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The Florida Supreme Court upheld Florida’s law allowing non-unanimous juries to sentence people to death upon a vote of 8-4.

The court’s decision came in a pair of cases,…

The hourly rates for CJA representation increase from $175 to $177 for non-capital cases and from $223 to $226 in capital cases for work performed on or after January 1, 2026. The case compensation maximum for appellate representation in direct criminal appeals and in appeals in 28 U.S.C.…

Julian Ortiz, who last year faced a potential life sentence in federal prison for allegedly selling methamphetamine, has had his charge dismissed and is no longer in federal custody (article available here).

His case is…

In 2017, off-duty Baltimore cop, who is walking in plainclothes near his Columbia, Md. home, sees two teens standing (innocently, it turns out) in carport outside another home. He demands that they account for themselves; they politely suggest he mind his own business; he … pulls a gun!? and…

Alina Habba, who was formerly the president's personal attorney, was one of several acting US attorneys around the country to have their appointments challenged on the basis that they stayed in the temporary jobs longer than the law allows. Earlier this month, a federal appeals court…

After a three-month battle over the legality of her appointment, Alina Habba has resigned from her position as the Acting U.S. attorney for the District of New…

At this year’s Newsmaker event last night, the Rhode Island Women’s Bar Association and Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly recognized the extraordinary leadership of Tara I. Allen, Federal Defender…

President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Alina Habba, whom the administration has maneuvered to keep in place as New Jersey top federal prosecutor, is …

When Kyle Kjoller, a 57-year-old welder, was ordered held without bail in Nevada County, Calif., in April, he protested. The charges against him — multiple counts of illegal gun possession — were not grave enough under California law to warrant keeping him in jail for months awaiting his trial (…

A federal judge on Monday dismissed the Justice Department's criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James,…