Lawrence courts

Parents of alleged rape victim file lawsuit against KU, calling university housing unsafe
KU says allegations in lawsuit are ‘baseless’
By Sara Shepherd
March 12, 2016
A couple who say their daughter was raped in Kansas University’s Jayhawker Towers apartments are suing the university, claiming KU is misleading the public by representing campus housing as safe. The former KU rower and Student Senate representative was a freshman when she says she was assaulted by another student.
Man charged after allegedly throwing bricks through downtown windows
By Elvyn Jones
March 7, 2016
A 55-year-old man remains in Douglas County Jail after allegedly throwing bricks through windows of two downtown businesses early Monday morning.
Appellate judges, including former Lawrence resident, go about business while Supreme Court storm swirls
Michael Doyle, McClatchy Washington Bureau (TNS)
February 17, 2016
On the surface, Tuesday seemed like just another day at the office for two top appellate judges who could be quietly competing for a new Supreme Court opening.
Lawrence native is second man with local ties named as possible U.S. Supreme Court nominee
By Sara Shepherd
February 15, 2016
Former Lawrencian Sri Srinivasan is No. 1 on several national media outlets’ shortlists of President Barack Obama’s possible nominees to replace U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia dead at 79
Mark Sherman | Associated Press
06:04 p.m., February 13, 2016 Updated 09:03 p.m.
Antonin Scalia, the influential conservative and most provocative member of the Supreme Court, has died. He was 79.
Wrongfully convicted Floyd Bledsoe seeks videotaped interrogations in Kansas
Associated Press
08:08 a.m., February 12, 2016 Updated 11:01 a.m.
A Kansas man who spent nearly 16 years in prison for a killing his brother later admitted to testified for a measure that would require law enforcement to record some interrogations.
Kansas officials, families react to U.S. Supreme Court ruling in death sentence cases
January 20, 2016
The U.S. Supreme Court sided Wednesday with Kansas officials seeking to reinstate death penalty sentences for three men, sending their cases back to the state’s highest court.
Kansas chief justice to deliver State of the Judiciary Feb. 3
Staff Report
January 11, 2016
Kansas Chief Justice Lawton Nuss will deliver his annual State of the Judiciary address at 12:30 p.m. on Feb. 3.
‘Who are you going to tell?’ — Floyd Bledsoe, wrongfully convicted of murder, discusses pain of prison, journey to forgiveness
By Karen Dillon
December 30, 2015
During the 15 years that Floyd Bledsoe was wrongfully imprisoned, he had plenty of time to think about the murder of 14-year-old Zetta “Camille” Arfmann. Who really did it? Was it his brother, Tom Bledsoe, who initially confessed in 1999 and then recanted? Did the killer act alone? There was one name, however, that he never considered.
Kansas Supreme Court hears Kleypas death-penalty appeal
Associated Press
December 14, 2015
An attorney for the first prisoner condemned to death in Kansas in more than three decades asked the state’s highest court Monday to throw out his sentence, alleging jurors should have been removed from the case after seeing the victim’s father lunge at the defendant in court.
Web of lies, indifference to justice led to wrong Kansas brother being imprisoned for more than 15 years
By Karen Dillon
December 13, 2015
In the beginning, even before the 14-year-old girl’s body was found on that unusually warm November day in 1999, authorities knew it was Tom Bledsoe who killed her. After all, he said so himself. By Karen Dillon
Lawrence man, woman charged in connection with weekend burglary, stolen car and credit cards
By Mackenzie Clark
December 1, 2015
Two Lawrence residents have been charged in connection with a burglary and use of a stolen financial card over the weekend.
Trial for man accused in downtown sexual assault continued
By Mackenzie Clark
December 1, 2015
The trial for a 53-year-old Lawrence man charged with aggravated sexual battery and aggravated criminal sodomy has been continued.
No sanctions imposed after Douglas County prosecutors disseminate sealed record
By Caitlin Doornbos
November 30, 2015
Douglas County District Judge Paula Martin on Monday decided not to impose any sanctions against the Douglas County District Attorney’s Office after prosecutors in a rape case admitted to improperly disseminating a sealed document.
Eudora man gets more than 16 years in prison for strangulation death of disabled home-care client
By Caitlin Doornbos
November 20, 2015
The Eudora man who strangled his disabled home-care client to death in September 2014 was sentenced Friday to more than 16 years in prison for the crime.

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