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One power of a magistrate judge is to conduct evidentiary hearings and submit a report to an Article III judge recommending how to rule on a motion to suppress. If a party disagrees with the magistrate's report and recommendation, the district court judge is to conduct de novo review. Does 4½…

The overtime fraud trial of four Boston police officers kicked off Tuesday in federal court with attorneys for the current and former cops countering prosecutors' theft claims by arguing it was a "time-honored, accepted practice" to file for overtime in four-hour chunks regardless of how long…

Jan. 6 rioters challenge their indictment for violating 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c)(2), which makes it a crime to "corruptly . . . obstruct, influence, or impede any official proceeding." District court: Agreed. Indictment dismissed because 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c)(1) is all about destroying evidence, so (c…

Cleveland, Ohio man is sentenced in 1991 for a murder he claims he didn't commit. In 2016, the Ohio Innocence Project takes an interest in his case and files multiple public-records requests for case documents. Assistant prosecutor Barbara Rhodes Marburger turns over a heavily redacted file.…

The U.S. Sentencing Commission approved new guidelines on Wednesday that will expand federal inmates' ability to qualify for compassionate release from prison (view full article…

If you're charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm but you don't know you're a felon, are you really a felon in possession of a firearm? Fourth Circuit: Nope, not according to the Supreme Court. That means our friend…

Attorneys for accused synagogue shooter Robert Bowers have again asked for the death penalty to be taken off the table (view full…

People who fight multicount indictments at trial lose even if they beat most of the charges—all it takes is one conviction to face a sentence that reflects every count charged. But that may be starting to change (…

Malaysia's parliament on Monday passed sweeping legal reforms to remove the mandatory death penalty, trim the number of offences punishable by death, and abolish natural-life prison sentences, a move cautiously welcomed by rights groups (…

A California police union executive director allegedly ran a drug ring from her home and used her office computer and UPS account to order and distribute opioids and…