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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…

Florida executed David Pittman, 63, by lethal injection on Wednesday in what was a record 12th execution in the state this year.  Before 2025, Florida’s highest number of executions  was eight in 2014. Two more Florida executions are scheduled for this fall:…

Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) data shows officials are sending more people to solitary confinement as the administration locks up more people en masse in immigration detention, according to recent reporting by The Marshall Project and Univision Noticias available…

"Limiting the Government’s Ability to Impeach Our Clients with Prior Convictions: 'Substantial' Developments to Federal Rule of Evidence 609" was written by Rene L. Valladares, Federal Defender District of Nevada, and Hannah Nelson, Assistant Federal Public Defender, District of Nevada for the…

President Trump said on Tuesday that his administration would seek the death penalty for all murder cases in Washington, D.C., the latest escalation of his show of force in the nation’s capital that…

Artificial intelligence is no longer a distant policy concern—it is already shaping evidence, risk assessments, and sentencing recommendations in federal courtrooms. For defense lawyers, the challenge is not just understanding what these tools claim to measure, but also exposing their blind…

Lawyers and law enforcement experts have been warning about the potential for overreach since the federal government muscled its way into policing decisions in the nation's capital nearly three…