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'Sleep is a biological necessity, not a crime': Sotomayor slams majority for upholding Oregon ban on homeless use of pillows, blankets

Elura NanosJun 28th
'Complete waste of taxpayer dollars': Idaho legislators advance bill to execute child rapists in gamble that Supreme Court will uphold similar Florida law

Elura NanosFeb 14th
Florida will 'challenge SCOTUS' by seeking death penalty in child sexual assault case under newly enacted law

Jerry LambeDec 15th
The Government Seized an Elderly Minnesota Woman's Home Over $2,300 in Unpaid Property Taxes, Sold It, and Pocketed the Proceeds. The Supreme Court Just Agreed to Hear Her Case.

Sarah RumpfJan 14th
Judge: Arizona Can Execute Man Who Raped and Murdered 21-Year-Old Woman Just Two Days After Acquittal by 'Reason of Insanity' in a Different Assault Case Overseen by Sandra Day O'Connor

Colin KalmbacherMay 4th
Sharply Divided Federal Appeals Court Upholds Death Sentence Over 1985 Murder, Finding Convicted Killer Is Not 'Intellectually Disabled'

Elura NanosAug 23rd
Indiana Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Man Battling Asset Forfeiture of His Land Rover, Compares State's Pursuit of Vehicle to 'Captain Ahab's Chase of the White Whale'

Colin KalmbacherJun 10th
Sotomayor Dissents in Death Penalty Case, Calls Out Kavanaugh and Conservative Justices for Turning 'This Court's Words' into an 'Empty Gesture'

Colin KalmbacherMay 24th
Justice Sotomayor Says Grisly Detail About Pencil Being Jammed into a Prison Guard's Eye Was 'Irrelevant' to Death Penalty Case

Colin KalmbacherMay 17th
Court Grants Immunity to Guards Who Kept Naked Inmate in Cell Covered with 'Massive Amounts of Feces'

Jerry LambeDec 21st
SCOTUS Decision in D.C. Sniper's Appeal Could Undo Years of Criminal Justice Progress

Elura NanosSep 23rd
Federal Court Allows Strip Search of Female Inmates as Part of Cadet Training Exercise

Jerry LambeJul 19th