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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

  • October 08, 2026

    DOJ Urges Justices To Keep Anti-ICE Activist Detained Pretrial

    Federal prosecutors on Thursday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to leave in place a Sixth Circuit ruling that a self-described "antifa" member must remain in jail pending trial on charges that he cyberstalked and threatened a social-media supporter of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

  • October 08, 2026

    'Melodramatic' Dodgers Fan's $11.8M Award Cut By $4M

    A California federal judge slashed an $11.8 million award for a Dodgers fan who lost vision in an eye after being struck by a police officer's projectile, calling his testimony about not playing catch "melodramatic" and citing a minor league player who returned to the field after losing vision in one eye.

  • October 08, 2026

    US Atty Video Lets Harvard Researcher Probe Motive

    A rare video statement released by Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Leah Foley after her office charged a Russian national and Harvard researcher with smuggling frog embryos last year could be seen as "objective evidence" that the prosecution was driven by vindictiveness, a federal judge said on Thursday.

  • October 08, 2026

    2 More Sentenced In $11M Amtrak Health Fraud Scheme

    A former Amtrak employee and a New York podiatrist have been sentenced to prison for their roles in a scheme that prosecutors claim defrauded the rail carrier out of $11 million in health benefits, the U.S. attorney's office in New Jersey said.

  • October 08, 2026

    Ga. Appeals Panel OKs Police Gang Investigator As Expert

    The Georgia Court of Appeals on Thursday that a police investigator who has interviewed more than 150 members of a specific street gang and has attended gang investigation trainings is qualified to serve as an expert witness in a criminal trial.

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