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The new Amendments to the United States Sentencing Guidelines take effect tomorrow, November 1, 2024.  The 2024 Guidelines Manual Annotated, available here, offers…

Natali Todd, a distinguished trial lawyer and the CJA Panel Representative for the Southern District of New York, has been honored with Gideon’s Promise's Champion of the Community Award. (…

Federal law prohibits entering "a restricted building or grounds," a term that is defined to include any restricted area "where the President or other person protected by the Secret Service is or will be temporarily visiting." January 6 protestor convicted under the law argues the gov't was…

Robert Roberson, the Texas man whose…

Today, the Supreme Court granted review in Esteras v. United States, in which the justices will address a circuit split over what factors judges can consider when sentencing a person for violating…

After Florida Governor Ron DeSantis suspended elected state attorney Andrew Warren in August 2022 because he vowed not to enforce abortion restrictions and replaced him with a political ally, Warren sued, alleging First Amendment retaliation. District court: Some of the factors that motivated…

The unanimous Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals late Wednesday removed an Idaho federal district judge from a case brought by death row prisoner Thomas Creech over her unwillingness to recuse herself based…

Andrew Ciolli was the warden in charge at FCC Florence when an internal investigation uncovered that Ciolli’s staff used excessive force in violation of BOP’s policy. Moreover, it was specifically determined that Ciolli failed to stop the excessive force occurring at his prison. Prior to his…

Mr. Roberson was convicted in 2002 of killing his two-year-old daughter, Nikki Curtis. At trial, the prosecution argued that the manner of death was “shaken baby syndrome,” a condition never scientifically validated. Per the Innocence Project, “Mr. Roberson’s case is riddled with unscientific…

The Pentagon on Tuesday granted honorable discharges to more than 800 veterans who were separated from the U.S. military because of their sexual orientation during the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, which was in effect February 1994.

In December 2010, President Barack Obama…