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Washington, D.C., police officer's son after a judge vacated his death sentence and three firearms convictions (…

Two former governors of Alabama from opposite sides of the political aisle published an opinion piece in The Washington Post calling for the state to put an end to executing people who were…

Civil rights lawyer Nancy Abudu has been confirmed to the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, where she will be the first Black woman to sit on the Atlanta-based court (…

Civil rights lawyer Nancy Abudu has been confirmed to the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, where she will be the first Black woman to sit on the Atlanta-based court (…

The Supreme Court will take up yet another dispute involving the oft-litigated Armed Career Criminal Act, this time in relation to frequently changing federal drug laws.

The law at issue in the pair of cases granted Monday imposes a mandatory 15-year minimum for certain firearms offenses…

A San Antonio man, during a traffic stop outside his mother's house, throws his jacket onto a garbage can on her property. Police grab the jacket and find a gun inside. Felon in possession? Suppress the evidence? District court: No suppression Fifth Circuit: Suppression. Tossing an item onto…

The federal judiciary said Thursday that remote access in district courts around the nation will come to a close this fall, noting that the Judicial Conference Executive Committee has found "the COVID-19 emergency is no longer affecting the functioning of the federal courts" (…

Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 26(a) sets midnight as the deadline for electronic filings, but allows each circuit to change that deadline.

Last week, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit's…

North Carolina man is involuntarily committed after threatening to kill a U.S. congressman. Years later, he's conditionally discharged, and though he breaks lots of rules at his halfway house, it's not obvious the violations mean he's especially likely to be dangerous to the public. Recommit him…

Darryl Barwick was executed by lethal injection Wednesday nearly 40 years after his 1986 murder conviction. Mr. Barwick apologized "to the victim's family, [and] to my family" in his final statement. He added, "And another thing I would like to say, the state of Florida needs to show…