High Court Declines Plea Bargain Case Over Two Dissents
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson balked at her colleagues' refusal to consider ineffective counsel claims from a man sentenced to 159 years...
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Crime and Justice News
- Feb 10
- 2 min
Justices Fail To Agree On Code Of Conduct Amid Ethics Concerns
The Supreme Court has failed to reach consensus on an code of conduct specific to the nine justices despite internal discussion dating...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jan 23
- 1 min
Supreme Court Treats Protesters More Harshly Than Nearby Congress
When it comes to nonviolent protesters during official proceedings in Washington, D.C., the Supreme Court, which has its own police...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jan 19
- 2 min
Supreme Court Could Not Identify Source Of Abortion Opinion Leak
An investigation by the Supreme Court has been unable to determine who disclosed to Politico a draft opinion overturning the...
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Crime and Justice News
- Dec 14, 2022
- 1 min
Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge To Confession Use in Murder Case
The Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal in the case of a murder-for-hire ordered by the onetime leader of a violent international...
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Crime and Justice News
- Dec 2, 2022
- 2 min
Jackson Tries To Hold Lower Courts Accountable In Criminal Cases
In two opinions since joining the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, with a likely ally in Justice Sonia Sotomayor,...
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Crime and Justice News
- Nov 21, 2022
- 1 min
Lawmakers Vow SCOTUS Review Of Contraception Case Leak Report
Lawmakers are demanding further investigation at the Supreme Court and renewing their calls for binding ethics rules for the justices,...
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Crime and Justice News
- Nov 7, 2022
- 1 min
Jackson's First Opinion Seeks Review of OH Death Penalty Case
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson published her first written opinion Monday since joining the high court, dissenting from the...
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Crime and Justice News
- Oct 24, 2022
- 2 min
Texas Case Tests DA's Prerogative in Ditching Prosecution
When the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday takes up a Texas death row appeal, it will confront a question about prosecutorial discretion — a...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jul 29, 2022
- 2 min
CA Man Plotting to Assassinate Kavanaugh Planned 2 More Killings
The California man accused of plotting to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh spoke of killing two more conservative...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jul 14, 2022
- 2 min
MD to Enforce Peace Disturbance Law After Kavanaugh Protests
The Montgomery County, Md., police department [MCPD] in suburban Washington, D.C., will begin enforcing a Maryland law against disturbing...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jul 12, 2022
- 2 min
Defendants Should Target Roberts, Kavanaugh, Says Court Watcher
About a third of the recently completed Supreme Court term dealt with criminal justice issues. Ohio State University law Prof. Douglas...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jul 11, 2022
- 1 min
Group Protesting Roe Ruling Offers Money for Justice Sightings
A social justice advocacy group in Washington D.C., is looking to track down U.S. Supreme Court Justices who voted to overturn Roe v....
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Crime and Justice News
- Jul 5, 2022
- 1 min
SCOTUS Marshal Seeks Halt Of Protests Outside Justices' Homes
The Supreme Court's chief security officer requested Maryland and Virginia officials move to halt protests outside the homes of Supreme...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jun 29, 2022
- 2 min
Justices: OK Can Prosecute Non-Native Americans on Tribal Land
The Supreme Court ruled that Oklahoma can prosecute non-Native Americans for crimes committed on tribal land when the victim is Native...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jun 27, 2022
- 2 min
Two Pro-Defense Criminal Rulings by High Court
As the U.S. Supreme Court nears the end of its term, it issued two more criminal-law cases on Monday, one that made it easier for some...