A Connecticut Supreme Court justice on Wednesday faulted the state legislature for failing to detail how a state constitutional amendment protects alleged crime victims’ rights, leaving others on the court to question whether or how to acknowledge the competing rights of a former Yale University student acquitted of sexual assault. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted) )

Last month, a jury acquitted police officer Jeronimo Yanez of manslaughter for killing black motorist Philando Castile during a traffic stop. Castile was a victim of America’s mass-production approach to criminal justice, which features largely unaccountable and inadequately trained police enforcing frequently unjustifiable laws in a system riddled with disregard for fundamental fairness, says Clark Neily of the Cato Institute. ...

An immigration attorney will serve 21 months in prison for scheming to help a material witness in a criminal investigation into “birthing houses” for pregnant women looking to earn citizenship for their progeny escape the U.S., a California federal judge ruled Monday. Law360: acquitted