Amy Yurkanin

A 19-year-old was arrested and charged with murder after a fatal car accident in Alabama. His lawyers have come to believe that one factor changed the course of the case, starting in the first moments after the crash.

A review of more than 100 court cases found some immigrants saw harsher punishments, even when they have fewer prior convictions. Defendants in these cases said they believe their citizenship status tipped the scales of justice against them.

A virtual court hearing from a pregnant mother's hospital bed shows what forced medical treatment can look like.

Court-ordered medical procedures are just one of the ways pregnant patients' rights are restricted. The effort is rooted in the concept of fetal personhood — that a fetus has equal and, in some cases, more rights than the woman sustaining it.

Mentally competent patients typically have the right to choose medical care, or refuse it. That is, unless they’re pregnant in Florida