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Harahan, La. police captain is written up for numerous infractions including false statements and conduct unbecoming, and the district attorney places the captain on the "Giglio list" of liars and bad cops, an averred death knell for his career. Cop: I need to appeal so I can get off the Giglio…

Hammond, La. cop who also works on a DEA task force is convicted of stealing money and property from arrestees and sentenced to over two years in prison. But wait! One of the jurors failed to disclose that he knew the officer's wife: They went to a high school dance together and kept in touch on…

Two intellectually disabled black teenage brothers are wrongly convicted of raping and murdering an 11-year-old girl and spend nearly 31 years in prison. They sued to get pardons and compensation (in…

Washington state has officially abolished the death penalty (view full article).

The state’s high court struck down the death penalty in 2018, but the law remained on the books.…

At least four cases handled by a Maryland judge are being challenged after he presided over a series of hearings and did not reveal he was in talks to accept a job in the office of local prosecutors (…

Oklahoma prison classifies inmate as a member or associate of the Sureños prison gang, which has primarily Hispanic membership. As a result, he's placed with the gang in administrative segregation. Inmate: My name is Ong and I am a member of the Hmong people of Southeast Asia. So, can I be moved…

President Joe Biden on Friday picked a longtime federal magistrate in Dallas for the influential United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (…

In September 2002, Yemeni man suspected of assisting al Qaeda "traveled to Cairo, Egypt on business and disappeared. He arrived at United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay two years later." He tries to file a writ of habeas corpus. Gov't: Habeas isn't a thing if you're at Guantanamo Bay.…

Virginia couple facing trial for drug-related crimes in the fall of 2021 were not vaccinated against COVID-19 due to their sincerely held beliefs. The district court, over the defense's objection, struck all unvaccinated prospective jurors. Did that violate the Sixth Amendment's requirement that…

A 21-year-old member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, Jack Teixeira, was arrested without incident as a suspect in the recent leak of classified U.S. intelligence documents, the Department of Justice said Thursday (…