New Orleans Criminal Jury Trials Halted Over Barring Felons
Criminal court judges in New Orleans put all jury trials on hold until at least March amid allegations that the court has been illegally...
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Jan 19, 20232 min read
Hochul Calls Vote Rejecting Her Top Court Nominee 'Not Fair'
“The committee has spoken. The nomination was lost," New York State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins remarked regarding what...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 16, 20231 min read
Latino Ex-Prosecutor Faces Opposition As Pick For NY Top Judge
There should have been no surprise to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul that Hector LaSalle would become an unpopular pick to lead the state’s...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 15, 20222 min read
New GOP Majorities On NC, OH High Courts; Dems Win Illinois, Michigan
Voters elected new Republican majorities to high courts in North Carolina and Ohio last week as candidates, parties and special interests...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 4, 20221 min read
Appeals Court Takes Seven Years To Rule On Case By Homeless Man
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on a case Monday more than seven years after it was filed, hours after Talking Points Memo (TPM)...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 21, 20221 min read
Federal Judges Ask Congress To Give Them More Security
The federal court system’s policymaking body called on Congress to pass legislation that would increase security for judges. “The safety...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 1, 20222 min read
Chicago Justice? Man Acquitted of Murder, Avoids New Gun Charges
A man who was singled out by the Chicago police superintendent as an example of an alleged murderer who should not have been released on...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 21, 20222 min read
Are Court Slowdowns A Key Reason For Crime Increases?
Many states drastically curtailed the operation of their courts in response to the pandemic, leaving many in jail questioning their right...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 15, 20221 min read
Arizona Supreme Court Upholds Anonymous Juries
The Arizona Supreme Court ruled unanimously against journalists in a case involving a presumptive First Amendment right to obtain juror...
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Crime and Justice News
May 16, 20221 min read
D.C. Federal Judges Accused of Bias, Bullying, Racial Insensitivity
A federal appeals court judge in Washington, D.C., has hired only male law clerks for the past two decades. Another judge allegedly...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 27, 20221 min read
U.S. Courts Can Be Sued Over Sex Harassment Complaints
A federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that a former federal public defender in North Carolina could sue the judiciary for violating...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 22, 20222 min read
Houston Crime Stoppers Goes Political, Attacks Democratic Judges
Crime Stoppers of Houston has been blasting out more political message of late: Activist judges are letting “dangerous criminals” out of...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 27, 20222 min read
Court Backlogs Mount, Preventing Suspects From Getting Speedy Trials
Courts are facing overwhelming case backlogs because of the COVID-19 pandemic and it could take years for the legal system to dig out....
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 18, 20222 min read
Remote Jury Trials a Mixed Bag, Say Judges and Litigators
Remote jury trials conducted since the initial outbreaks of COVID-19 have been a mixed bag of advantages and inconveniences, NPR reports....
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 3, 20221 min read
GOP Assails Public Defender Court Nominee As Jackson Hearing Looms
Casting a shadow over President Biden's historic Supreme Court nominee, Ketanji Brown Jackson, tense debate broke out at a hearing of the...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 8, 20222 min read
Why It's Time To Open Federal Courtrooms to Cameras
The nine and a half minutes that George Floyd spent gasping for air under the knee of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin were...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 3, 20222 min read
Houston Anticrime Plan Focuses on Cutting Court Backlogs
With more than 40 homicides already in 2022 and three police recovering after a gunman shot them last week, Houston Mayor Sylvester...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 27, 20222 min read
Two-Thirds of Cleveland Defendants Are Black, Few Vote in Judge Races
When it comes time for residents in Cleveland's Cuyahoga County to vote for local Common Pleas judges, the people with the most at stake...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 14, 20221 min read
Many Federal Judiciary Staffers Report Misconduct In Workplace
A training registration form sent last week to thousands of federal judiciary staffers came back with 34 of 40 respondents saying they...
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