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• April 17, 2024

  'It Has To End': Justices Mull Finality In 32-Year Murder Saga

  In its second review of drug-fueled, baseball bat killings during the presidency of George H.W. Bush, the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday pondered steering an Arizona man's capital punishment challenge toward conclusion, perhaps by handling evidentiary tasks normally left to lower courts.

• April 17, 2024

  Sentencing Commission Limits Acquitted Conduct Sentencing

  The U.S. Sentencing Commission on Wednesday voted to restrict the controversial practice of considering acquitted conduct in federal sentencing, and floated the possibility of applying the change retroactively.

• April 17, 2024

  Justices Rule Criminal Forfeiture Deadline Isn't Absolute

  The U.S. Supreme Court held Wednesday that courts can issue forfeiture orders at sentencing in criminal cases even if prosecutors fail to submit a draft request prior to the court-ordered date, ruling noncompliance with the rule doesn't strip judges of the authority to direct defendants to hand over ill-gotten gains.

• April 15, 2024

  Justices Wary Of Strict Limit On Malicious Prosecution Cases

  Several U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared open Monday to the idea that a charge made without probable cause can be grounds for a malicious prosecution civil suit even if another charge with valid probable cause accompanied it, but without a clear consensus on a precise boundary.

• April 15, 2024

  Sotomayor, Jackson Dissent As Court Rejects Capital Cases

  In a pair of dissents, Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Sonia Sotomayor on Monday broke with a majority of their colleagues on the U.S. Supreme Court who declined to hear two death penalty cases.

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