Texas, Louisiana both halted imminent executions on Tuesday. What's going on?
Minutes apart, courts in the neighboring states of Louisiana and Texas each stopped upcoming executions, one on Thursday and another on Tuesday.
5th Circuit Judge Ho Quits Judicial Group Over Its Statement Against Threats to Judiciary
You can't say that you're in favor of judicial independence only when it comes to decisions that you like," Ho said of the ...
Appeals court won't revive civil lawsuit against Baytown officer over Pamela Turner's death
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Baytown police officer Juan Delacruz was protected from liability by qualified ...
5th Circuit Panel Denies Mississippi Detective’s Qualified Immunity Claim in All but One Instance
A federal appeals panel has ruled that qualified immunity won’t protect a Mississippi police detective in a case where she wrongfully arrested a man ...
Federal appeals court reverses Texas death row inmate’s conviction
A federal appeals court has tossed an Amarillo woman’s death sentence after it found that local prosecutors had failed to ...
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Second Amendment Roundup: Rehearing En Banc Sought in 5th Circuit Suppressor Case
A petition for rehearing en banc has been filed seeking review of the Fifth Circuit's panel decision in United States v. Peterson, which held that noise suppressors (aka silencers or mufflers ...
Debate over whether to ban handgun sales to teens could soon head to the Supreme Court
Competing rulings from federal court jurisdictions could tee up the Supreme Court to make its own ruling on whether young ...
Texas Inmate on Death Row for 27 Years Has Conviction Overturned
The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the conviction and death sentence of Brittany Holberg, who was 25 when she was sentenced to death.