Crime, Law and Justice

'Serial' subject Adnan Syed deserves a new trial, appeals court rules
Maryland's second-highest court has upheld a ruling vacating Syed's murder conviction, which the hit podcast covered. Syed will be re-tried in a lower court, provided Thursday's ruling isn't appealed.
Report: Michigan State spent $500,000 to keep tabs on Nassar victims, journalists
The Lansing State Journal reports that emails show public relations firm Weber Shandwick charged more than $500,000 for monitoring the social media activity of Larry Nassar's victims and journalists.
Police: Rocori superintendent exposed himself numerous times
Police investigating the superintendent of the Rocori school district in central Minnesota say he may have exposed himself more than a dozen times at different stores in the St. Cloud area in recent months.
Minneapolis FBI agent charged with leaking classified information to reporter
Terry Albury, who was working on counterterrorism, was charged this week by the Justice Department with one count of "knowingly and willfully" transmitting documents relating to national defense to a reporter.
Prince family lawyers to view data for potential lawsuit
Prosecutors in the Minnesota county where Prince died have agreed to share investigative files with attorneys for the musician's family under strict guidelines.
'They don't care': Whistleblower says Cambridge Analytica aims to undermine democracy
"Donald Trump makes it click in your head that this actually has a much wider impact," former Cambridge Analytica employee Christopher Wylie said of Trump's election and the misuse of data.