Via this new substack post by Chris Geidner, I see that Attorney General Merrick Garland sent this letter to the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to order rescinding the the federal execution ...

Name calling is not appropriate. It is not appropriate to disparage someone on account of their race. It is not appropriate to disparage someone on account of their gender. Lastly, a person can be ...

Florida’s Fifth District Court of Appeal handed down an interesting ruling late last week in Crist v. Florida, No. 5D2022-2966 (5th App. Fla. Jan. 10, 2025) ( available here ). This press piece ...

Thompson served four months in a federal prison for making false statements to bank regulators about loans he took out and did not repay. He contends that the federal law under which he was convicted ...

Since winning the election, President-elect Donald Trump has avoided providing specifics about his promise to pardon Jan. 6 defendants. And it’s led to rampant speculation — especially among the 1,600 ...

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The title of this post is the title of this essay authored by Barry Latzer available via SSRN. Here is its abstract: ...

Sure enough, today the USSC sent out a formal " Notice of Public Meeting ," which provides in pertent parts as follows: The Commission scheduled a public meeting for January 24, 2025 at 1:00 pm (EST).

The title of this post is the title of this recent New York Law Journal essay by Paul Shechtman. The piece merits a full read, as it highlights recent developments on acquitted conduct sentencing and ...