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Pope Francis, the first non-European head of the Roman Catholic Church in more than a millennium, died at age 88. 

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Buckle up for a Fourth Circuit judge-on-judge benchslap! It stems from a man's guilty plea for robbing a gas station and the appellate waiver in his plea agreement waiving his right to appeal the sentence. Rather than explain what…

Dentist writes two hefty morphine scripts after an eight-hour dental procedure; the patient tragically ODs and her blood test comes back triple the fatal amount. The jury finds that the dentist knowingly issued an illegal prescription; he's convicted and gets a 20-year sentence. Dentist appeals…

Black teen, turkey in hand four days before Christmas, gets stopped and frisked by Milwaukee cops Justin Schwarzhuber and Jasen Rydzewski—waiting to see if any “new fresh robberies [had] come over” the radio. Teen is unarmed, cooperative, and still held for 20 minutes with no charges, no…

They say the best way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. Unless, that is, if a cop shoots and kills the good guy with a gun because the cop thinks he's the bad guy with a gun. Does that make the cop liable to the good guy's family?…

Last week, the Michigan Supreme Court held that imposition of mandatory life sentences for individuals under 19 and 20-years-old years old at the time of their offense violates the Michigan state constitution. See…

In light of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Noem v. Abrego Garcia last night, a United States District Court in Maryland promptly entered an order directing the government to “file, no later 9:30 AM ET, on Friday…

Today, an immigration judged ruled that student activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported. 

As a Columbia University graduate student, Khalil led pro-Palestinian protests there last year. Kahlil, who has a green card and is a lawful permanent resident, was…

Today, the United States Sentencing Commission voted unanimously to publish amendments to the federal sentencing guidelines for the amendment cycle ending May 1, 2025. These amendments update a range of guidelines provisions, including those related to supervised release, drug trafficking, and…

Yesterday, the United States Sentencing Commission issued a press release that announced the formation of a Sentence Impact Advisory Group (SIAG) and Research and Data Practices Advisory Group (RDPAG) with…