(CN) – A woman’s recantation of testimony that her older brother sexually abused her as a child is not enough to prove him innocent, the 9th Circuit ruled Tuesday. Scott Jones was convicted in 2003 of ...

Mark M. Baker, of counsel to Brafman and Associates, writes that no opinion has been more misunderstood and universally misapplied than the Court of Appeals' 90-year-old decision in Shilitano II.

Last June, the Brooklyn DA made a big announcement about the arrests of Damien Crooks and Jamali Brockett, who were accused of forcing a 13-year-old Orthodox Jewish girl into prostitution in 2003—and ...

Charles Farrar is serving what amounts to a life sentence for sexual assault on a child — even though his accuser, his stepdaughter Sacha, came forward months after the verdict and admitted to ...

Author Norman Finkelstein takes aim at the recent Washington Post opinion piece by South African jurist Richard Goldstone and says there isn’t a scintilla of new evidence that can warrant it. On April ...

We’ve been reporting for nearly a year that Shannon Gholston, an Ecorse man paralyzed from the neck down since being shot in 2000, had changed his story regarding the identity of the gunman who shot ...

MANILA, Philippines - A Palace official admitted yesterday that the recantation made by Subic rape victim “Nicole” against American Marine Lance Corporal Daniel Smith could have an impact on the ...

(L-R) Helene M. Weiss of Marsh Law Firm and Daniel Pollack, professor at Yeshiva University's School of Social Work in New York City. Courtesy Photos ...