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Today, on Veterans Day, Defender Nation honors the service and sacrifice of those who have served in our nation’s armed forces. Their commitment to duty, honor, and country is a powerful reminder of the values that we hold dear—not only as citizens but as defenders.

As a community of…

The Iowa Supreme Court is being asked to consider, again, if state courts can bill poor defendants for their court-appointed lawyers, even when they're acquitted or the charges against them are dropped (access…

A military judge on Sunday postponed a hearing to receive the guilty plea of and two other men and Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, who is accused of masterminding the Sept. 11 attacks, so that prosecutors can seek again to nullify the plea deal (…

In en banc news, the Fourth Circuit will reconsider its decision that it wasn't a "search" when law enforcement got a "geofence warrant" for cell-phone data from Google that placed the defendant with 150 meters of a bank and…

Throughout his campaign, President-elect Donald Trump signaled he would resume federal executions if he won and make more people eligible for capital punishment, including child rapists,…

Does law enforcement's use of a "pole camera" to film the front of someone's home amount to a "search" under the Fourth Amendment? Seventh Circuit (2021…

Wednesday, the federal government shed light on a new wave of scams targeting attorneys across the country.

Attorneys across the country are being targeted with fake electronic filing notifications, in which emails…

It's been said that "we are all textualists now." But how should the court interpret the text of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual after it has "exhausted all sources from which interpretive guidance may be derived," is "…

In 2022, a district judge finds Hinds County, Miss. officials in contempt of a federal consent decree after monitors report that a portion of its jail is essentially run by gangs. About 30 cells are used as dumpsters. Lights don't work. The majority of cell doors do not lock. Inmates regularly…

Following up on the Supreme Court's Padilla v. Kentucky holding that non-citizen criminal defendants must be advised…