Articles Tagged with criminal law

The new laws continue a trend of states getting more involved in immigration enforcement, which was traditionally left to the federal government.

A grand jury in West Baton Rouge Parish indicted Dr. Margaret Carpenter for prescribing abortion drugs to a pregnant teenager, possibly sparking a legal standoff between Louisiana and New York.

However, the President-elect likely will not face jail time or any other meaningful penalties for his convictions on 34 felony counts.

The U.S. Department of Justice is expected to drop its cases against the president-elect due to concerns over interfering with the duties of the executive branch.

An indictment filed by the U.S. Department of Justice alleges that Mayor Eric Adams committed offenses such as bribery and wire fraud during his dealings with Turkish nationals.

A Florida federal judge applied a standard recently developed by the U.S. Supreme Court in finding that the historical record does not support a law banning firearm possession in post offices.

Illinois will become the first state to allow defendants awaiting trial to be released regardless of their financial resources.

Planned Parenthood sued for injunctive and declaratory relief in federal court on Wednesday over the Idaho Attorney General's assertion that the state's criminal abortion law prohibits medical providers from referring women to access abortion services outside the state.

A judge found that keeping indigent defendants on a waiting list for a free attorney for months or years violated the right to counsel under the Missouri Constitution, parallel to the Sixth Amendment.

The trial of Alex Murdaugh, a South Carolina lawyer accused of murdering his wife and son, began on Monday with jury selection. The case has caught the attention of many interested in the Murdaugh family's connections, status in the community, and involvement in at least one mysterious death.