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The Supreme Court granted cert in Hemphill v. New York on Monday. Rules of evidence protect criminal…

D.C.'s Department of Forensic Science, also known as the D.C. crime lab, is under criminal investigation after allegations of wrongdoing in the fingerprint section. The ANSI National Accreditation Board said it found “credible evidence” that the lab has “deliberately concealed information from…

President Biden on Tuesday rolled out his first slate of judicial nominees, announcing candidates with diverse backgrounds and professional qualifications as he begins to make his own stamp on the nation's district and circuit courts (…

President Biden on Tuesday rolled out his first slate of judicial nominees, announcing candidates with diverse backgrounds and professional qualifications as he begins to make his own stamp on the nation's district and circuit courts (…

The United States government has executed thirteen people during the Trump administration, in a span of six months. This is without precedent. Three people have been executed by the federal government in the past 50 years. Until July 2020, the federal government had not executed anyone since…

The United States government has executed thirteen people during the Trump administration, in a span of six months. This is without precedent. Three people have been executed by the federal government in the past 50 years. Until July 2020, the federal government had not executed anyone since…

The government killed Dustin Higgs after the Supreme Court late Friday reversed lower-court orders that had put the execution on hold and drawing strongly worded dissents from two justices (…

The following is a statement from Shawn Nolan, attorney for Dustin Higgs:

Statement from Attorney for Dustin Higgs in Response to His Execution

The government completed its unprecedented slaughter of 13 human beings tonight by killing Dustin Higgs, a Black…

The federal government Thursday night executed Corey Johnson despite evidence and arguments he had intellectual disabilities and a federal district court's ruling that the execution would be "…

Lisa Montgomery, 52, was killed by lethal injection at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana, and pronounced dead at 1:31 a.m. (Eastern Time) Wednesday (access…