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The Senate on Thursday confirmed the first-ever Muslim to serve on the federal bench, approving the nomination of Zahid N. Quraishi to a vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey (…

The “safety valve” sentencing provision in  18 U.S.C. § 3553(f) allows a district court to sentence a defendant below the mandatory-minimum sentence for certain drug offenses if the defendant can show he or she doesn’t have all three conviction categories, together, that are listed in the…

A judge found that a federal prosecutor in Kansas with a history of questionable conduct committed misconduct in a drug case, prompting a sharp reduction in the defendant's sentence (article available…

The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced five of President Joe Biden’s first judicial nominees Thursday, including Ketanji Brown Jackson for the powerful D.C. Circuit, bringing them one step closer to confirmation (…

The Senate Judiciary Committee, holding its first judicial confirmation hearing since President Biden took office, heard from two nominees for federal appeals roles: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, nominated for a prominent appeals court in Washington; and lawyer Candace Jackson-Akiwumi, tapped for…

The Senate Judiciary Committee, holding its first judicial confirmation hearing since President Biden took office, heard from two nominees for federal appeals roles: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, nominated for a prominent appeals court in Washington; and lawyer Candace Jackson-Akiwumi, tapped for…

The jury has reached a verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd. Chauvin faced three counts: second-degree murder — unintentional; third-degree murder; and second-degree manslaughter. He was convicted on all counts.

The 12 jurors…

The Supreme Court granted cert in Hemphill v. New York on Monday. Rules of evidence protect criminal…

D.C.'s Department of Forensic Science, also known as the D.C. crime lab, is under criminal investigation after allegations of wrongdoing in the fingerprint section. The ANSI National Accreditation Board said it found “credible evidence” that the lab has “deliberately concealed information from…

President Biden on Tuesday rolled out his first slate of judicial nominees, announcing candidates with diverse backgrounds and professional qualifications as he begins to make his own stamp on the nation's district and circuit courts (…