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Trials

Archie Enemy

From a complaint filed last September as part of a $32.5 million gender discrimination lawsuit against Archie Comics co-CEO Nancy Silberkleit. Six employees allege that for more than a decade…

No Man Is an Island

From a decision by the Immigration and Protection Tribunal of New Zealand in the case of Ioane Teitiota, who because of rising sea levels fled his home country of Kiribati,…

The Man Who Saves You from Yourself

by Nathaniel Rich,

Going undercover with a cult infiltrator

A Kangaroo in Obama’s Court

by Lawrence Douglas,Art by Steve Mumford,

Will the Guantánamo tribunal execute a man we tortured?

Stubble Trouble

From a court memo filed by attorneys for Samuel Mullet Sr., an Amish bishop from Bergholz, Ohio. Mullet was sentenced in February to fifteen years in prison for having coordinated…

Untitled

by Steve Mumford,

The Marriage Plot

From an April 30 police report and subsequent affidavit on the arrest of Jacob Forster, a graduate student in chemistry at Washington State University, who is charged with the attempted…

One Porn Every Minute

by John Steele,

From a complaint filed against several bloggers by John Steele, an Illinois attorney whose firm, Prenda Law, claims its mission is to fight copyright piracy. According to court documents, Prenda…

Final Jeopardy

From more than 200 questions posed by jurors over two days in March during the trial of Jodi Arias. Arias, who stands accused of the 2008 murder of her former…

Never Say Neuter

by Clinton Norris,

From a January 22 report by New Mexico State Police officer Clinton Norris. Tanner Ruane and Mark Staake were arrested before they carried out their plan and are awaiting trial.…

The Unraveling of Bo Xilai

by Lauren Hilgers,

China loses a populist star