Texas has a new law when it comes to police interrogations. Last month, House Bill 34 went into effect, now requiring law enforcement to record the audio for all serious felony interrogations. The push behind the new law is to prevent innocent people from being charged and convicted for crimes they didn’t commit. Lawmakers who […]
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in two different cases that it is unconstitutional to sentence juveniles who have been convicted of homicide to mandatory life sentences with no chance for parole. The Court ruled that the brains of teenagers are not yet fully developed, giving them a chance at rehabilitation. The Court recognized that […]
Honda has announced an $605 million-dollar economic settlement which will cover more than 16 million vehicles here in the U.S. which had defective Takata airbags installed. At least 18 people have been killed and another 180 victims injured because of issues with faulty Takata airbag inflators. The inflators have propellant wafers made out of ammonium […]
When lawmakers in Connecticut sat down to write a bill that would ban weaponized drones, they made one exception – and that was for law enforcement agencies. The current bill would allow police to equip drones with weapons that could inflict deadly force. There are currently weaponized drones bans in 36 other states in the […]
Last month, the ridesharing company Uber admitted it had collected millions and millions of dollars over a three-year period from drivers in New York City and shortchanged payments to those drivers. It is estimated that here were tens of thousands of drivers who the company failed to reimburse. Uber says each of those drivers will […]