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Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has announced he is making moves to abolish the death penalty in the country (view article).

“We will work with parliament to run this…

A Baltimore State’s Attorney’s Office list of more than 300 Baltimore police officers with credibility issues, many of whom continue to be called to testify in court, has been made public for the first time after a court ordered its release last fall.

State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby told a…

Three federal Bureau of Prisons employees of the United States Penitentiary Big Sandy, located in Inez, Kentucky, were indicted on Thursday, for federal civil rights violations, specifically violating an individual’s rights under the color of law and of falsifying records to impede an…

A federal probation officer in Columbus received Xanax pills and other compensation in exchange for not reporting people she supervised who were dealing drugs between 2016 and 2018, according to documents filed in U.S. District Court this week (…

President Biden has marked the second anniversary of the murder of George Floyd by signing an executive order aimed at reforming federal police practices and establishing a national database of police…

State supreme courts still fail to reflect the diversity of the communities they serve, according to an update published Friday by the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of Law.

The percentage of justices of color on state supreme courts increased only slightly…

The Justice Department is updating its use of force policy for the first time in 18 years, saying explicitly that federal officers and agents must step in if they see other officers using excessive force. The new policy is …

Today, in Shinn v. Martinez, No. 20-1009 (May 23, 2022), a divided Supreme Court held, under §2254(e)(2), a federal habeas court may not conduct an evidentiary hearing or otherwise consider evidence beyond the state-court…

Man in Puerto Rico charged with machine-gun-possession pleads guilty with an advisory prison range of 24 to 30 months. At sentencing, man request 24 months. Prosecutor requests 30 months. District court: Convinced that neither party's suggested sentence "reflects the seriousness of the offense,…

New York man covicted of armed robbery is sentenced to 100 months' imprisonment plus five years of supervised release, during which he cannot commit a new crime. Man commits more crimes, including allegedly assaulting his ex-girlfriend. But when she refuses to testify at his supervised release…