The Supreme Court Issued an 8–1 Ruling on Plea Deals. The Accord Won’t Last.

The Supreme Court issued an important criminal justice ruling on Thursday about the appropriate bounds of plea bargains.
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'Insidious Practice' or 'Gamesmanship'?: Lawyers Debate Measure Allowing NY Judges to Reduce Domestic Violence Survivors' Sentences

New York's Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act allows judges to impose reduced sentences if a defendant's experience of violence played a role in their crimes. The Legal Aid Society and Brooklyn ...
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A choice for some Prairieland ICE shooting defendants: take plea deals or face tougher charges?

The Department of Justice seal during a news conference at the DOJ office in Washington, May 16, 2023. More defendants arrested in connection with the July 4 shooting at a North Texas immigration ...
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Defendant reaches guilty plea in Sam Nordquist murder case

Canandaigua, N.Y. (WHAM) — One of the seven defendants charged with murder and kidnapping for the death of Sam Nordquist has reached a guilty plea, according to Ontario County District Attorney Jason ...
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Justices to consider breadth of a federal defendant’s waiver of appeal

Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. In Hunter v. United States, to be argued on Tuesday, March 3, the Supreme Court will address how broad federal defendants’ ...