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Appeals filed by indigent and low-income litigants at the U.S. Supreme Court have fallen sharply in recent years and are now at their lowest level of the 21st century, according to reporting by the…

Luigi Mangione, 27, will not face the death penalty for allegedly fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a federal court ruled Friday, delivering a blow to federal prosecutors bid to see him executed.

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In en banc news, the Third Circuit on Monday declined to reconsider its decision blocking Alina Habba from serving as acting U.S. attorney for New Jersey, denying the Justice…

In the days following 9/11, co-founder of Falls Church, Va. Islamic Center tells followers they should repent, leave the U.S., join the mujahideen, go to Pakistan for combat training, and otherwise help Muslims defend Afghanistan. He's convicted of a slew of offenses in 2005, including…

Defendant: Yes, the gov't proved there was a conspiracy to smuggle cocaine into the United States. And, yes, the gov't proved that I, an aircraft mechanic, entered the avionics compartment of an airplane to retrieve something  that I likely knew was illegal. But they didn't prove I…

A Little Village man was acquitted Thursday on federal charges accusing him of trying to put a hit on U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer Gregory Bovino, as reported by the…

Nearly 70 years after a Texas Black man was executed in a case that prosecutors now say was based on false evidence and was riddled with racial bias, officials have declared that he was innocent in the killing of a white woman in Dallas, according to the…

A sheriff’s deputy in Washington County, Oregon, discriminated against two lawyers, both women of color, a jury found Wednesday, according to the…

A Spanish translation of the 2025 Guidelines Manual (effective November 1, 2025) is available in PDF format. This translation is provided as a public service for general information purposes only. It is not an official Commission publication.

Today, a unanimous Supreme Court held that restitution under the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act of 1996 (MVRA) is plainly criminal punishment for purposes of the Ex Post Facto Clause. Ellinger v. United States, No…