2019

June 21, 2019
Supreme Court Reverses Capital Conviction For Batson Error
June 20, 2019
Supreme Court Allows Delegation of Congressional Authority To Attorney General To Apply SORNA’s Registration Requirements
June 17, 2019
Justices Reaffirm Dual-Sovereignty Doctrine
June 10, 2019
Supreme Court Holds Michigan’s Home-Invasion Statute Corresponds To Or Is Narrower Than Generic Burglary Under ACCA
June 3, 2019
Supreme Court Issues Opinion On Tolling Of Supervised Release During Pretrial Detention For A New Criminal Offense
June 3, 2019
Supreme Court Grants Certiorari To Decide Whether Plain Error Review Applies To Reasonableness Of Sentence Where There Is No Specific Objection After Pronouncement Of Sentence
May 2, 2019
US Incarceration Rate Drops > 10% From 2007 to 2017
April 4, 2019
Sentencing Commission Issues Report On Recidivism Among Violent Offenders
April 2, 2019
Divided Court Rejects As-Applied Lethal Injection Challenge by Inmate With Rare Medical Condition
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

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