politics Trump's sleep defense seems unlikely to prevail Jason Weisberger

courts Study: U.S. judges give harsher sentences when their football team loses Thom Dunn

Funny Some of the wildest court pleadings ever heard Devin Nealy

racists Defense lawyer in trial of Ahmaud Arbery's killers objects to courtroom visitors: "We don't want any more Black pastors coming in here" Rob Beschizza

murder Florida man interrogates his own son in court after killing the rest of his family Thom Dunn

courtroom drama In this incredible court hearing Zoom meeting an alleged abuser is discovered to be at victim's house Mark Frauenfelder

law The oil industry just told a judge that climate change is undeniably real, but they still found a way to weasel Cory Doctorow

News Trump falls asleep as vulgar comments from past read in court Mark Frauenfelder

creature from the black lagoon Donald Trump's "mud brown" face compared to grotesque monster in scathing 5-minute MSNBC segment (video) Carla Sinclair

intellectual property More shady legal trouble over the rights to American classic To Kill a Mockingbird Thom Dunn

rick and morty Update: Courtroom smackdown! Judge and defendant get nasty a la Rick and Morty Andrew Yi

politics Republican lawmaker convicted of raping intern Rob Beschizza

books John Darnielle's new novel is a riveting metafictional meditation on true crime stories Thom Dunn

movies A new taxonomy of the "Dad Thriller" movie genre Thom Dunn

crimes Gunmen disguised as lawyers shoot murder suspect in courtroom David Pescovitz

tabloids Royal dramas and Bill Gates' divorce in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

reddit This bot turns Reddit arguments into videos of animated courtroom dramas Mark Frauenfelder

Business Camp Fire: PG&E pleads guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter for negligence in California's worst wildfire Xeni Jardin

futility closet In 1957, English doctor John Bodkin Adams was accused of killing his patients for their money Futility Closet

happy mutants Science fiction and the law: beyond mere courtroom drama Cory Doctorow