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Adnan Syed meets with reporters Tuesday, announcing that he's calling for the Maryland attorney general to investigate his case. (The Daily Record/Madeleine O'Neill) Adnan Syed spoke publicly about his 1999 murder case Tuesday, using a press conference at his family’s Baltimore County home to call for an investigation into what he called repeated prosecutorial misconduct in the case. The

At least six female teachers were arrested in a span of two days this week for having sex with students — including a Kentucky staffer who allegedly had trysts with a pair of 16-year-old boys.

Ellen Shell, 38, of Danville, was arraigned in Garrard County District Court on Thursday after prosecutors said she had sex with the teens on two separate occasions in July and August of last year

Facing a mountain of potential lawsuits connected to its history of child sexual abuse committed by priests, America’s oldest Catholic archdiocese declared bankruptcy Friday, a move designed to limit its liability against potential damages and conserve its assets. The bankruptcy petition, filed in federal bankruptcy court in Baltimore, was not unexpected. Archbishop William E. Lori, the

The Indiana Supreme Court’s disciplinary commission filed a complaint Monday alleging that Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita violated professional conduct after his statements in 2022 about the case of a 10-year-old Ohio girl who sought an abortion in Indiana and the doctor who performed the procedure. The complaint alleges that Rokita violated professional conduct rules in statements he