Law

Police investigate a fatal shooting outside of East High School in Des Moines, Iowa, on Monday. Police said it was the fourth homicide in Des Moines this year.

National

6 teens have been arrested in a shooting that killed 1 outside an Iowa school

10:55am March 08, 2022

by The Associated Press

A teenager was killed and two others were critically wounded after gunfire that appeared to come from a passing vehicle struck them, authorities in Des Moines said.

Books

Law professor Kim Wehle's latest book is 'How To Think Like a Lawyer — and Why'

7:42am March 08, 2022

NPR's A Martinez talks to Wehle about her book which offers tips for how you might be able to avoid some big legal bills if you're ever involved in a lawsuit. She lays it out in a five-step process.

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National

Jury selection to begin for 4 men accused in plot to kidnap Michigan's governor

7:27am March 08, 2022

by Tyler Scott

A trial starts Tuesday for four men accused of planning to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. The men's attorneys plan to argue that they were entrapped.

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Politics & Government

Supreme Court stays out of key state rulings on partisan gerrymandering, for now

8:07pm March 07, 2022

by Nina Totenberg

In cases from North Carolina and Pennsylvania, Republican state legislatures sought to block decisions issued by state supreme courts based on the states' respective constitutions.

Brandon Jackson aims to help others who were convicted with split decisions

5:01am March 07, 2022

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Brandon Jackson, who spent 25 years in prison in Louisiana after being convicted by a non-unanimous jury, which is now an unconstitutional practice.

Ron Shehee had been at the federal prison complex in Lompoc, Calif., only a few months when the pandemic struck.

As COVID spread in federal prisons, many at-risk inmates tried and failed to get out

5:00am March 07, 2022

Federal prisons saw a significant rise in deaths during the pandemic years, NPR found. Of those who died from COVID-19, nearly all were elderly or had health conditions, and many had tried to get out.

National

What a Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson could bring to the Supreme Court

4:51pm March 05, 2022

NPR's Michel Martin to speaks with Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women's Law Center, about the historic nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.

National

Ketanji Brown Jackson could bring public defender background to Supreme Court

4:51pm March 05, 2022

NPR's Michel Martin to speaks with former Federal Public Defender Martin Sabelli about why he thinks so few public defenders are appointed to federal judgeships.

Politics & Government

Rioters plea guilty this week as Jan. 6 panel alleges Trump broke the law

8:01am March 05, 2022

by Scott Simon

Scott Simon speaks with independent journalist Marcy Wheeler, who covers national security, about the latest developments in the Jan. 6 insurrection trial.

The Supreme Court has reinstated the death sentence for convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. The justices, by a 6-3 vote Friday, agreed with the Biden administration's arguments that a federal appeals court was wrong to throw out the senten

Politics & Government

The Supreme Court reimposes a death sentence for the Boston bomber

6:08pm March 04, 2022

by Nina Totenberg

The Supreme Court reversed a federal appeals court in Boston that had overturned Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's death sentence. The 2013 attack killed three people.

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