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DNA testing could clear a dead man’s name

March 23, 2026

Every state now has a legal avenue where people can request DNA testing of evidence after being convicted. But in many cases, it’s not clear if those statutes apply once convicts have died, said Brandon Garrett, a law professor at Duke University.

Posthumous exonerations based on DNA testing are exceedingly rare. There are only seven such cases across the nation over the past three decades, according to a database maintained by Garrett.

But there is always the possibility of more, and Tanner’s case could help pave the way. The advent of DNA testing “upended all these traditional notions of finality,” Garrett said. “As long as it’s kept in a dry place, you can test it 60 days later or 10 years later.”

OpenAI sued for practicing law without a license

March 16, 2026

OpenAI has been accused of practicing law without a license in a lawsuit brought by Nippon Life Insurance Co. of America.

According to the insurer’s complaint, which was filed on Wednesday in the Northern District of Illinois, OpenAI’s artificial intelligence platform ChatGPT pushed a woman seeking disability benefits to breach a settlement agreement and file dozens of motions that “serve no legitimate legal or procedural purpose.”

The how and why of gun control

March 12, 2026

What is at stake in Hemani is not whether the government may criminalize mixing guns and drugs.
Rather, the law under which it indicted him prohibits a person from possessing firearms at all times because he sometimes uses drugs.

Antitrust Case Against Live Nation

March 9, 2026

Attorney General Nessel Vows to Continue Antitrust Case Against Live Nation for Illegally Monopolizing Live Entertainment Industry

After a settlement was announced between Live Nation and the U.S. DOJ over antitrust claims, AG Nessel & a bipartisan multistate coalition announced they will not join the settlement and will continue litigating their claims separately.