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Today, the United States Sentencing Commission published two sets of proposed amendments to the federal sentencing guidelines for the amendment…

Earlier this week, the Supreme Court granted, vacated, and remanded the denial of habeas relief in a capital case from the Tenth Circuit. Andrew v. White, No. 23-6573 (Jan. 21, 2025).

The 7-2 per…

The sole basis for a Baltimore man's murder conviction is the testimony of a 12-year-old—who later recants, saying that police threatened to take him away from his mother forever and refused to let him leave until he identified the man as the shooter. State court (1999): Nah, the recantation isn…

Tacoma, Wash. ICE detention center (a federal contractor) pays its civil detainees $1 per day for a voluntary work program, far below the state's minimum wage. Jury awards $17 mil in back pay and court enjoined GEO from employing detainees without paying Washington’s minimum wage.…

New DOJ Issues Memo on “Interim Policy Changes Regarding Charging, Sentencing, and Immigration Enforcement”

The Justice Department is directing its federal prosecutors to charge people with the most serious crime it can prove. (…

A federal court has temporarily blocked federal prison officials from transferring a transgender woman to a men’s facility and denying her access to gender-affirming care in…

In the first hours of his return to the White House, President Trump issued an executive order concerning the death penalty. Several…

President Trump issued pardons for some 1,500 defendants who participated in the siege on the U.S. Capitol four years ago, including the leader of a far-right group, fulfilling a campaign promise to…

President Joe Biden announced on Friday that he is commuting the sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted of non-violent drug crimes who are serving far longer sentences than they would receive today (…

Earlier today the Supreme Court granted review in Bowe v. United States, No. 24-5438 (Jan. 17, 2025) (cert. granted). This case presents two important and…