2019

April 2, 2019
Supreme Court Grants Certiorari To Decide Reasonableness Of A Stop
March 19, 2019
Supreme Court Interprets Meaning Of “When The Alien Is Released” From Custody In The Context Of 8 U.S.C. § 1226(c)(1)
March 18, 2019
Supreme Court Grants Certiorari In Four Criminal Cases
February 28, 2019
Justices Remand Alabama Competency To Be Executed Case Back to Alabama For Second Look
February 27, 2019
Supreme Court Holds That Presumption Of Prejudice Applies When Trial Counsel Fails To File Appeal Despite An Appeal Waiver
February 25, 2019
Supreme Courts Holds A Federal Court May Not Count The Vote Of A Judge Who Dies Before A Decision Is Issued
February 25, 2019
Supreme Court Issues GVR On Whether Florida Battery Qualifies As A Violent Felony Under ACCA
February 20, 2019
Justices Hold Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Fines Clause Applies To The States
February 20, 2019
Justices Again Reverse Texas’ Misapplication Of Atkins’ Intellectual Disability Standard
February 13, 2019
Sentencing Commission Issues Report on Revocations Among Federal Offenders
January 18, 2019
First Step Act: The Sentencing Commission’s First Look
January 16, 2019
Justices To Decide If Blood Draw From Unconscious Person Is An Exception To Fourth Amendment Warrant Requirement
January 15, 2019
Justices To Decide The Application Of “Knowingly” In 18 U.S.C. § 924(a)(2) And To Address The Definition Of Generic Burglary
January 15, 2019
Divided Supreme Court Holds ACCA’s Element Clause Includes Robbery That Requires The Defendant To Overcome Victim’s Resistance
January 8, 2019
Sentencing Commission Report Finds Increases In Sentencing Differences Among Judges In 30 Major Cities
January 8, 2019
Justices Reverse 6th Circuit’s Grant Of Habeas Relief To Death Row Inmate
January 8, 2019
Government Shutdown Impacts BOP
January 8, 2019
Three Justices Dissent From Denial Of Certiorari In Georgia Death Penalty Case
January 7, 2019
Justices To Decide Whether Definition Of “Crime Of Violence” In 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) Is Unconstitutionally Vague
January 3, 2019
Sentencing Commission Releases Report On Mandatory Minimum Penalties For Sex Offenses

2018

December 19, 2018
Senate Passes First Step Act To Overhaul Criminal Justice
December 19, 2018
Brennan Center Reports Continued Decline In Crime
December 14, 2018
Sentencing Commission Publishes For Comment Proposed Guideline Amendments
December 11, 2018
Justices Unanimously Agree That ACCA “Burglary” Includes Vehicles “Adapted Or Customarily Used” For Overnight Sleeping
December 4, 2018
En Banc Fifth Circuit Overrules Several Of Its Precedents In Effort to Clean Up Its Crime Of Violence Jurisprudence

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