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What do you get when you combine a routine traffic stop with the driver's criminal history, several air fresheners in the car, driving from a job interview, and the driver's movements while looking for proof of insurance? Knoxville, Tenn. drug interdiction officer: Reasonable suspicion of drugs…

Texan meth and fentanyl importer pleads guilty in 2022 and receives a "career-offender enhancement" at sentencing. He objects because his prior marijuana convictions wouldn't have been "controlled substance offenses" after 2018 reforms.…

In 2023, disgraced former lawyer Alex Murdaugh was found guilty of murdering his wife and son following a high-profile trial. If that weren't enough, Murdaugh is also alleged to have stolen nearly two million dollars from his personal injury clients with the help of a bank CEO. During the CEO's…

President Joe Biden’s nominee to be only the second Black man appointed to a federal appeals court in the past decade was confirmed by the Senate, sending Embry Kidd, a US magistrate judge in Orlando, Florida, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (…

The House voted overwhelmingly, 336 to 95, to approve an unusual two-tier spending bill to keep some government offices open through January 19, 2024, while others would operate through February 2, 2024.

The Senate is expected to vote on the measure later this week.

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A jury on Tuesday awarded $42 million to three former detainees of Iraq's notorious Abu Ghraib prison, holding Virginia-based military contractor CACI Premier Technology Inc. responsible for contributing to their torture and mistreatment two decades ago (…

The Iowa Supreme Court is being asked to consider, again, if state courts can bill poor defendants for their court-appointed lawyers, even when they're acquitted or the charges against them are dropped (access…

Today, on Veterans Day, Defender Nation honors the service and sacrifice of those who have served in our nation’s armed forces. Their commitment to duty, honor, and country is a powerful reminder of the values that we hold dear—not only as citizens but as defenders.

As a community of…

A military judge on Sunday postponed a hearing to receive the guilty plea of and two other men and Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, who is accused of masterminding the Sept. 11 attacks, so that prosecutors can seek again to nullify the plea deal (…

In en banc news, the Fourth Circuit will reconsider its decision that it wasn't a "search" when law enforcement got a "geofence warrant" for cell-phone data from Google that placed the defendant with 150 meters of a bank and…