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As the omicron variant of COVID-19 continues to spread across the U.S., more federal courts are restricting building access and pushing back trials.    

On Monday, the U.S. reported more than 1 million new coronavirus cases, as public health officials urge individuals to get…

Michael Carvajal, the director of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons whose tenure at the agency was marred by scandals and pandemic-induced struggles, will resign after nearly two years in the top position amid heavy criticism of his leadership of the agency, the Justice Department said Wednesday (…

Kansas woman pleads guilty without plea agreement to her charge. District court, in deciding what sentence to impose, states when there is no plea agreement, the sentence will be somewhere in the middle of the Guidelines range. Woman: objection! That is not a valid basis. District court:…

The federal judiciary's Defender Services Office announces that there will be an increase to the Criminal Justice Act (CJA) panel attorney hourly rates.

CJA Panel Attorney Hourly Rate Increase:

The panel attorney hourly rates increased from $155 to $158 for non-…

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts pledged Friday to improve ethics training and bolster internal compliance systems for the federal judiciary, citing a…

Leaders of the House Judiciary Committee have asked U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts to open an investigation into the Eleventh Circuit chief judge’s and a federal district judge recent hiring of a law clerk with “a history of nakedly racist and hateful conduct” (…

The Supreme Court will hear argument on Tuesday in an important case on the rights of criminal defendants under the Sixth Amendment’s confrontation clause. Specifically, the court will determine in Hemphill v. New York…

This year is turning out to be another remarkable year for new record relief enactments. In just the first six months of 2021, 25 states enacted no fewer than 51 laws authorizing sealing or expungement of criminal records, with another 5 states enrolling 11 bills that await a governor’s…

On July 2, 1908, LDF founder and first Director-Counsel, and the first Black Supreme Court Justice…

Attorney General Merrick Garland has imposed a moratorium on scheduling federal executions, the Department of Justice announced on Thursday (access full…