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As we commemorate Juneteenth this year, we reflect on its profound significance in our nation’s history and in the lives of all those who have fought for freedom and equality. Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, marks the enduring legacy of emancipation and…

In 2021, FBI agents lied to a judge, got permission to raid safe-deposit boxes owned by people suspected of no crime, and then sent hundreds of forfeiture notices never saying what the box owners did wrong. Then they lost the contents of many of the boxes, including retirees' entire life…

Prosecutor in plea negotiations: We agree to recommend a sentence at the bottom of the guideline range. Prosecutor to district court: We recommend a sentence at the bottom of the guideline range for this top-of-the-food-chain drug dealer who is worse than a murderer. District court: Top of the…

The presence of Black men serving as active judges on the federal appellate courts has stalled in the past 10 years, even as President Joe Biden has prioritized demographic diversity in his judicial nominations and almost doubled the number of Black women on the circuit courts (…

The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has selected Tara I. Allen to serve as the next Federal…

The Federal Defender Program, Inc. in Atlanta, Georgia has selected Natasha Perdew Silas to serve as its next Executive Director.

She has spent more than a quarter-century defending indigent persons accused of federal criminal offenses as a Staff Attorney and then Senior Litigation…

Pride Month is a celebration of generations of LGBTQI+ people, who have fought bravely to live openly and authentically.

As we celebrate Pride Month, the Training Division recognizes and honors the invaluable contributions of LGBTQ+ individuals within Defender Nation. This month, and every…

A first of its kind, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Wisconsin has charged a man for allegedly producing and possessing images of child pornography. The images at issue were generated entirely through artificial intelligence using the generative artificial intelligence…

Defendant: Look, sure, I was just convicted of drug trafficking, and, yes, I testified that I deposited all my legitimate income in the bank while I kept all my drug-trafficking money in cash, and, okay fine, you found a bunch of cash in my house near my drugs and my scale and my notebooks…

In three and a half years, President Biden has already installed more non-White federal judges than any president in history. His slate of judges is also majority female — another first (article available …