Criminal Procedure
- Juries must find facts that increase mandatory minimums, Supreme Court says
Jun 17, 2013, 02:11 pm CDT
- Hasan’s pro se defense at trial over Fort Hood slayings raises ethical issues for standby counsel
Jun 12, 2013, 01:20 pm CDT
- SCOTUS quotes Innocence Project founders’ book in DNA opinion; did ellipses change the point?
Jun 12, 2013, 06:15 am CDT
- Cuffed murder defendant bolts from courthouse, is captured; judge says trial will continue
Jun 11, 2013, 12:12 pm CDT
- Search warrants obtained by telephone are permissible in New Mexico, state’s top court rules
Jun 11, 2013, 10:25 am CDT
- How to be taken seriously? Recent grads who formed criminal defense firm fight ‘sweetie’ image
Jun 6, 2013, 05:59 am CDT
- Onetime Natalee Holloway suspect may wed from Peruvian jail to avoid extortion extradition
Jun 3, 2013, 09:46 am CDT
- Ex-offenders face tens of thousands of legal restrictions, bias and limits on their rights
Jun 1, 2013, 05:00 am CDT
- Former governor helps establish a clemency clinic
Jun 1, 2013, 04:20 am CDT
- June 19, 1961: Police raid of home sparks a revolution in the criminal justice system
Jun 1, 2013, 01:00 am CDT
- Activist ex-prosecutor ‘indicts’ Obama, Holder, Justice Roberts and others
May 30, 2013, 11:12 am CDT
- SCOTUS rules for Texas inmate who didn’t raise claim of ineffective counsel on direct appeal
May 28, 2013, 11:49 am CDT
- Reports: AG Eric Holder vetted search of Fox News reporter’s personal email
May 28, 2013, 11:46 am CDT
- SCOTUS: Actual innocence may excuse blown habeas deadline; Scalia blasts ‘shiny new exception’
May 28, 2013, 10:12 am CDT
- Even after 911 caller’s assault when no cops were on duty, counties vote to keep budget cuts
May 24, 2013, 04:15 pm CDT
- Jodi Arias jury hangs on whether she should get death penalty
May 24, 2013, 05:45 am CDT
- Ex-judge charged with stealing drug evidence while on the bench
May 23, 2013, 02:54 pm CDT
- Judge reveals dispute about whether prosecutors withheld critical evidence in Chandra Levy case
May 22, 2013, 03:18 pm CDT
- T. Rex suit takes Texas lawyer to NYC and Mongolia
May 22, 2013, 09:05 am CDT
- Suspended and facing ethics case, judge blames president jurist, claims she rebuffed advances
May 21, 2013, 10:18 am CDT
- OJ Simpson was ‘somewhat intimidated’ by his lawyer, witness says in new trial bid
May 13, 2013, 01:53 pm CDT
- Lawyer with little experience can’t withdraw at 11th hour from death-penalty defense, judge says
May 9, 2013, 01:00 pm CDT
- Arkansas seeks return of ailing and aging convict who fled in 1970
May 9, 2013, 09:04 am CDT
- Lawyer who started on pro bono capital appeal as summer associate hopes to take it to top US court
May 3, 2013, 12:10 pm CDT
- Attorneys push for change in debt collection
May 1, 2013, 03:20 am CDT
- Bombing suspect charged at bedside, to be tried in civilian courts
Apr 22, 2013, 12:14 pm CDT
- Special prosecutor to probe more decades-old claims by jailed men of Chicago police torture
Apr 12, 2013, 03:57 pm CDT
- Defense lawyer decides whether to call trial witnesses, even if client objects, top Fla. court says
Apr 12, 2013, 11:30 am CDT
- Public defender’s suit jacket deflects judge’s objection to client’s T-shirt
Apr 4, 2013, 10:52 am CDT
- Slavery continues to haunt the modern world, but efforts to eradicate it are growing
Apr 1, 2013, 05:00 am CDT
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