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From footnote nine of this Second Circuit opinion, you get the sense that the court (2-1) doesn't think it should take 26 pages and a chart to explain why a racketeer who shot and killed someone committed a "crime of violence." Concurrence: Oh stop it. There is no reason to criticize the…

The Judicial Conference of the United States today agreed to recommend to Congress the creation of new district and court of appeals judgeships to meet workload demands in certain courts.

Sayfullo Saipov, a native of Uzbekistan who was convicted of killing eight people in a 2017 terrorist truck attack on a Hudson River bike path, will be sentenced to life in prison after members of a Manhattan federal jury deadlocked as they decided his fate (…

The Louisville Metro Police Department routinely uses excessive force and practices “an aggressive style of policing” against Black people, the Justice Department said Wednesday after an investigation launched following the botched raid that killed Breonna Taylor. (…

Allegation: Inmate at Rush City, Minn. correctional facility is attacked with a shank when he declines to pay off his cellmate's drug debt. He (and his family) repeatedly asked the prison for a transfer to another facility, but officials decline (in part because the assailant attests "the issue…

The University of Maryland announces its newly-built 70,000-square foot state-of-the-art School of Public Policy building will…

The Department of Justice on Friday launched an application for eligible individuals to receive certificate of proof that they were pardoned under the Oct. 6, 2022, proclamation by President Biden (…

A misconduct complaint has been lodged against a San Diego, California, federal judge who recently handcuffed a crying 13-year-old girl in his courtroom during a court hearing…

Two guys go walking down the sidewalk of a Richmond, Va. housing complex. Cops see them, recognize them, and accuse them of trespassing based partly upon a trespassing arrest from eight years ago. Cops ask the guys to lift their shirts. One does, one kind of does. The kind-of one is also wearing…

The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) used pentobarbital, also called Nembutal, to execute 13 people between July 2020 and January 2021. Nonprofit group requested the names of suppliers of the lethal injection drug. BOP: Request denied. FOIA allows agencies to withhold "confidential" and "commercial"…