ACP coordinates the assignment of attorneys to represent individuals who cannot afford to retain an attorney in various Criminal and Family Court matters.
More than 30 people with dangerous but treatable ailments — infections, obstructed bowels and asthma attacks — died in the past decade. ... See MoreSee Less
Unlike custody arrangements, standby guardianship does not strip parents of their custodial rights. Depending on the jurisdiction, it can last between a few weeks to a year. ... See MoreSee Less
As noncitizen families face a heightened threat of detention and deportation, a legal process originally crafted during the AIDS crisis to keep children in the care of trusted adults during an abrupt ...
The bills, which have already passed the State Legislature, would help prevent brutality in prisons, supporters say. But the governor has yet to enact them. ... See MoreSee Less
The bills, which have already passed the State Legislature, would help prevent brutality in prisons, supporters say. But the governor has yet to enact them.
Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino, and the agents under his command who led a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and its suburbs for more than two months, falsely depicted ordinary Chicagoans as professional agitators determined to mount a violent resistance, a federal judge determined. ... See MoreSee Less
U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis used a blistering 233-page ruling to painstakingly detail how agents falsely asserted in court and in official reports that they had been confronted with unrelenti...