Criminal cases will be scheduled before civil litigation when jury trials resume Oct. 5 if all goes according to plan amid uncertainty about COVID-19’s resilience and the likely need for social distancing well into the fall, the chair of Maryland’s ...

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HARTFORD, Conn. — As dogs and other animals are increasingly used in courts to comfort and calm prosecution witnesses, a few voices are calling for keeping the practice on a short leash, saying they could bias juries. The use of ...

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