March 6, 2017 (Fault Lines)—Markeith Loyd of Orlando is accused of some pretty serious stuff: Almost two months ago, Loyd was working at a fast-food restaurant and expecting a child with his girlfriend Sade Dixon, whom...

March 2, 2017 (Fault Lines) — Ol’ Blue Eyes once crooned that he “wanted to wake up in the city that never sleeps.” Chipotle executive Mark Crumpacker apparently never wanted to go to sleep in the...

February 27, 2016 (Fault Lines) — The police often get a bad rap when it comes to sexual assault investigations. A lot of times, it’s because of articles like this one, where the headline blares “Justice...

February 23, 2017 (Fault Lines) — A year ago, Denise Krohn suffered a tragedy: Denise Krohn left her home to go shopping around 6:30 Wednesday. She arrived back shortly before 9 p.m. and saw her beloved...

February 20, 2017 (Fault Lines)–The Iowa Supreme Court just handed down a decision in State v. Richardson that perfectly illustrates the occasional disconnect between the law and reality. Daimonay Richardson was convicted of second degree murder...

February 16, 2017 (Fault Lines) – In yet another edition of the ongoing criminal law soap opera, Hammer and Nails, this case may be the dumbest one yet. If there’s any saving grace, it’s that it...

February 13, 2017 (Fault Lines) — The trial of Ken Ward, an environmental activist who shut down an oil pipeline in Skagit County, Washington last year, ended in a hung jury. There wasn’t any dispute as...

February 9, 2017 (Fault Lines) — Tennessee is a month into the enforcement of a new law designed to continuously track the insurance status of its drivers. In a classic demonstration of the Ted Frank Rule,...

February 6, 2017 (Fault Lines) — Kenneth Suttner had a tough life, and tragically, he chose to end it. As it often does, it started in school: Lexie Graves, who said Suttner was her best friend,...

February 2, 2017 (Fault Lines) — President Trump’s nomination of Neil Gorsuch has led to the expected opposition. This has less to do with Gorsuch’s qualifications or character, and more to do with the fact that...