Mark Goodwin hated his boss. According to Goodwin, the man treated him badly, embarrassed him often and sometimes cheated his customers.

To top it off, Goodwin said, his boss – controversial lawyer Phil Wasserman – refused to pay him $8,000 he was owed. So Goodwin stole a painting from Wasserman and gave it to a friend to sell. (more…)

It took a jury a little more than an hour Wednesday to decide that a preacher disturbed a religious service at Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church three years ago, but a church member did not.

The case against William Davis and Angela Sweet called into play the issues of freedom of speech, freedom of religion and the separation of church and state. (more…)

In Florida vs. William Davis and Angela Sweet, church and state find themselves on the same side in a case that grew from a deep schism at Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church. (more…)

Abdur Rahman Shahid said he ran away from police because he has AIDS and was afraid of dying in prison for an armed robbery he didn’t commit.

But a jury decided that though he wasn’t guilty of robbery, he was guilty of grand theft. (more…)