MANKATO, Minn. — Lady Justice — the 5 1/2-ton, 34-foot-tall statue atop the Blue Earth County Historic Courthouse — took a quarter turn to the left and dropped her sword Wednesday, prompting ...

Lady Justice -- the 5 1/2- ton, 34-foot-tall statue atop the Blue Earth County Historic Courthouse -- took a quarter turn to the left and dropped her sword on Wednesday, ...

Lady Justice has her sword back. Workers Thursday morning replaced the 6-foot-long sword on the Lady Justice statue atop the Historic Blue Earth County Courthouse in Mankato. The sword fell to the ...

Just like Augusta’s Lady Justice, Rockingham’s lady holds a set of scales aloft in her left hand and has a double-edged sword in her right hand. But there is a significant difference – Lady Justice in ...

Lady Justice is an old gal, but there's no reason she can't look good. Several counties across Ohio are restoring the signature statues that sit atop their historic courthouses or are making plans ...

A lot of Lady Justices end up looking severe, and I wasn't after that kind of look." At 46, Baliker's inspiration for the work, Cynthia Spiriti, is a bit older than the new Lady Justice appears to be.

At the same time, the shift from the sword, a symbol of authority and punishment, to the Constitution signifies a more democratic and rights-based approach to justice.

LADY JUSTICE. I love that statue.standing blindfolded, scales in one hand and a sword in the other. She says it all, without saying a word. Justice is blind. The law will be applied without fear ...

NEW DELHI (CBSNewYork/AP) - A statue of Lady Justice erected outside the supreme court in Bangladesh last December has been taken down. The statue depicted a woman holding a scale in one hand and ...

The statue, now situated in the Indian Supreme Court’s judges’ library, features “Lady Justice” with her eyes open, with the constitution in her hand replacing the customary sword ...

A Lady Justice statue was removed from Bangladesh's Supreme Court premises under tight security overnight after Islamist hardliners pressed for its removal for months, the sculptor said Friday.