In Bittner v. United States, the Court faced a statutory interpretation question pertaining to the methodology of charging parties under...

Samia v. United States was decided on June 23, 2023. According to the facts of the case, in 2012, Paul LeRoux tasked petitioner Adam...

In another case dealing with speech related crimes, the Supreme Court had to decide whether a federal law criminalizing “encouraging or...

In Pugin v. Garland, the Court was tasked with resolving a circuit split over whether an independent offense “relating to obstruction of...

Counterman v. Colorado specifically dealt with the standard by which a criminal defendant can be found to have made a “true threat of...

In Smith v. United States, the Northern District of Florida indicted Timothy Smith for theft of trade secrets of a website company with...

The United States criminal court system is generally overwhelmed. According to the United States Sentencing Commission, 57,377 defendants...

Firearm casualties make up a considerable percentage of deaths in the United States, accounting for 45,222 deaths in 2020. While a...

On Dec. 4, 2022, a defeated Republican candidate for State House in New Mexico was arrested for planning and orchestrating four...

On Oct. 6, 2022, President Biden issued the following proclamation on the White House website: “Acting Pursuant to the grant of authority...

Malicious prosecution is a major problem in the United States. The Washington Post found government misconduct in some manner caused over...

On Feb. 2, 2022, Minneapolis police executed a no-knock raid on Amir Locke’s apartment as part of a homicide investigation in neighboring...

The Supreme Court heard oral argument this term in a case that could substantively change how low-risk prisoners apply for resentencing...

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