Today's Situation Room:
Wolf Blitzer delivers the most important breaking news and political, international, and national security stories of the day. Tune to The Situation Room weekdays 5-7pm ET on CNN.
W.H. confirms Lynch for attorney general
The White House confirmed that President Barack Obama will nominate Loretta Lynch to become the next attorney general.
Pa. police: Suspect Eric Frein captured
Pennsylvania State Police say they have captured suspect Eric Frein after more than six weeks on the run. Full story
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Post by: Filed under: FBI • Jeffrey Toobin • Pennsylvania • Tom Fuentes • violence • Wolf Blitzer |
Toobin: Handling of Rice case appalling
CNN legal analyst weighs in on the district attorney and the NFL's handling of Ray Rice's domestic abuse case.
Ruling: Warrant needed to search phones
The Supreme Court issued a ruling confirming that police must have a warrant to search an arrested person's cell phone.
Holder the most "activist" Attorney General?
Eric Holder urges states' attorneys general to be 'suspicious' of legal classifications based on sexual orientation, telling them they do not have to uphold their states' bans on same-sex marriage. CNN's Jeffrey Toobin explains the move is part of Holder's more activist streak in the last six months.
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Post by: Filed under: Eric Holder • Jeffrey Toobin • Same-sex marriage |
Clarence Thomas' eight years of silence
CNN's Jeffrey Toobin talks about his op-ed in the New Yorker where he called Justice Thomas' silence "disgraceful."
Wife: Zimmerman became "a pacing lion"
Just days after his latest arrest, George Zimmerman's estranged wife Shellie speaks out against her husband, saying she now has doubts about what happened the night he and Trayvon Martin met in Sanford, Florida.
Wolf Blitzer discusses her revelations with CNN's Legal Analyst Sunny Hostin and Senior Legal Analyst Jeffrey Toobin.
Michael Skakel conviction overturned
News that broke in The Situation Room: Michael Skakel, a cousin of the Kennedy's, will get a new trial after his 2002 conviction for killing neighbor Martha Moxley with a golf club in 1975. Skakel's attorney argued that former attorney Michael Sherman failed to adequately represent him in court, and Connecticut Appellate Judge Thomas Bishop agreed.
“Although defense counsel’s errors of judgment and execution are not the fault of the state, a defendant’s constitutional right to adequate representation cannot be overshadowed by the inconvenience and financial and emotional cost of a new trial,” Judge Bishop wrote in his decision.
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Zimmerman jury adjourns until Saturday
The judge instructs the jury in the trial of George Zimmerman as it adjourns after the first day of deliberations.
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What to expect from Zimmerman defense
The prosecution has finished its closing arguments in the George Zimmerman trial. Our legal panel shares what's to come.
RELATED STORY: 'Coulda beens,' 'what ifs' not enough to convict Zimmerman, defense says
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