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Under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, a first assistant U.S. Attorney automatically becomes interim U.S. Attorney if there's a vacancy. So can the AG name someone the first assistant to a vacant U.S. Attorney position and have them automatically elevated?…

And in en banc news, the Tenth Circuit will not reconsider its decision that the only woman on Oklahoma's death row received a fair trial (for conspiring with a paramour to kill her…

On July 28, 2026, the Ninth Circuit ruled that Cal. Pen. Code § 273.5 (corporal injury to a spouse or cohabitant) is not a crime of violence. See …

Under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, a first assistant U.S. Attorney automatically becomes interim U.S. Attorney if there's a vacancy. So can the AG name someone the first assistant to a vacant U.S. Attorney position and have them automatically elevated? Unanimous…

Lebanon’s parliament Tuesday abolished the death penalty, making it the first country in the Arab world to replace the sentencing with life imprisonment with aggravated hard labor,…

In Texas, arrestees may request appointed counsel at their first appearance, after which the magistrate must transmit, or cause to be transmitted, the necessary forms to the counsel-appointment program. Within 24 hours. Man: A magistrate found that I qualified for counsel, but the paperwork wasn…

Last Friday, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro filed a Motion to Dismiss without prejudice an indictment filed against former U.S. Olympian David…

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The ceremonial courtroom at the United States Courthouse for the District of Rhode Island was filled to capacity as judges, attorneys, public officials, colleagues, family, and friends gathered to celebrate the formal investiture of…

In November 2025, Middle District of Florida prosecutors indicted Neda Joudeh, a 35-year old woman, for making an interstate threat to injure or kill another person, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 875(c), based on an online comment that included the statement, "I wish someone would in alive him." At…

Justice Department have started requiring all prosecutors to maintain at least 25 open cases, tightening the Trump administration’s grip on operational decisions previously left to US attorneys,…