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Black man is arrested for filming in entryway to Denver police station and spends three days in jail. Yikes! There's a sign saying no videorecording is allowed in the station, but he didn't try to go past the sign and into the station. (A few days later, a white man films in the same place…

"Twenty-four years ago, [Virginia] decided that Appellant was a guilty man. From that moment, the Commonwealth has done everything in its power to ensure Appellant dies in prison, eschewing the Constitution, ethical strictures, and Appellant's own repeated and consistent assertions of factual…

Man arrested for robbery and destruction of property is released on his own recognizance. But before he can leave the courthouse, U.S. Marshals detain him on an "ICE hold." Man files a class action, arguing that the marshals acted outside their authority.…

The program that pays court-appointed private attorneys to represent indigent federal criminal defendants has run out of money, starting the clock on a painful three-month delay in paying these attorneys and their related service providers for constitutionally mandated legal work.…

Arapahoe County, Colo. social worker Robin Niceta (who's now in prison for lying in a…

As of the week of July 7, 2025, Criminal Justice Act (CJA) panel attorney funds have been depleted. Panel payments will be deferred until funds become available. Please continue to file, process, and approve CJA vouchers as normal during the payment deferrals so that payments can be disbursed as…

Shortly before the 2016 election, self-described Twitter "shitlord" tweets and retweets memes urging supporters of Hillary Clinton to vote by text message. More than four years later, he is criminally indicted for conspiring to injure citizens in the exercise of their right to vote. After four…

The Board of Judges of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York announced the appointment of Clay Kaminsky as magistrate judge.…

Utah man pleads guilty to operating an unlicensed money transmitting business and agrees to criminally forfeit a lot of land. Uh oh! It's not his land, but rather is owned by a friend and former employee—though it was partially paid off with tainted money from the criminal enterprise.…

Prosecutorial immunity is notoriously hard to overcome—so we're ecstatic to report that a Michigan appeals court ruled that…