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Dec 9, 2025

Lawyers argue agreement made during pandemic should shield Georgia man from execution

Lawyers for a man set to be put to death next week in Georgia argue that an agreement entered into by the state and death penalty defense attorneys during the COVID-19 pandemic […]

Dec 2, 2025

SCOTUS: father convicted of child abuse denied confrontation rights

A father charged with sexually abusing his daughter should not have been denied his unfettered constitutional right of confrontation without a state court first making a case-specific finding that the […]

Federal agents stage July 7 at MacArthur Park in Los Angeles. (Associated Press file)
Aug 5, 2025

Court blocks racial profiling in Trump-era ICE raids

A federal appeals court upheld a block on Trump-era immigration stops in LA, ruling they relied on racial profiling and lacked legal justification.

May 20, 2025

Court upholds geofence warrant, avoids constitutional ruling

Fourth Circuit upholds geofence warrant use but sidesteps ruling on its constitutionality, leaving privacy concerns unresolved.

Adair Boroughs, U.S. attorney for South Carolina, discusses the findings of the U.S. Department of Justice's yearlong investigation into the Richland County jail at a press conference Wednesday in Columbia. (The Post And Courier)
Jan 16, 2025

DOJ: Richland County jail violates constitutional rights

Conditions at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center in Columbia violate the Eighth and 14th Amendments, the U.S. Department of Justice said after a detail investigation of the facility. The […]

Contraband cellphones in S.C. prisons allow criminal leaders to continue their illegal enterprises even when they are behind bars, a report says (Depositphotos.com)
Oct 1, 2024

4th Circuit: Ruling reinstates lawsuit over search

Where an inmate alleged that prison officials violated his rights by violently pulling a contraband phone out of his rectum in a prison shower, the District Court erred by granting […]

Gov. Maura Healey is one of two Massachusetts officials and a nonprofit official being sued after the state started a campaign urging pregnant women not to seek help from ‘crisis pregnancy centers.’ (Associated Press file)
Aug 30, 2024

Pregnancy centers sue Massachusetts over campaign

BOSTON — Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey launched a $1 million taxpayer-funded initiative in June designed to discourage people from seeking help from “crisis pregnancy centers” that are typically religiously affiliated […]

Under a settlement announced by the state of Alabama, Alan Miller will be the second inmate in the state to be executed using nitrogen gas. (Associated Press file)
Aug 7, 2024

Alabama advances nitrogen gas execution plan

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama’s attorney general said Monday that another nitrogen gas execution will go forward in September after the state reached a settlement agreement with the inmate slated to […]


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