'El Chapo' Sentenced To Life Plus 30 Years A federal judge has sentenced Mexican drug kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán to life in prison plus 30 years. He was convicted on murder conspiracy and drug charges in February.
Mexican Drug Kingpin 'El Chapo' Is Sentenced To Life Plus 30 Years In U.S. Prison Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, the 62-year-old former head of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel, was convicted in February for drug crimes. A life sentence was mandatory. Bill Chappell
John Paul Stevens, Retired Supreme Court Justice, Dies At 99 Retired Justice John Paul Stevens, who served on the United States Supreme Court for nearly 35 years, died Tuesday of complications following a stroke. He was 99 years old. Nina Totenberg
NYPD Officer Involved In Eric Garner's Death Won't Face Federal Charges NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Josie Duffy Rice, president of "The Appeal" about the Justice Department declining to bring federal charges against a NYPD officer in the 2014 death of Eric Garner.
Retired Justice John Paul Stevens, A Maverick On The Bench, Dies At 99 Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has died at the age of 99. Appointed by President Gerald Ford, he was known for his "crafty and genial hand" and as a "judge's judge." Nina Totenberg
Court strikes down Seattle's wealth tax, but opens door for uniform income tax Kim Malcolm talks with KUOW's Carolyn Adolph about a State Court of Appeals ruling that says Seattle's wealth tax is unconstitutional. Kim Malcolm
New Mexico AG On His Push To Change The State's Sexual Misconduct Laws NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas about his push to change state law to require anyone with a sex trafficking conviction to register as a sex offender.
ACLU Will Try To Block Trump Administration's New Asylum Rule NPR's Noel King talks to the ACLU's Lee Gelernt about the lawsuit his organization is filing against the White House's new asylum rule in order to keep it from taking effect.
Neo-Nazi James Fields Gets 2nd Life Sentence For Charlottesville Attack The Virginia court's sentence is largely symbolic. Last month, a federal judge sentenced Fields to life in prison for killing a woman protesting a white nationalist rally in 2017. Sasha Ingber
Alan Dershowitz Weighs In On His Work On The Jeffrey Epstein Case NPR's Noel King talks to defense attorney Alan Dershowitz, who led the defense team that negotiated the 2008 non-prosecution agreement for financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.