On Monday, attorneys for inmates at the East Mississippi Correctional Facility opened arguments in a class-action suit alleging barbaric conditions afflicting over a thousand prisoners. Both sides, according to the Clarion Ledger, presented their cases before U.S. District Judge William Barbour, Jr., on Monday. The juryless trial – expected to last up to six weeks
Three Muslim women forced by New York police officials to remove their hijabs for mugshots settled with the city for $60,000. According to The New York Times¸ the agreement was reached Monday and first reported the following day. Kimberly Joyce, spokeswoman for the city’s law department, said, “The resolution of these matters were in the
Judge Calls California’s Actors’ Age Law Unconstitutional
Lesbian Couple Denied Refugee Child Adoption by Federally Funded Agency
A Louisiana prison is being hit with a federal lawsuit. Inmates at David Wade Correctional Center in Homer claim they’re routinely subjected to ‘cruel and unusual’ punishments, ranging from immobilization to cold-weather exposure. The class action, filed on Tuesday, is demanding damages as well as a court-ordered end to the “extreme, abusive conditions” at the
The widow and mother of Che Taylor are filing a federal lawsuit against the City of Seattle and two police officers involved in the man’s death. Both women are accusing the defendants of violating Taylor’s civil rights, asserting claims of assault, excessive force, false arrest, unlawful seizure, and negligence and violation of Washington’s anti-discrimination statutes.
Gay Men Might Be Getting Unlawfully Denied for Insurance
Last November, 74-year old attorney and rancher Ricardo Palacios found a small, green-clad camera strapped to a mesquite tree near his son’s Texas home. Not sure who’d put the device there or for what reason, Palacios took it down, noticing a transmitting antenna protruding from its plastic case. Soon after, writes Ars Technica, Palacios began
Nucor’s African American Employees Reach Settlement in Discrimination Case
Two years after Korryn Gaines was shot and killed by police in Maryland, her family faces an uncertain future ahead of a massive settlement. Earlier in the week, Gaines’ surviving family was awarded $37 million. But, as The New York Times reports, the full amount may never be paid. The State of Maryland holds a