Attorneys argue juries should know they don’t need to convict on unpopular abortion and drug laws
Jury nullification is allowed, but few know about this legal process because courts don’t tell juries they have this power.
Jury nullification is allowed, but few know about this legal process because courts don’t tell juries they have this power.
Mackenzie Clark / The Lawrence Times
The public will have the opportunity soon to hear from local attorneys who have applied to serve as judges in Douglas County District Court.
Butler Township (Ohio) Police Department
A man accused in the shooting deaths of four people in Ohio and arrested in Lawrence does not plan to fight extradition back to the state to face charges, his attorney told the judge Wednesday.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Two Lawrence men were killed in shootings in the early hours of Sunday, July 31. Although many details are still unclear, here’s the information we have so far.
An Olathe woman who lost her race for Olathe school board and was later removed from a board meeting has lost her bid to prevent the board from enforcing its new policy governing public comments at meetings.
Researchers have finished a draft report from a long-running law enforcement contact study, which has confirmed that Black drivers are 2.73 times more likely to get stopped than white drivers in Douglas County, and drivers of color are 1.72 times more likely to be searched.
Butler Township (Ohio) Police Department
Lawrence police on Saturday arrested a man suspected in four shooting deaths in a small suburb of Dayton, Ohio.
A Shawnee County prosecutor on Friday told jurors to forget about science as he laid out the circumstantial evidence connecting Dana Chandler to the 20-year-old killings of her ex-husband and his fiancee.
Meryl Carver-Allmond, of Lawrence, is among three nominees for a judge position on the Kansas Court of Appeals.
Kansans charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol include alleged members of the Proud Boys, a Topeka City Council candidate and others who’ve since expressed regret for their actions.
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