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Crime and Justice News
Feb 10, 20232 min read
Justices Fail To Agree On Code Of Conduct Amid Ethics Concerns
The Supreme Court has failed to reach consensus on an code of conduct specific to the nine justices despite internal discussion dating...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 23, 20231 min read
Supreme Court Treats Protesters More Harshly Than Nearby Congress
When it comes to nonviolent protesters during official proceedings in Washington, D.C., the Supreme Court, which has its own police...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 19, 20232 min read
Supreme Court Could Not Identify Source Of Abortion Opinion Leak
An investigation by the Supreme Court has been unable to determine who disclosed to Politico a draft opinion overturning the...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 14, 20221 min read
Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge To Confession Use in Murder Case
The Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal in the case of a murder-for-hire ordered by the onetime leader of a violent international...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 2, 20222 min read
Jackson Tries To Hold Lower Courts Accountable In Criminal Cases
In two opinions since joining the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, with a likely ally in Justice Sonia Sotomayor,...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 21, 20221 min read
Lawmakers Vow SCOTUS Review Of Contraception Case Leak Report
Lawmakers are demanding further investigation at the Supreme Court and renewing their calls for binding ethics rules for the justices,...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 7, 20221 min read
Jackson's First Opinion Seeks Review of OH Death Penalty Case
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson published her first written opinion Monday since joining the high court, dissenting from the...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 24, 20222 min read
Texas Case Tests DA's Prerogative in Ditching Prosecution
When the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday takes up a Texas death row appeal, it will confront a question about prosecutorial discretion — a...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 29, 20222 min read
CA Man Plotting to Assassinate Kavanaugh Planned 2 More Killings
The California man accused of plotting to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh spoke of killing two more conservative...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 14, 20222 min read
MD to Enforce Peace Disturbance Law After Kavanaugh Protests
The Montgomery County, Md., police department [MCPD] in suburban Washington, D.C., will begin enforcing a Maryland law against disturbing...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 12, 20222 min read
Defendants Should Target Roberts, Kavanaugh, Says Court Watcher
About a third of the recently completed Supreme Court term dealt with criminal justice issues. Ohio State University law Prof. Douglas...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 11, 20221 min read
Group Protesting Roe Ruling Offers Money for Justice Sightings
A social justice advocacy group in Washington D.C., is looking to track down U.S. Supreme Court Justices who voted to overturn Roe v....
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 5, 20221 min read
SCOTUS Marshal Seeks Halt Of Protests Outside Justices' Homes
The Supreme Court's chief security officer requested Maryland and Virginia officials move to halt protests outside the homes of Supreme...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 29, 20222 min read
Justices: OK Can Prosecute Non-Native Americans on Tribal Land
The Supreme Court ruled that Oklahoma can prosecute non-Native Americans for crimes committed on tribal land when the victim is Native...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 27, 20222 min read
Two Pro-Defense Criminal Rulings by High Court
As the U.S. Supreme Court nears the end of its term, it issued two more criminal-law cases on Monday, one that made it easier for some...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 23, 20221 min read
SCOTUS Says Violation Of Miranda Is Not Ground For Civil-Rights Lawsuit
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that police officers are not subject to being sued under a major federal civil rights law if they do not...
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Ashley Oddo
Jun 22, 20223 min read
Supreme Court Limits Prosecutions For 'Crimes of Violence'
What is a crime of violence and does it include attempted robbery under the federal Hobbs Act? In a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court ruled...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 9, 20221 min read
Supreme Court, 6-3, Limits Damage Suits Against Federal Agents
A divided Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit against a Border Patrol agent who allegedly assaulted an U.S. citizen on his own property,...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 9, 20221 min read
Extra Security For Supreme Court Judges After Kavanaugh Threat
The attempted murder charges against a California man for threatening to kill Justice Brett Kavanaugh raised questions about the security...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 8, 20221 min read
Police Arrest CA Man With Weapon Near Kavanaugh's Home
A California man carrying at least one weapon near Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s Maryland home has been taken into custody by...
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