Capital Matters is a recurring series by Jordan Steiker that covers federal constitutional regulation of the death penalty ...

An inmate says that no one wanted to listen when he tried repeatedly to confess to a crime at a facility known for violence.

Civil Rights and Wrongs is a recurring series by Daniel Harawa covering criminal justice and civil rights cases before the ...

On December 23, 2025, a federal judge enjoined enforcement of Texas’ App Store Accountability Act (SB 2420) by Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton. The law, which was slated to go into effect on ...

In June, I wrote about how the North Carolina Supreme Court’s Republican majority dilutes civil rights by requiring claimants ...

A Utah judge has ordered the release of a transcript from a closed-door hearing in October over whether the man charged with ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2025 announced the closure of another prison, a shutdown that's possible because the state is incarcerating far fewer people than it did just a decade ago.

Putin amends law to let Russia ignore foreign criminal courts President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed into law changes that give Russia the right to ignore judgements in criminal cases issued by ...

Judge grants release of redacted transcript of Charlie Kirk case hearing A Utah judge overseeing the trial of the accused killer of conservative activist Charlie Kirk on Monday ordered the release of ...

A Kenyan national linked to the Somalia-based extremist group al-Shabaab has been sentenced to life imprisonment in the United States for plotting a 9/11-style terrorist attack targeting American ...