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Crime and Justice News
Oct 2, 20231 min read
Supreme Court Begins Term; Guns, Social Media, Voting On Docket
The U.S. Supreme Court started its new term on Monday,. The justices have confirmed the hearing of 20 cases, raising issues involving...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 24, 20232 min read
High Court Sentencing Case Involves Interpreting The Word 'And'
A dispute over how to interpret the word "and" lands lands in the Supreme Court on Oct. 2, the first day of its new term. The decision...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 31, 20232 min read
Republican Groups Sue CFPB Over Payday Lenders, Ruling This Term
The Supreme Court is set to rule this term in a case that could lead to the elimination of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. A...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 11, 20232 min read
Critics Ask Clarence Thomas To Quit Over Undeclared Billionaire Gifts
Conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has been condemned for maintaining “shameless” links to rightwing benefactors after...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 11, 20231 min read
Supreme Court Justices' Campus Visits Raise Ethical Issues
Supreme Court Justices’ visits to public colleges and universities have included audiences of influential donors, and justices have...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 7, 20231 min read
Justices Misstated Sentencing Panel Stance On Acquitted Conduct
Were some Supreme Court justices out of date in their statements last week on the issue of "acquitted conduct" (sentences imposed partly...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 2, 20232 min read
High Court Defers On 'Acquitted Conduct' Awaiting Sentencing Panel
The U.S. Supreme Court for now will not weigh in on the legality of judges increasing prison sentences for criminal defendants based on...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 28, 20232 min read
Justices Want Higher Security Despite Lack of Serious Threats
When people took to protesting outside of the homes of Supreme Court justices after last year's leak of the draft decision to overturn...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 23, 20231 min read
Justices OK 'Kill Team' Conviction Despite Co-Defendant's Confession
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the conviction of a man serving a life sentence for his role on an international “kill team” in a case...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 23, 20232 min read
How New High Court Ruling Could Keep Innocent People In Prison
A Supreme Court ruling Thursday means that at least some federal prisoners who are innocent must serve out their entire sentence, with no...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 22, 20232 min read
High Court Rules on Post-Conviction Remedies, Obstruction
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 against a federal prisoner who challenged his sentence for firearms possession based on changes in the...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 8, 20232 min read
High Court Limits Scope of Identity Theft Law
A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday against federal prosecutors' interpretation of when they can charge criminal defendants...
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Crime and Justice News
May 23, 20232 min read
SCOTUS Press Corps Stuck In Case-Digest Mode, Ignoring Politics
U.S. Supreme Court justices' behavior has put the court's legitimacy on trial, but the chief intermediary between the court and the...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 26, 20232 min read
Senators Urge Requiring Justices To Write Code Of Conduct In A Year
Sens. Angus King (I-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Ak.) will introduce a bill Wednesday that would require the U.S. Supreme Court to create...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 25, 20232 min read
Some Gun Control Groups Join Drive To Expand, Reform High Court
A year after the Supreme Court upended the legal status quo on gun regulation with its landmark Bruen decision, more than a dozen gun...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 20, 20232 min read
Progressive Groups Advocate Overhaul At The Supreme Court
In the aftermath of ethics questions emerging around Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and a series of politically charged rulings, a...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 20, 20232 min read
What Is A Threat? Justices Question CO Law Used To Convict Stalker
Of the thousand unwelcome comments a stalker sent to the object of his obsession, Chief Justice John Roberts opined Wednesday that the...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 7, 20231 min read
Dems Call For High Court Ethics Code After Report On Thomas Trips
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas accepted luxury vacations from a major GOP donor, renewing the call from Democrats for a code of...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 29, 20231 min read
Garland Hopes Marshals Won't Protect Justices Indefinitely
Attorney General Merrick Garland hopes the enhanced security he authorized last year for Supreme Court justices and their families won’t...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 22, 20232 min read
High Court Declines Plea Bargain Case Over Two Dissents
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson balked at her colleagues' refusal to consider ineffective counsel claims from a man sentenced to 159 years...
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