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June 11, 2026
A Detroit area police detective did not violate clearly established law in how he handled a photo lineup or by failing to flag another robbery suspect before a later-exonerated man's conviction, a Michigan federal judge has ruled, throwing out the man's civil rights suit.
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June 11, 2026
An Alaskan Indigenous man who spent years battling a first-degree murder charge in connection to the death of his older brother is suing former Metlakatla Police Department officials, supervisors and tribal policymakers over the now-dismissed allegation, saying the investigation should have been handled with care, honesty and respect for the truth.
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June 10, 2026
The state of Alabama can't execute an incarcerated man using nitrogen hypoxia, a federal judge has ruled, finding the method violates the man's constitutional rights because a firing squad can be used instead.
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June 08, 2026
The Seventh Circuit revived a lawsuit alleging Kenosha County forced civil immigrant detainees housed at its jail to do unpaid janitorial work or be punished, ruling Friday the forced labor statute doesn't allow local jails to force detainees to work "on pain of solitary confinement" or loss of phone privileges.
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June 04, 2026
An inmate whose prison disciplinary conviction for indecent exposure led to his transfer to a maximum security facility should not have lost his case without having his sanctions request over destroyed video evidence reviewed, a Fourth Circuit panel said Thursday, vacating and remanding a lower court's decision.
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