A 49-year-old Ohio mother, Terri Niner, is accused of stabbing her autistic adult daughter with a sword during an argument.

Many of the most popular DC Comics characters are now nearly a century old, with Superman and Batman first introduced in the late 1930s. Many core characters have been well-established and continue to ...

Lady Justice has long been a symbol of the law, typically holding a scale to represent the weighing of evidence and a sword for the power to enforce justice.

EL CENTRO — The Imperial County District Attorney’s (DA) Office unveiled its new logo and mission statement during a ceremony at 940 W. Main St. on Monday, June 2. The new logo depicts a blindfolded ...

Lady Justice holding a sword and scale in front of a courthouse with books and rules document, symbolizing justice, fairness, and legal principles.

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. The Constitution is the ...

The statue of Justice in the Supreme Court muses about her recent makeover The redesigned statue of Lady Justice has caused much comment. But what does Lady Justice – our Fair Lady who is meant ...

In the new ‘Lady Justice’ statue at the Supreme Court, the sword being replaced with the Indian Constitution symbolises the supremacy of the Constitution, the preservation of the scales shows that the ...

While the scales represent balance and fairness in dispensing justice, the sword which symbolised punishment was replaced with the Constitution. The row over the new Lady Justice statue unveiled ...

Facing justice Sightless no more: In decolonised garb, India’s new Lady Justice is a contradictory symbol The blindfold and sword symbolised the highest principles of justice.

The original image of Lady Justice with her blindfold and sword has a deep history in ancient Greek and Roman traditions. The blindfold historically symbolised the idea that justice should be ...

India’s Constitution replaces a sword and the blindfold has been cast off. While this is a judicious reform of judicial iconography and a worthy move by the Judiciary to shed its colonial ...