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Federal law prohibits Federal Firearms Licensees from selling handgun Fifth…

On February 21, the Justice Department confirmed that it shut down the National Law Enforcement Accountability Database (NLEAD)—the first nationwide database tracking misconduct by federal police officers, according to the…

A transgender woman serving time in a federal prison has filed a lawsuit arguing that President Donald Trump's executive order directing the U.S. government to recognize only two, unchangeable sexes and requiring…

Updated on: Wednesday, February 12, 2025

As litigants increasingly adopt generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) tools, courts have responded by issuing…

A Colorado crime lab analyst is charged with more than 100 criminal counts in connection with allegations that she altered reports in sexual assault cases (…

William W. Lothrop, previously deputy director of BOP who is a 30-year-plus veteran of the agency, has taken over as acting director. The BOP director is not subject to confirmation by the U.S. Senate (…

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).

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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.…