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Charles J. Ogletree Jr., a Harvard law professor who helped reframe debates around criminal justice, school desegregation and reparations during the 1990s and 2000s, all the while mentoring a new generation of Black lawyers that included President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, died at age 70…

Former President Donald Trump was indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury on four counts related to the efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election (…

Federal judicial officials are warning that pending spending legislation in Congress would force the judiciary to cut hundreds of jobs for public defenders and probation officers and cut back on cybersecurity improvements (…

A federal jury has sentenced Pittsburgh synagogue mass shooter Robert Bowers to death (access full article).  

Bowers was convicted of killing 11 worshipers in the attack, ranging…

The Judicial Conference has expressed “deep concern” about pending congressional appropriations legislation, saying proposed funding levels that are far below the Judiciary’s request would have detrimental impacts on federal courts and the public (…

Former President Donald Trump was indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury on four counts related to the efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, according to court documents (…

After Illinois man withdraws a plea that exposed him to a likely 35-year sentence for, among other things, distributing heroin, the government returns a superseding indictment including additional charges that expose him to a likely 60-year sentence. He goes to trial, is convicted, and is…

In 2008, Usama bin Laden's former personal assistant and public relations secretary was convicted by a military commission and sentenced to life in prison for conspiracy to commit war crimes, providing material…

The Justice Department has launched an investigation into Memphis and its police department for its use of force, searches and arrests and potential discriminatory policing (article available…

President Joe Biden will nominate a federal public defender in Kansas to become an appeals court judge. 

The White House announced Thursday that President Biden plans to nominate Richard E.N. Federico to join the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, which covers Kansas and…