My KS Attorney, Cherilyn Hearn

03/04/2026

https://theconversation.com/public-defender-shortage-is-leading-to-hundreds-of-criminal-cases-being-dismissed-275534

There are never enough lawyers to provide indigent defense, but the situation has gotten worse since the pandemic.

02/24/2026

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/defense-attorneys-mapping-tool-justice-dept-weaponization/

A defense lawyers group has posted a tracking tool to enable users to check on the status of some of the controversial prosecutions attempted by DOJ in the first year of Trump's second term.

01/20/2026

When you get to the courthouse at 8am and there's no parking for blocks...

01/19/2026

https://www.facebook.com/share/1GMQ1SUT59/

A judge and his wife were shot in their home this past weekend in Lafayette, Indiana.

01/15/2026

https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/01/court-finds-police-properly-entered-mans-home-despite-absence-of-a-warrant/

01/14/2026

12/09/2025

https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/us/murdaugh-killings-court-clerk

The former court clerk in South Carolina who helped out with the murder trial of attorney Alex Murdaugh pleaded guilty Monday to criminal charges for showing sealed court exhibits to a photographer and lying about it in court.

11/26/2025

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/25/europe/italy-femicide-law-intl-hnk

Italy’s parliament on Tuesday approved a law that introduces femicide into the country’s criminal law and punishes it with life in prison.

11/26/2025

A critical shortage of lawyers makes it hard to find justice in rural Kansas. The state Supreme Court and Legislature are working on it.

11/19/2025

This is my free legal advice for the day... Do not get arrested in December. There are attorneys and judges who take the whole month off. The courts are a mess. The schedule is terrible and it is not like law and order. You will be in jail on Christmas!!

Just take a break.. get along. 🤷‍♀️

07/23/2025

Eye witness testimony is inherently dangerous. It's not because anyone is lying... it's just because the mind plays tricks.

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07/12/2025

https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/schools-brace-wave-parents-seeking-opt-outs-after/story?id=123655665

When public school teachers return to classrooms this fall, they will confront a new legal landscape giving parents veto power over aspects of a child’s education.