Prisoners’ Rights and the Concept of “Aggregate Deterrent Effect”
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit considered whether allegations of a prison officer’s destruction of a prisoner’s ...
Judge denies motions for metro Atlanta spa shooter’s statements to stay out of death penalty trial
Motions were denied in a hearing for convicted spa shooter Robert Aaron Long. Long’s attorneys wanted to omit statements he ...
Kohberger’s defense plans to argue the knife sheath could have been planted by the real killer, prosecutors say
Attorneys for Bryan Kohberger plan to argue at trial that the knife sheath recovered from the crime scene could have been ...
Prosecutors say Kohberger’s defense will argue evidence was planted in Idaho student murders case
Prosecutors say Bryan Kohberger’s defense team will argue at his murder trial that someone else could have planted a knife ...
New York Post5d
Actor who appeared on ‘Law & Order’ convicted of ‘calculated,’ revenge-fueled NYC murder: DA
“This was a calculated murder,” Queens DA Melinda Katz said in a statement. “The defendant, a part-time actor, stewed for months after being thrown out of a birthday party for his own ...
Wales Online3d
Man raped woman in Travelodge room as she slept
The following morning another guest woke up at around 7am to find the defendant kissing her neck and raping her, having removed her pyjama bottoms while she was sleeping. Gareth Roberts ...
JD Supra5d
What Does the Phrase “Resulting From” Mean? Circuit Courts Split on Standard for Determining When an AKS Violation Is a False Claim
Dating back to the 19th century, the U.S. Supreme Court has held that when construing a statute, the courts are to “give effect, if possible, to ...
The Way Through the Thicket in 'Gutierrez v. Saenz'
In Gutierrez, the U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether a Texas death-row inmate has standing to argue that the state's statute governing post-conviction DNA testing violates due process.
Wales Online3d
North Wales man raped sleeping woman in 'horror' Travelodge attack
The defendant was taken to hospital in order to receive treatment for this injury. His criminal record shows entries for drunk and disorderly behaviour, resisting arrest, a public order offence ...
The Republic5d
Defendant sentenced to plea agreement terms
A judge in Salem, Indiana has sentenced one of four defendants from Jonesville accused of repeatedly coercing a mentally challenged woman for sexual purposes. Christina L. Moffatt, 27, received a ...
National Law Review4d
No Harm, No Foul: Greenwashing Lawsuit Dismissed for Lack of Article III Standing
It is well-settled that under Article III of the Constitution, United States federal courts are limited to trying “cases and ...