SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Lawyers have been given the green light to scan the social media sites of jurors. The American Bar Association says it's ethical for lawyers to scour online for publicly available musings of citizens called for jury service — a

For years, Lacey Spears shared on her blog and on social media the heartbreaking tale of her blond-haired, blue-eyed boy's constant battle with illness. The 26-year-old from New York state appeared to be a doting mother, who wrote of her five-yea

CARLTON, Ga. – Authorities in northeast Georgia say the father of a 1-year-old girl found crawling along a highway has been charged with child cruelty, reckless conduct and obstruction. The Athens Banner-Herald reports (http://bit.ly/1n5Pa40 ) a man d

Suppose you spent five years in prison for a crime you didn't commit. How much does the government owe you? Over the past few decades, the rise of DNA exonerations has made this a more pressing question. And many states have created explicit polici