Court Cases

Oliver Mauricio Funes-Machado, 18, reportedly told 911 dispatchers that he stabbed his mother "like eight times," it was revealed in court.

Roger B. Taney was the Supreme Court chief justice who wrote the 1857 Dred Scott decision that ruled that blacks could not be considered U.S. citizens.

The Supreme Court took a strong stand against racism in jury rooms, making a unique ruling against reported bias for the first time.