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Buckle up for a Fourth Circuit judge-on-judge benchslap! It stems from a man's guilty plea for robbing a gas station and the appellate waiver in his plea agreement waiving his right to appeal the sentence. Rather than explain what…

They say the best way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. Unless, that is, if a cop shoots and kills the good guy with a gun because the cop thinks he's the bad guy with a gun. Does that make the cop liable to the good guy's family?…

Last week, the Michigan Supreme Court held that imposition of mandatory life sentences for individuals under 19 and 20-years-old years old at the time of their offense violates the Michigan state constitution. See…

Today, an immigration judged ruled that student activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported. 

As a Columbia University graduate student, Khalil led pro-Palestinian protests there last year. Kahlil, who has a green card and is a lawful permanent resident, was…

Today, the United States Sentencing Commission voted unanimously to publish amendments to the federal sentencing guidelines for the amendment cycle ending May 1, 2025. These amendments update a range of guidelines provisions, including those related to supervised release, drug trafficking, and…

In light of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Noem v. Abrego Garcia last night, a United States District Court in Maryland promptly entered an order directing the government to “file, no later 9:30 AM ET, on Friday…

On Thursday evening, a unanimous Supreme Court left in place an order by the United States District Court in Maryland directing the government to return Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to the United States. See opinion.

Yesterday, the United States Sentencing Commission issued a press release that announced the formation of a Sentence Impact Advisory Group (SIAG) and Research and Data Practices Advisory Group (RDPAG) with…

Last Saturday the Justice Department suspended attorney Erez Reuveni, acting deputy director of the Office of Immigration Litigation, after he admitted during a court hearing that the Trump administration mistakenly deported a Maryland man to El Salvador’s Cecot mega-prison (aka, Center for…

This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari review in two criminal cases raising constitutional claims. In Ellingburg, Jr. v. United States, No.…