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Whereas Thomas plants the beacon on where SCOTUS should be on an issue, Alito is willing to stake out a milder position to help get it there over time.
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Whereas Thomas plants the beacon on where SCOTUS should be on an issue, Alito is willing to stake out a milder position to help get it there over time.
The Supreme Court on Thursday left in place a ruling by a federal appeals court in favor of an Alabama man who has been on that state’s death row for more than two decades. In a on...
The 4th Circuit vacated summary judgment for prison officials in Bolick v. Anderson, finding disputed facts on inmate exercise deprivation at Kirkland Correctional Institution. The...
The Supreme Court on Thursday threw out a Mississippi man’s conviction and death sentence. By a vote of 5-4, the court in Pitchford v. Cain agreed with Terry Pitchford that the jud...
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The Supreme Court divided 5-4, with Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh joining the three liberal justices in the majority.
Where the defendant was convicted of driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, after a police officer found him drunk in his vehicle in a hotel parking […] The...
Where a defendant argued his motion for a sentence reduction initiated a plenary resentencing, with its concomitant explanatory rigor, this argument failed. The district court’s re...
The majority dismissed on procedural grounds the case of Joseph Clifton Smith, whose mental faculties skirt the threshold for being spared the death penalty.
Washington Post: “The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with a Mississippi man who was sent to death row for his role in the murder of shopkeeper, upholding a lower court’s decision...
Virginia court affirms Christian Thomas Perry's convictions for multiple counts of indecent liberties, rejecting double jeopardy claims based on continuous transaction theory. The...
The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a Black death row inmate who argued racial discrimination occurred in the jury-selection process before his trial. CBS News' Katrina Kaufman...
Where the defendant was convicted of two counts of hit-and-run based on the same accident, one of the convictions was reversed. The circuit court erred when it found that a […] The...
The York County Circuit Court affirmed Herbert Jounious Butler Jr.'s convictions based on DNA and firearm evidence linking him to the crime. The post Criminal- Physical evidence an...
INDIANAPOLIS — A few days after the appellate team for convicted Delphi murderer Richard Allen requested oral arguments in the case, the Court of Appeals of Indiana has granted tha...
The 4th Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of inmate Daniel Jackson’s deliberate indifference claim under the Eighth Amendment in Virginia. The post Prisons – District...
A supreme court decision will determine whether the cruel, unconstitutional execution of people with intellectual disability becomes even more prevalentThe supreme court will soon...
Oliver v. City of Brandon, 607 U.S.___ - A new ruling from SCOTUS gives a lesson in Greek mythology, but more importantly makes it a near certainty that civil-rights plaintiffs wi...
57-year-old Omar Richard Deen's was overturned in April of 2026 by the California Supreme Court due to a juror's personal connection to Calipatria Police Chief J. Leonard Speer. Th...
The 4th Circuit affirmed a 36-month upward-variant revocation sentence for Sidney Derrod Evans in EDVA, citing multiple crimes committed while on federal supervision. The post Crim...
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