<p>Bloodied Faces, Sobbing Children: <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> Officers Smash Car Windows to Speed Up Arrests <br>==<br>We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> took office. </p><p><a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> claims its officers use a “minimum amount of force.” </p><p>You can judge for yourself. </p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/courts/" rel="tag">#Courts</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a></p><p><a href="https://projects.propublica.org/trump-ice-smashed-windows-deportation-arrests/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="projects.propublica.org/trump-ice-smashed-windows-deportation-arrests/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">projects.propublica.org/trump-</span><span class="invisible">ice-smashed-windows-deportation-arrests/</span></a></p>
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<p>The <a href="/tags/lawsofwar/" rel="tag">#LawsOfWar</a> Are Being Largely Ignored</p><p><a href="/tags/international/" rel="tag">#International</a> <a href="/tags/courts/" rel="tag">#courts</a> have never been busier. Conflicts are more common than at any point since 1945. Ever more <a href="/tags/civilians/" rel="tag">#civilians</a> are being bombed, <a href="/tags/starved/" rel="tag">#starved</a> & <a href="/tags/raped/" rel="tag">#raped</a> by men with guns. These are the curses that the laws of war were invented to prevent, & that international courts are meant to punish & deter.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/internationallaw/" rel="tag">#InternationalLaw</a> <a href="/tags/icc/" rel="tag">#ICC</a> <a href="/tags/icj/" rel="tag">#ICJ</a> <a href="/tags/crimesagainsthumanity/" rel="tag">#CrimesAgainstHumanity</a> <a href="/tags/warcrimes/" rel="tag">#WarCrimes</a> <a href="/tags/geopolitics/" rel="tag">#geopolitics</a> <a href="/tags/rulesbasedorder/" rel="tag">#RulesBasedOrder</a> <a href="/tags/newworldorder/" rel="tag">#NewWorldOrder</a> <br><a href="https://www.economist.com/international/2025/08/05/why-the-laws-of-war-are-widely-ignored" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.economist.com/international/2025/08/05/why-the-laws-of-war-are-widely-ignored"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.economist.com/internationa</span><span class="invisible">l/2025/08/05/why-the-laws-of-war-are-widely-ignored</span></a></p>
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<p>What One Man’s 45-Year-Old Case Tells Us About the “Jim Crow Juries” Haunting Louisiana<br>---</p><p>Today, a split verdict would mean a mistrial. But in 1980s Louisiana, when nonunanimous juries were still legal, 19-year-old Lloyd Gray, a Black man, was sentenced to prison for life — even though the only two Black jurors had voted not guilty.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/lloyd-gray-louisiana-split-juries-history?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/lloyd-gray-louisiana-split-juries-history?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/llo</span><span class="invisible">yd-gray-louisiana-split-juries-history?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/louisiana/" rel="tag">#Louisiana</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/courts/" rel="tag">#Courts</a> <a href="/tags/prison/" rel="tag">#Prison</a></p>
<p>Appeals Court Upholds Shaken Baby Conviction Despite Medical Examiner Recanting Testimony<br>---</p><p>Dissenting from the court's majority, one judge sounded the alarm about ignoring recanted forensic testimony, saying the medical examiner's reversal "calls into doubt the foundation of the trial."<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-russell-maze-shaken-baby-conviction-appeal?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-russell-maze-shaken-baby-conviction-appeal?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ten</span><span class="invisible">nessee-russell-maze-shaken-baby-conviction-appeal?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/nashville/" rel="tag">#Nashville</a> <a href="/tags/tennessee/" rel="tag">#Tennessee</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/courts/" rel="tag">#Courts</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/doctors/" rel="tag">#Doctors</a></p>
<p>NEW: The Victims Who Fought Back</p><p>An <a href="/tags/oklahoma/" rel="tag">#Oklahoma</a> law was supposed to help reduce the sentences of women who killed their abusers. </p><p>Why are nearly all of them still in prison?</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-survivors-act-domestic-violence" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-survivors-act-domestic-violence"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/okl</span><span class="invisible">ahoma-survivors-act-domestic-violence</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#crime</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#criminaljustice</a> <a href="/tags/domesticviolence/" rel="tag">#domesticviolence</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/justice/" rel="tag">#justice</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#women</a> <a href="/tags/courts/" rel="tag">#courts</a></p>
<p>NEW: If Attorney General Pam Bondi’s team wins this case, thousands of immigrant moms and dads could be exposed to deportation for minor involvement in the juvenile court system, a new realm for President Trump’s deportation regime.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-immigration-deportation-family-court-sotero-mendoza-rivera" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-immigration-deportation-family-court-sotero-mendoza-rivera"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-immigration-deportation-family-court-sotero-mendoza-rivera</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/deportation/" rel="tag">#deportation</a> <a href="/tags/pambondi/" rel="tag">#PamBondi</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#government</a> <a href="/tags/courts/" rel="tag">#courts</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#criminaljustice</a></p>
<p>They Didn’t Want to Have C-Sections. A Judge Would Decide How They Gave Birth.<br>---</p><p>Two Florida women had to attend virtual court hearings while in labor to argue for their right to choose their own medical care. As their state pushes to expand some types of medical freedom, it has also constricted the rights of pregnant women.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/florida-court-ordered-c-sections?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/florida-court-ordered-c-sections?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/flo</span><span class="invisible">rida-court-ordered-c-sections?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/florida/" rel="tag">#Florida</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/pregnancy/" rel="tag">#Pregnancy</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/doctors/" rel="tag">#Doctors</a> <a href="/tags/courts/" rel="tag">#Courts</a> <a href="/tags/legal/" rel="tag">#Legal</a></p>
<p>One man, who admitted he had entered the U.S. illegally and was ready to be deported, sat in jail for 40 days over unfounded allegations of trespassing on military land.</p><p>His case was dismissed, but federal prosecutors keep pursuing similar cases.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/immigration-military-trespassing-charges-pam-bondi?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/immigration-military-trespassing-charges-pam-bondi?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/imm</span><span class="invisible">igration-military-trespassing-charges-pam-bondi?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/legal/" rel="tag">#Legal</a> <a href="/tags/courts/" rel="tag">#Courts</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/doj/" rel="tag">#DOJ</a> <a href="/tags/pambondi/" rel="tag">#PamBondi</a></p>
<p>Cherise Doyley never expected to see a judge while in labor.</p><p>Yet she found herself fighting a court for the right to make medical decisions about her own body — from her hospital bed. Here’s how her case unfolded.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/florida-court-hearing-c-section?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/florida-court-hearing-c-section?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/flo</span><span class="invisible">rida-court-hearing-c-section?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/florida/" rel="tag">#Florida</a> <a href="/tags/pregnancy/" rel="tag">#Pregnancy</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/courts/" rel="tag">#Courts</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a></p>
<p>This Louisiana prosecutor...<br>• Was forced to resign from the DA’s office for submitting false paperwork<br>• Withheld evidence in at least 3 death row cases<br>• Compared a Black teen to a dog and told the jury to “get rid of it”</p><p>Now he’s running for judge.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/hugo-holland-louisiana-judge-race-controversies?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/hugo-holland-louisiana-judge-race-controversies?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/hug</span><span class="invisible">o-holland-louisiana-judge-race-controversies?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/louisiana/" rel="tag">#Louisiana</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/legal/" rel="tag">#Legal</a> <a href="/tags/courts/" rel="tag">#Courts</a> <a href="/tags/election/" rel="tag">#Election</a> <a href="/tags/neworleans/" rel="tag">#NewOrleans</a> <a href="/tags/shreveport/" rel="tag">#Shreveport</a></p>
<p>“We're not a racist organization, and we don't racial profile.”</p><p>That’s a claim that Sheriff Jerry Sheridan has made again and again.</p><p>But annual reviews of every traffic stop or arrest of a Latino person have repeatedly contradicted him.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/sheriff-jerry-sheridan-maricopa-county-court-oversight?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/sheriff-jerry-sheridan-maricopa-county-court-oversight?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/she</span><span class="invisible">riff-jerry-sheridan-maricopa-county-court-oversight?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/arizona/" rel="tag">#Arizona</a> <a href="/tags/maricopacounty/" rel="tag">#MaricopaCounty</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/courts/" rel="tag">#Courts</a> <a href="/tags/racism/" rel="tag">#Racism</a></p>