Sex Offender and Murderer Waives Right to a Speedy Trial
50-year-old Cleveland Ohio resident Anthony Sowell waived his right to speedy trial to accommodate a new defense team this week. Sowell, a registered sex offender who is charged with killing 11 women, also agreed Wednesday to allow police onto his fenced off property to preserve evidence. The suspected serial killer put in a plea of [...]
Courts Revisit Miranda Warnings, Possible Re-write
A Florida Supreme Court is looking over the famous Miranda warnings this week in order to ensure that officers of the law explicitly state that criminal suspects can have lawyer present ruing interrogations. The Miranda laws currently state that criminals have the ability to have a lawyer present but in what capacity and during what [...]