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Indiana’s Sex Offender Registration Act’s provision requires those who are registered out of the state to also register in-state. People affected: this law violates the U.S. Constitution’s prohibition on ex post facto laws, our right to travel under its privileges and immunities clause, and…

Earlier this week, the United States Sentencing Commission released its 2022 Federal Sentencing Statistics. The data covers sentencings from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. These…

Twenty-year-old Ohio man runs an online chat roomwhere he urges others to help him create a militia group and revolt against tyranny. The group is infiltrated by FBI informants, and the man is eventually arrested and convicted of attempted kidnapping based on a scheme to lure a police officer to…

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…

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…

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…

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 (…