports.March 24, 2013  -  CBS 60 MinutesThe following script is from "Blindsided" which aired on March 24, 2013. James Brown is the correspondent. Peter...

Generoso (Jimmy the General) Barbieri learned of then-Bonanno boss Vincent (Vinny Gorgeous) Basciano's plan to assassinate Assistant U.S. Attorney Greg Andres, but Barbieri went to the feds and was eventually sentenced to time served, which came out to six years.ByJohn Marzulli/ NY DAILY NEWS - S...

In Ohio v. Roberts,166 the Court explained that it had construed the clause “in two separate ways to restrict the range of admissible hearsay.” First, there is a rule of “necessity,” under which in the usual case “the prosecution must either produce, or demonstrate the unavailability of, the decl...

The Sixth Amendment (Amendment VI) to the United States Constitution is the part of the United States Bill of Rights that sets forth rights related to criminal prosecutions. The Supreme Court has applied the protections of this amendment to the states through the Due Process Clause of the Fourtee...

March 17, 2013By Sam Stanton and Denny Walsh  -   The Sacramento Bee Shortly after 5 p.m. on May 2, 2011, an inmate at California State Prison, Solano, was found dead in his cell, hanging from the upper bunk, a torn bed sheet around his neck.The inmate, who was approaching his 65th birthda...

By ANN CARRNS  -  March 4, 2012Checking the accuracy of your credit report is important, given recent reports that 5 percent of consumers may have errors in their reports that can result in higher interest rates on a loan.The National Foundation for Credit Counseling has developed a list of “do’...

By Alan Gomez -  Feb. 26, 2013Republicans on Tuesday denounced the release of hundreds of illegal immigrants from federal detention centers as an attempt to frighten Americans into supporting President Obama's budget spending demands. Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., chairman of the House Judiciary ...