Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Da'quavion Snowden, the convicted killer of Pensacola standout football star Ladarius "LD" Clardy, must have his murder case tried ...

Highlights The U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Villarreal v. Texas adopted a content-based rule, holding that a testifying ...

The Supreme Court agreed, the trial court here struck the appropriate balance between Villarreal’s Sixth Amendment right to ...

Since the US Supreme Court’s landmark decision in United States v. Booker in 2005 held that the Sentencing Guidelines are merely advisory, district courts are no longer mandated to impose sentences ...

If you ever suffer the misfortune of being charged with a serious crime, you will be glad that the Sixth Amendment exists. It contains the minimal requirements necessary to prevent the federal and ...

This is an opinion column. Get Kyle Whitmire’s newsletter, Alabamafication. Sign up here for free. Something curious is happening in America lately. A resistance movement seems to be forming. Not in ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

BOTTOM LINE: Where a defendant charged with attempted murder tried to cross-examine the victim about his mental health, the trial court did not err in denying this line of questioning. He did not ...