Two years ago, Joshua Amburgy was accused of killing his mother in Miami township. Now, prosecutors are trying for a second ...

According to a former federal prosecutor who has tried a high-profile corruption case in Illinois, U.S. government attorneys ...

I was recently in court with a complex domestic litigation matter. My client was the “respondent” which, in family law ...

A jury on Friday found former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison guilty of violating Breonna Taylor's civil rights ...

It is not clear whether that ruling will impact the court’s decision on the burden of proof required. Several interested third parties have filed amicus briefs before the Supreme Court in this ...

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently delivered a significant judgment in the case of Goverdhan Vs Chief Municipal Officer, ...

The notion of burden of proof and its companion notion of presumption are central to argumentation studies. This book argues that we can learn a lot from how the courts have developed procedures over ...

Donald Griffin co-discovered bat sonar, founded the field of echolocation, and opened the door for the study of awareness and ...

With another Veteran’s Day commemoration upon us, let’s discuss veteran disability benefit claims. What are those, and how does the law deal with them?

A number of federal laws use a preponderance of evidence standard and so should the Fair Labor Standards Act, says the ...

the Supreme Court agreed to hear Carrera to clarify the precise burden of proof that employers need to meet to satisfy that ...

However, when the accused invokes self-defense, the burden of proof is shifted from the prosecution to the defense, and it becomes incumbent upon the accused to prove, by clear and convincing evidence ...