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Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee implored congressional appropriators to ensure that the federal public defender program has adequate funding for fiscal year 2026 after budget shortfalls. See…

As members of the National Guard deploy to the nation's capital as part of the Trump administration's takeover of policing in Washington, members of the military are also set to take on prosecutorial roles handling civilian crimes. See full…

In en banc news, the Ninth Circuit will not reconsider its decision…

Investigators have uncovered evidence that Russia is at least in part responsible for a recent hack of the computer system that manages U.S. federal court documents. See full…

Florida is no stranger to executing men and women with severe mental illness, including military veterans with service-connected trauma. While Florida is prepping to execute veteran Kyle Bates on August 19th—its fourth veteran and tenth execution this year—a coalition of military veterans…

The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has selected Alejandro B. Fernandez to serve as Federal Public Defender for the District of Vermont. 

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Your humble summarist finds it outrageous—indefensible!—that some judges brazenly repeatedly used the phrase "Hobson's choice" to refer to mere dilemmas. In perhaps more significant news, the…

Following the sweeping hack to the federal courts' Case Management/Electronic Case Files system (CM/ECF), some federals courts are issuing orders that all documents under seal shall be filed only in paper formats. See …

The U.S. Sentencing Commission on Wednesday said it will consider potential reforms to the federal sentencing guidelines for fraud offenses, including the outsized role of loss calculation in sentencing, one of several priorities the agency has marked for closer examination.…

Today, Judge Carlton W. Reeves, Chair of the U.S. Sentencing Commission, announced the appointment of nine individuals to serve on the newly established Sentence Impact Advisory Group (SIAG).  Advisory groups provide Commissioners with important perspectives that help them in policy…