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• July 30, 2026

  Conn. Bans Most In-Cell Restraints To Settle Prison Lawsuit

  Connecticut's prisons on Sept. 1 will stop using separate restraints on inmates locked in holding cells, the state's corrections commissioner announced Thursday, settling a lawsuit by disability rights advocates who said the state was inappropriately using shackles to deal with mental illness symptoms.

• July 28, 2026

  Man Sues NC City Over Arrest For Smoking Legal Hemp

  A man arrested in 2023 after smoking a legal hemp cigarette is suing the city of Charlotte, North Carolina, and two of its police officers, saying the city had made the officers aware that they couldn't distinguish between cannabis and hemp by smell, but they still arrested him and a companion anyway.

• July 27, 2026

  Mich. Justices Reject Federal Double Jeopardy Rule

  The Michigan Supreme Court has significantly expanded the state's constitutional protection against double jeopardy, finding prosecutors can be barred from retrying a criminal defendant following a mistrial, even if they did not specifically intend to provoke the defense into requesting one. 

• July 24, 2026

  How Gibson Dunn Turned A Bitter Pill Into A Sweet Release

  Police officers in New York's Nassau County arrested a Honduran and turned him over to federal immigration officers this year after claiming a yellow pill found in his car was crack cocaine, an assertion that a federal judge found ludicrous. Here, Law360 examines how Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP seized on that yellow pill to show the man’s arrest was pretextual and secured his release from immigration detention.

• July 24, 2026

  Fordham Scholar On Neuroscience's Role In Criminal Courts

  Neuroscience has become an increasingly common feature of criminal litigation, shaping everything from death penalty mitigation to juvenile sentencing. Yet many of the assumptions surrounding brain science in the courtroom remain wrong, Fordham Law School Professor Deborah Denno told Law360.

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