The court held that a key restriction Congress imposed on state habeas petitions does not apply to federal prisoners, and ...

A southeast Missouri judge on Tuesday threw out all of the Missouri Department of Corrections' defenses in a mother's wrongful death case over her son's suicide because the department "repeatedly ...

The column was penned by members of the Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys Council, a non-partisan, independent state judicial branch agency that supports Indiana’s 91 prosecuting attorneys and their chief ...

Learn how stare decisis influences court decisions by requiring adherence to prior rulings. Understand this legal doctrine ...

Indiana’s elected prosecutors stand united in opposition to legislative proposals that would strip constitutional authority ...

Indiana’s elected prosecutors stand united in opposition to legislative proposals that would strip constitutional authority ...

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Some think the U.S. designation of Maduro’s capture could put service members across the globe at risk of not being treated ...

Indiana’s elected prosecutors stand united in opposition to legislative proposals that would strip constitutional authority from duly elected prosecutors.

About 225 people serving life-without-parole sentences are eligible for review under an obscure, short-lived North Carolina ...

ScotusCrim is a recurring series by Rory Little focusing on intersections between the Supreme Court and criminal law. After the month-long “winter break” in oral arguments, the justices return to […] ...