A Rastafarian man says that he was forced to shave off his dreadlocks in prison, and he is now suing. The United States Supreme Court has agreed to take up the case, and the outcome could be interesting. Just last week, we wrote about a case involving Native American inmates who could not follow their Read More

Lawsuits involving zoning applications rarely make headlines, but the involvement of the Department of Justice and a major North Carolina “megachurch” has generated considerable interest in one of these cases. The case involves the Summit Church, a Baptist Evangelical organization with 12 campuses across the Tar Heel State. It regularly attracts over 10,000 people per Read More

The United States Supreme Court recently ruled in favor of permitting ministers to both “pray over” as well as physically touch inmates on death row during the process when lethal injection is received. The Court has increasingly dismissed stay requests from prisoners who are facing execution, so this new ruling is a significant development. Texas Read More