Tag: State courts

Indiana court rules prison can take cash from inmate account

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BUNKER HILL Ind. — The Indiana Court of Appeals has ruled against an inmate who sued after money was withdrawn from his prison account...

EXPLAINER: What to know as Chauvin sentenced in Floyd death

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MINNEAPOLIS — Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin faces sentencing Friday in the death of George Floyd, with a judge weighing a prison term...

Iowa court blocks mandatory waiting period for abortion

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An Iowa judge blocked a state law that would have imposed a 24-hour waiting period before women could get abortions, likely setting up a...

Iowa’s high court stops lawsuit over farm runoff pollution

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DES MOINES, Iowa — A sharply divided Iowa Supreme Court on Friday stopped a lawsuit aimed at reducing the flow of fertilizer and hog...

Iowa Supreme Court bars warrantless police searches of trash

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IOWA CITY, Iowa — A divided Iowa Supreme Court on Friday banned police from searching people’s uncollected trash without a warrant, outlawing an investigative...

Appeals court refuses to reinstate N Carolina abortion ban

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RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina's ban on most abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy must remain unenforceable, a federal appeals court ruled on...

Federal judge won’t halt upcoming South Carolina executions

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — A federal judge on Friday declined to halt the upcoming executions of two South Carolina prisoners slated to die later this...

NC Supreme Court upholds murder charge in child abuse case

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RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina's Supreme Court on Friday upheld a lower court's decision finding a man guilty of first-degree murder by starvation and...

Justices to decide if charge fits Minneapolis police killing

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MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday in the case of Mohamed Noor, a former Minneapolis police officer who was...

Justices to decide if charge fits Minneapolis police killing

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MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday in the case of Mohamed Noor, a former Minneapolis police officer who was...