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The relentless pursuit of “non-stop executions” by a rump of death penalty states is exposing prison staff to extreme levels of psychological and physical stress, according to traumatized corrections officers who are appealing for help (…

A jury has awarded $16 million to a Philadelphia man whose murder conviction was overturned after he spent 25 years on death row — the largest wrongful conviction payout in city history. (…

On Wednesday, April 24, 2024, President Biden pardoned 11 individuals and commuted the sentence of 5 additional individuals detained in federal prison. In total, 16 detainees…

On April 24, 2024, President Joseph R. Biden nominated Danna Jackson to serve as a federal judge in the United States District Court for the District of Montana. If confirmed , Jackson would be the first American Indian, Alaska Native, or Native Hawaiian to serve as a federal judge in Montana (…

Terra Morehead, a longtime county and federal prosecutor who helped police frame at least one innocent man, has agreed to surrender her law license and faces disbarment (…

Terra Morehead, a longtime county and federal prosecutor who helped police frame at least one innocent man, has agreed to surrender her law license and faces disbarment (…

In a shocking twist, biotech CEO who compares himself to both Steve Jobs and Jesus Christ and claims his company's products cure paralysis and opioid addiction is…

Florida man, among the hundreds that entered the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was chanting “Whose house? Our house!” D.C. Circuit (unanimously): Not your house. The United States Capitol building is most definitely not your house. There's a reason entry to the Capitol is “strictly regulated…

A new investigation by The Appeal brings to light what many criminal defense practitioners have known for years, price gouging in prison commissaries allows companies and prisons to prioritize financial…

The bipartisan United States Sentencing Commission voted unanimously today to prohibit conduct for which a person was acquitted in federal court from being used in calculating a sentence range under the federal guidelines (USSC press release available…