Law & Society

The controversial case of the "affluenza" teen continues, as his mother, the one who gave the affluenza defense as the reason for the drunk driving incident, was released from jail on Tuesday.

California Secretary of State Alex Padilla confirmed the start of collecting signatures for a proposed ballot initiative. Terrance Lynn, the proponent, wanted to fight for minimum legal drinking age to be 18 instead of 21.

Double-amputee South African paralympian Oscar Pistorius will face a 15-year sentence. He was found guilty of murdering his model girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, in 2013 during Valentine's Day.