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Criminal Practice Law360 provides timely news and analysis on criminal law and enforcement across U.S. jurisdictions. Coverage includes major prosecutions, sentencing trends, constitutional challenges, legislative developments, and key rulings impacting prosecutors, defense attorneys, and the courts.
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Latest News in Criminal Practice
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October 29, 2025
Ex-Army Sgt. Gets 4 Years For Giving China Military Secrets
A former U.S. Army sergeant who provided classified information to China has been sentenced by a Washington federal judge to four years in prison, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.
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October 29, 2025
Ill. Dem Candidate, Others Indicted Over Blocking ICE Vehicle
Federal prosecutors have hit a Democratic congressional candidate and five others with an indictment in Illinois federal court, alleging they violated federal laws by blocking a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent's vehicle during a September protest outside an ICE facility in suburban Chicago.
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October 29, 2025
FBI Weaponized Loneliness, IS Crypto Funder Tells 4th Circ.
A Virginia man sentenced to over 30 years for bankrolling the Islamic State group with cryptocurrency challenged his convictions to the Fourth Circuit, arguing the government investigated him for years primarily based on his distasteful Facebook posts while weaponizing his "loneliness" by introducing him to covert agents who entrapped him.
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October 29, 2025
NYC Sued Over 'Voyeuristic' Police Surveillance System
A Brooklyn couple has filed a federal lawsuit alleging New York City uses a "voyeuristic" police surveillance system on all visitors and residents, which includes two police cameras that are aimed at the couple's bedroom and living room windows.
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October 29, 2025
Fla. Panel Orders New Trial For Man Denied Public Defender
A Florida state appeals court on Wednesday ordered a new trial for a man who was made to represent himself in court after a trial judge refused to hold a hearing to determine whether he met the income threshold to qualify for a public defender.
Areas of Coverage
- Influential appellate decisions in state supreme and federal circuit courts—especially those guiding trial strategy and evidentiary standards
- Developments in intermediate state appellate courts with potential to shape precedent.
- Federal, state, and local legislation or regulation impacting courts, prosecutors, and defenders.
- Developments from state attorneys general, including prosecutions, policy shifts, and personnel moves
- Criminal justice reform efforts and the impact on state and local prosecutions.
- Unique criminal cases at the trial court level, in state or federal court
- Civil appellate opinions affecting the criminal bar, such as rulings on qualified immunity.
- Innovations in criminal law education and defense training at law schools.
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- State legislative initiatives in criminal prosecutions and defense
- ENFORCEMENT
- Misconduct investigations and disciplinary actions involving prosecutors and defenders
- PROFILES
- Profiles of individual prosecutors, public defenders and private criminal defense attorneys
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