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Recent cases raise questions about the ethics of using AI in the legal system

5:07am December 15, 2023

by Steve Inskeep

NPR's Steve Inskeep asks the director of the Private Law Clinic at Yale University, Andrew Miller, about the ethics of using artificial intelligence in the legal system.

A grand jury in Mississippi found that there was no criminal conduct on behalf of the officer involved in the shooting of 11-year-old Aderrien Murry. Here, this December 2022 photo provided by Nakala Murry of Indianola, Miss., shows Aderrien Murry, who was shot and wounded by an Indianola Police Department officer on May 20, 2023, during a domestic disturbance call at the home of Murry's family.

No charges filed after police shot an 11-year-old who called for help, officials say

8:34pm December 14, 2023

by Jonathan Franklin

In a statement, Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch says her office completed its review into the May incident and presented it to a grand jury — who handed up the decision.

FILE - This Oct. 24, 2006 file photo shows file photo shows the Ice Harbor dam on the Snake River in Pasco, Wash. (AP Photo/Jackie Johnston, File)

Tribes celebrate historic deal with White House that could save Pacific Northwest salmon

6:22pm December 14, 2023

by Kirk Siegler

The White House has reached what it says is an historic agreement over the restoration of salmon in the Pacific Northwest, a deal that could end for now a decades long legal battle with tribes.

An American bald eagle flies over Mill Pond while carrying a newly caught fish on July 21, 2018 in Centerport, New York.

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Two men charged with killing approximately 3,600 birds, including bald eagles

4:58pm December 14, 2023

by Diba Mohtasham

One of the men charged bragged about going on a "killing spree" to to get feathers from eagles for future sales.

Actor Jonathan Majors arrives at court for his domestic abuse trial, on Dec. 5, 2023, in New York.

Jury deliberations begin in the trial of actor Jonathan Majors

4:28pm December 14, 2023

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

Majors is on trial for assault and harassment in a domestic violence incident involving a former girlfriend. If convicted, he faces up to a year in prison.

A jury in San Francisco this week ruled that Google has operated as an illegal monopoly in the way it controls its app store. In a separate but related case involving Apple, a court ruled the opposite way.

Epic Games beat Google but lost to Apple in monopoly lawsuits. What does it all mean?

4:16pm December 14, 2023

by Bobby Allyn

The tech giants' app stores are multibillion-dollar money-makers. Now the services are under threat like never before.

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Supreme Court leaves Illinois semiautomatic gun ban in place

2:07pm December 14, 2023

by Nina Totenberg

Two lower courts have upheld the law, and Thursday's Supreme Court action marked the second time in six months that the justices have declined to intervene.

The population in U.S. jails, like the Los Angeles County Men's Central Jail pictured above, has risen since the pandemic. Most jail inmates are either awaiting court action on a current charge or held in jail for other reasons.

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Jail populations are bouncing back to near pre-pandemic levels

1:58pm December 14, 2023

by Jaclyn Diaz

During the COVID-19 pandemic, local jails and prisons released thousands of inmates early. Experts say the recent increase reflects a return to business as usual for the nation's carceral system.

Ernie Haynes stands next to a memorial for his daughter, Jennifer, at his home in Risingsun, Ohio. Following her drug overdose death in 2017, he was charged with abduction after trying to gain custody of his grandchildren. The action sparked a five-year legal battle to clear his name.

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Ohio prosecutors broke rules to win convictions and got away with it

7:36am December 14, 2023

About 100 prosecutors across Ohio violated standards meant to protect a defendant's civil rights in criminal trials, an investigation by NPR and its reporting partners found. Some did so repeatedly.

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Prosecution rests in former President Trump's civil fraud trial

7:36am December 14, 2023

After a 10-week civil fraud trial where Donald Trump and his three oldest children testified in public, testimony is now over. The prosecution has rested and the case will soon go to a judge.

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