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President Trump issued pardons for some 1,500 defendants who participated in the siege on the U.S. Capitol four years ago, including the leader of a far-right group, fulfilling a campaign promise to…

President Joe Biden announced on Friday that he is commuting the sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted of non-violent drug crimes who are serving far longer sentences than they would receive today (…

Earlier today the Supreme Court granted review in Bowe v. United States, No. 24-5438 (Jan. 17, 2025) (cert. granted). This case presents two important and…

Three and a half years after announc­ing its inves­ti­ga­tion into the fed­er­al death penal­ty pro­to­col, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on…

President Donald Trump and billionaire ally Elon Musk's push to radically overhaul the federal government is now reaching the U.S. court system with a demand that the judiciary justify why the administration should not cancel leases for space it uses at 160 locations nationally (…

On January 12, 2005, the United States Supreme Court a landmark ruling in United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S. Ct. 738 (2005), fundamentally reshaping the federal sentencing framework.   

In Booker, the Court declared that the mandatory federal Sentencing Guidelines…

State trial court makes a series of rulings, including striking defense witnesses for not being disclosed 20 days before trial even though the defense was still receiving new discovery from the prosecution as trial began. The rulings ultimately prevent the defendant foster father from…

A federal court has temporarily blocked federal prison officials from transferring a transgender woman to a men’s facility and denying her access to gender-affirming…

During COVID-19 pandemic, the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) implemented a policy to allow phone calls to be free to adults in custody. Each month those in custody could make up to 500 minutes of calls at no cost. However, with the end of the pandemic declared over a year ago and the BOP under…

Zimbabwe has abolished the death penalty, a widely expected move in a country that last carried out the punishment nearly two decades ago (access full article…