Filling Justice Stevens’ vacancy, Elena Kagan was sworn in as a US Supreme Court Justice by Chief Justice Roberts on April 7, 2010. Just the fourth female US Supreme Court justice, Kagan was President Obama’s second Supreme Court nomination since taking office. Although Kagan has no prior judicial experience outside of clerkships, she brings her… Read more »

Ramsey County, MN: Koua Fong Lee Released, No retrial
Koua Fong Lee was convicted of criminal vehicular homicide in Ramsey County from a 2006 automobile accident where his car slammed into another vehicle, killing three of it’s occupants. Lee was sentenced to 8 years in prison. During Lee’s trial, the prosecution presented expert testimony that Lee did not apply the brakes in his 1996… Read more »