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Today, the Supreme Court agreed to hear Thompson v. United States, No. 23-1095 (Oct. 4, 2024) (cert. granted), to resolve an issue that has divided the lower courts: whether 18 U.S.C. § 1014, which…

Of the 64,124 cases reported to the United States Sentencing Commission in fiscal year 2023, 21,504 involved non-U.S. citizens. Non-U.S. citizens accounted for 33.7% of all individuals sentenced in fiscal year 2023.

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Thurgood Marshall became the first African-American to take the oath of office as a Supreme Court Justice on October 2, 1967.

President Johnson observed, “Thurgood Marshall symbolizes what is best about our…

So get this. Two men on a boat believes it has stumbled on an illegal long-line fishing buoy. It pulls up the lines, cuts free several sharks, and even tells Florida Fish & Wildlife what they'd done. Whoops. Turns out the line was lawfully placed by marine researchers with proper permits. So…

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted on five charges, including bribery, fraud and taking foreign donations (access full article). The mayor insists he is innocent.

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Pennsylvania death-row prisoner with a history of mental illness is held in solitary confinement for 26 years. He sues a prison official, who does not dispute whether that violates the Eighth Amendment, arguing only that he is entitled to qualified immunity.…

Statement Regarding The Execution of Khalifah ibn Rayford Daniels Also Known As Marcellus Williams

Khaliifah was extraordinary. Never have we met someone like him, and never will we again.

We learn a little bit about ourselves with each person we represent. We…

Marcellus Williams, 55, who spent more than two decades on Missouri’s death row convicted of a 1998 murder that he said he did not commit, was killed by lethal injection Tuesday evening after a lengthy and complex effort to exonerate him based on DNA testing issues (…

Leslie E. Scott has been selected to serve as the National Sentencing Resource Counsel’s new Director. Scott joined SRC in 2022. Prior to joining SRC, Scott worked in academia as an associate professor at the University of Detroit, Mercy School of Law. Scott also served our community as an…

Today, the FBI issued a press release of 2023 Crime in the Nation Statistics based on criminal offenses reported to the Uniform Crime Reporting Program by participating law enforcement agencies…