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Today, the United States Supreme Court denied Ghislaine Maxwell’s petition for certiorari. Maxwell v. United States, No. 24-1073 (U.S. Oct. 6, 2025) (cert. denied). Maxwell presented this question for review: under Santobello v. New York and common principles of contract…

More American Indian legal drama out of Oklahoma! In a vehicular-manslaughter prosecution, gov't had to prove defendant was an Indian to have federal jurisdiction. Defendant testified he was a tribal citizen, and he had also asserted that in state court to get out of related civil lawsuit.…

Alabama man pleads guilty to a state Class D felony and receives a 24-month suspended sentence and is placed on probation for two years. Six months after completing his sentence, he's found with a gun. Oops. He is charged and convicted under the federal felon-in-possession statute.…

Pennsylvania man stole 69 guns from gun stores—but says the restitution order stole from him, charging double for the same guns. After winning an earlier Third Circuit challenge to a restitution award of approximately $70,000, he was then ordered to pay $57,000. Man: still too much. …

Police obtain a warrant to search the residence of a man in Lake Worth, Fla. who was suspected of committing drug and firearms offenses. They believe it's a single-family home, but when they get there turns out the man lives in one of a few efficiency apartments in the back. They enter and find…

In a letter from U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff to the U.S. Judicial Conference that was made public this week (available here), the Senator expressed concern that “several federal district courts fail to…

Erika Kirk, widow of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, said she forgives her husband's alleged killer. See full NPR News Article. 

"That man, that young man … I…

A group of law enforcement officers executed a search warrant in Charlotte, NC at a suspected meth trafficker's home. Chaos ensues. One cop shoots another at least ten times, severely injuring him. Shot cop sues shooting cop for excessive force and several tort claims. As they litigate, the…

Luigi Mangione's attorneys filed a motion on September 20, 2025, to dismiss the SDNY federal charges against him and block the government from seeking the death penalty in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. See…

Last Thursday, the U.S. Sentencing Commission released its Preliminary FY25 Third Quarterly Data Report, containing…