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Judges Behind ‘Kids-for-Cash’ Ordered to Pay More Than $200M

Two Pennsylvania judges who orchestrated a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks were ordered to pay more than $200 million to hundreds who fell victim to their crimes. U.S. District Judge Christopher Conner awarded $106 …

Man Exonerated in Malcolm X Killing Sues New York City for $40 Million

A man who was exonerated last year in the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X has filed a $40 million lawsuit against New York City for the two decades he spent in prison for a notorious crime he did not commit. …

Family Blames Fatal Wreck on PennDOT’s Failure to Fix Ditch

Matt Neidlinger crested the hill of a narrow, twisty state road and found a nasty surprise waiting for him at the bottom. The ditch was a couple of feet wide and spanned both lanes, and Neidlinger barely had time to …

Former Virginia Police Chief Files Lawsuit Against Charlottesville

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.—A former Virginia police chief is suing the city she served as well as several current and former officials over her firing, saying in her $10 million lawsuit that she was terminated because of her race, color and sex. …

Maine Pays $395K to Settle Corrections Officer’s Discrimination Lawsuit

The state of Maine is paying $395,000 to a former corrections officer to settle her claims of harassment and discrimination. Autumn Dinsmore resigned as a corrections officer this month as part of the settlement of her lawsuit filed last year. …

Baltimore Settles With Rapper for $300K Over Claims of False Arrest, Police Planting Drugs

A court settlement calls for the city of Baltimore to pay $300,000 to resolve claims that police officers planted drugs on a rapper known as Young Moose. The Baltimore Sun reports that the city’s spending board is poised to approve …

New York City to Pay $7M to Man Wrongfully Convicted in 1996 Killing

New York City has agreed to pay $7 million to a man who spent 23 years behind bars for a murder he didn’t commit, Comptroller Brad Lander said Monday. Grant Williams was exonerated last July in the 1996 shooting of …

Virginia’s Loudoun School Board Sues to Halt Grand Jury Work

The Loudoun County School Board has asked for a temporary injunction that would halt the work of a grand jury convened as part of an ongoing state investigation into the district. The board filed a civil complaint Thursday arguing that …

Hearing Scheduled on Damages Owed by Mississippi Ex-Cop Who Killed Mother of Four

A former Mississippi police officer who shot and killed a sleeping woman should pay her four children a quarter-million dollars each for pain and suffering and a total of more than $300,000 to cover therapy, their aunt said in a …

Judge Advances Suit Alleging Virginia Police Officers Protected Sex Traffickers

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that a lawsuit against two former police officers accused of protecting a sex trafficking ring in northern Virginia in exchange for sex can move forward. The former Fairfax County officers, Michael O. Barbazette of Manassas …