How To Get Estate Documents In Order During The Pandemic How does one prepare legal documents if diagnosed with COVID-19? Estate planning attorney Stephanie Perry advises listeners on whether and how to prepare a will and get other documents in order.
Supreme Court Guarantees Right To Unanimous Verdict In Serious Criminal Trials The justices struck down laws in two states that allowed convictions for serious crimes without unanimous jury verdicts. Nina Totenberg
Supreme Court Decides Unanimous Verdicts Are Required To Convict For Serious Crimes The Supreme Court said unanimous jury verdicts are required in criminal trials for serious offenses. At issue is a case from Louisiana in which the defendant was convicted of murder on a 10-2 vote. Nina Totenberg
Mississippi Prison System Faces Investigation, Lawsuits After Rash Of Inmate Deaths At least 30 inmates in Mississippi have died since the end of last year. The state is facing lawsuits and a federal investigation over decrepit conditions and a culture of neglect and corruption. Debbie Elliott
Coronavirus Likely To Supercharge Election-Year Lawsuits Over Voting Rights Both parties are turning to the courts to try to ensure that election rules don't disadvantage their side. The litigation campaign has taken on a new urgency amid the coronavirus pandemic. Pam Fessler
Listener Questions About What Essential Workers Can Do If They Feel Unsafe What should essential workers do if they don't feel safe from the coronavirus at their jobs? Labor lawyer Shannon Liss-Riordan has some advice for people on the front lines.
Florida Judge Wants Lawyers To Dress Appropriately For Zoom Meetings In a letter published by the Weston Bar Association, Broward County Judge Dennis Bailey wrote one attorney showed up to a meeting without a shirt on. Another was still in bed, under the covers.
Supreme Court To Hear Arguments By Telephone, Including On Trump's Financial Records They are among a series of oral arguments the court said Monday it would hear by telephone conference in the first half of May. Nina Totenberg
To Combat High Infection Rate, Chicago Jail Releases Hundreds The Cook County Jail has the largest outbreak of the coronavirus behind bars, with more than 400 staff and inmates infected. They've offered early release to ease overcrowding, but the risk remains. Cheryl Corley
Judge Calls System's Treatment Of Those Who Have Mental Illnesses 'The Definition Of Insanity' NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Steven Leifman, who advocates for people with mental health issues in the criminal justice system. He's the focus of a PBS documentary.