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November 13, 2026
A Washington judge concluded Friday that Adams County broke Evergreen State law when its sheriff's office shared information about individuals in custody with federal immigration authorities to aid enforcement, granting the Washington state attorney general's bid for a court order stopping the practices.
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November 13, 2026
The Ninth Circuit has ruled that an artist and convicted drug distributor was incorrectly denied an early end to his supervised release in order to attend his own art exhibition after a district court used misinterpreted statistics and an outdated judicial manual to justify the restrictions.
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November 13, 2026
At the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office in Michigan, former public defender Valerie Newman runs one of the more successful conviction integrity units in the U.S. She spoke with Law360 about how her unit operates, how rank-and-file prosecutors perceive it, and how she handles giving victims' families the news that a convicted killer may actually be innocent.
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November 13, 2026
Specialized treatment courts provide lifesaving services to justice-involved veterans, but those who need them most are often barred from participating due to discharge status, so jurisdictions should promote equal access to this vital resource, say Rose Carmen Goldberg and Rose Valera at University of Washington School of Law.
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November 12, 2026
A divided Second Circuit panel affirmed a decision to free a man after he spent decades in prison for a Connecticut murder, holding that his trial attorney should have investigated the claims of an eyewitness who could have cleared him.
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