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Karen Read and her LA-based defense attorney Alan Jackson aren’t parting ways just yet. The two, fresh off an OUI verdict, are set to release new details in the blockbuster murder case as part ...

At issue was whether school systems are required to provide parents with an "opt-out" option when parents claim their religious beliefs conflict with their children's course material.