First, a definition for moral turpitude — an act or behavior that gravely violates the sentiment or accepted standard of the community. Mind you, moral turpitude involves numerous definitions ...

"Moral turpitude" is among the reasons cited by Michigan State University as it seeks to terminate head football coach Mel Tucker for cause, but experts say the phrase is ill-defined and legally ...

David Chase, the creator of “The Sopranos,” once described his show as one in which all of the characters lied, all the time. “Everything that everybody says is untrue,” Chase told me. “Complete ...

(CN) – A Mexican immigrant’s conviction for indecent exposure is not necessarily a crime of “moral turpitude” warranting deportation, the 9th Circuit ruled Wednesday. The court ...

The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here. In its 1951 decision in Jordan ...

The 1980s and '90s were wild and dangerous times for Martha Shearer. Not only did she do crack cocaine. She sold it. One day, she was waiting for a shipment. "I was at my mom's house, and I received a ...

Illegal immigrants can be deported, especially if they commit a crime. But if their crime is not a "crime involving moral turpitude," then they can ask the Justice Department to exercise its ...

Those of us who closely follow the machinations of the Supreme Court were expecting the Monday of Thanksgiving Week to be a big one. But instead of the expected and much-anticipated rulings on the two ...

Ya know, with everything that’s going on politically, the term “moral turpitude” came to mind. I hadn’t seen or used the term in many years, so I thought it best to look at the definition. A “crime of ...

With the upcoming presidential election heating up, the issue of border security has been increasingly under a microscope. While it is understood that those seeking admission to the United States must ...