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July 17, 2026
A D.C. Circuit panel vacated a lower court's 28-year sentence of a Libyan national accused of orchestrating the deadly 2012 attacks against a U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, agreeing with the government that his sentence is "unreasonably lenient."
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July 17, 2026
The Florida Supreme Court has ruled that a double life without parole sentence handed down to a juvenile convicted of murder who was radicalized by ISIS propaganda on the internet does not violate state law and U.S. Supreme Court precedent forbidding mandatory life sentences for young people.
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July 17, 2026
A Sixth Circuit panel has rejected a convicted felon's appeal seeking to suppress evidence from a search that found three firearms and contraband in his house, saying police had a reasonable suspicion that he was hiding criminal activities at the house.
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July 17, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent Chatrie v. United States decision reaffirms Fourth Amendment protections for location data but avoids more complicated questions about geofence warrants, say attorneys at Adams Duerk.
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July 17, 2026
Grainful Holdings v. Mineev, a recent Commercial Court decision that resulted in a sentence for contempt following post-award enforcement proceedings, illustrates the point at which proceedings, having moved beyond recognition of an arbitral obligation, engage the court's own coercive jurisdiction, says Josep Galvez at 4-5 Gray's Inn.
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