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In Indiana, a "buffer" law makes it illegal to approach within 25 feet of a police officer who has ordered you to stop approaching. District court: preliminarily enjoined as vague.…

The U.S. federal judiciary's electronic case filing system has been compromised in a sweeping hack that is believed to have exposed sensitive court data in several…

Crime decreased in every category in 2024, including murder, violent crime and motor vehicle thefts, according to the bureau's annual Reported Crimes in the Nation…

The Stored Communications Act allows the government to subpoena social-media companies for user data, and it even allows those subpoenas to be kept secret from the user—but only if a court determines that certain statutory conditions justifying secrecy are met. The government: So when we…

Philly nonprofit called "Safehouse" wants to address opioid overdoses through providing a, well, safehouse, where people can more safely use drugs. The feds sue in 2020. Third…

Allegation: Following multiple days of 100-plus degree heat inside Colorado City, Tex. prison, nurse sees inmate naked and nonverbal on the floor of his cell with four trays of untouched food beside him. She encourages him "to get up and get on with his day." He dies.…

New York boy disappears in 1979. Over 30 years later, a man with low IQ and a long history of mental illness and hallucinations is prosecuted for murder and kidnapping based on his confession—which occurred only after many hours of interrogations and before Miranda warnings,…

Following an attack on a prison official, New York inmate is sentenced to 14 years of solitary. After his term is up, he is kept in solitary on the grounds that he's a danger to the general prison population. He is held there for years, despite apparently good behavior. He challenges his…

Remember NFTs? They were like Pogs, but you could only look at them. Well, there's an online marketplace for them called OpenSea, and it would highlight specific NFTs, which typically caused their price to increase. One…

Federal court proceedings throughout New Jersey were abruptly canceled on Monday because of uncertainty over whether Alina Habba had the authority to serve as acting U.S. attorney —…