By Allison Dunn | May 11, 2023
"To arrive at this counter-intuitive construction, the majority exploits a grammatical awkwardness and arrives at counter-intuitive results because the location of the overdose is wherever someone has a good faith belief that they have a life-threatening condition relating to the ingestion of drugs," Judge Vernida R. Chaney wrote in a dissenting opinion.
By Max Mitchell | May 11, 2023
Fundraising totals so far for 2023 appear down slightly from the amounts frontrunners had brought in during the last state Supreme Court race in 2021.
By Riley Brennan | May 11, 2023
"The totality of the circumstances shows that the State chose to remove every juror who exhibited an awareness of racial justice issues when a Black defendant was on trial," the appeals court said.
By Brian Lee | May 11, 2023
The decision in Percoco's case, written by Justice Samuel Alito, was in line with a recent surge of decisions that limit the government's ability to prosecute defendants under particular corruption laws. A companion opinion was written by Justice Clarence Thomas.
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By Matthew T. Mangino | May 11, 2023
The American Bar Association (ABA) released its 2023 Plea Bargain Task Force Report. Three years in the making, the report revealed that in 2018, only 2% of federal criminal cases ended in a jury trial.
By Lisa Willis | May 11, 2023
The panel also warned of consequences.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Peter Vaira | May 8, 2023
A recent book by Thomas L. Dybdahl, "When Innocence is Not Enough," published by The New Press, N.Y. 2023, gives a critical evaluation of the process.
By Riley Brennan | May 5, 2023
In 2003, James Evans filed a petition for postconviction relief following convictions for murder and solicitating murder. Twenty years later, with the petition still pending, the Seventh Circuit addressed "inordinate" delay.
By Jimmy Hoover | May 5, 2023
The justices issued a stay pending their consideration of a condemned Oklahoma inmate's petition for review.
By Jimmy Hoover | May 4, 2023
"I have never seen anything like this," criminal law expert says of Oklahoma attorney general's petition.
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