/criminalpractice?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Criminal Practice Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Fri, 05 Dec 2025 21:14:20 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2418918?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2418918 A Florida federal judge on Friday ordered the release of grand jury transcripts from an investigation of late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, citing a newly enacted law that the government said overrides a prohibition on disclosing the documents to the public. Fri, 05 Dec 2025 19:56:12 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2418898?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2418898 A Connecticut man convicted of murdering and robbing two women in 2007 to support a drug habit should have been afforded a hearing concerning his motion to dismiss his attorney before his habeas petition was denied, the state's appellate court announced Friday. Fri, 05 Dec 2025 19:01:26 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2417981?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2417981 Jamaican-born Eric Tolliver is nearing the end of his 33-year prison sentence in New York, but what waits for him on the other side might be worse: deportation to his home country, where many want him dead. Fri, 05 Dec 2025 18:25:44 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2418906?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2418906 The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to consider an ex-Twitter employee's appeal of his conviction for secretly acting as an agent of the Saudi government, taking up what the petition called a deep circuit split over whether the government can bring charges for certain crimes virtually "anywhere." Fri, 05 Dec 2025 17:10:02 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2418875?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2418875 New York City Comptroller Brad Lander on Friday denied obstructing Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents as he monitored proceedings at a building where immigrants have been detained in President Donald Trump's crackdown, saying he intends to prove ICE was at fault for a scuffle that ensued. Fri, 05 Dec 2025 15:59:57 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2418718?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2418718 A man sentenced to up to life in prison for murder after stabbing another man in a bar fight has been granted a new trial by a New York appeals court, which said his jury should have been allowed to consider whether he had acted in self-defense. Fri, 05 Dec 2025 15:57:10 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2418696?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2418696 The Michigan state appeals court has ruled that 40 years was a disproportionately lengthy prison sentence for a 16-year-old convicted of murder, as the Wolverine State courts continue to rethink youth sentencing. Fri, 05 Dec 2025 11:39:56 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2418767?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2418767 Former U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez has been permanently barred from holding any public office or position of trust in New Jersey, following his conviction on federal bribery and corruption charges, Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced Friday. Fri, 05 Dec 2025 11:02:36 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2415433?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2415433 Though agentic artificial intelligence has demonstrated significant promise for optimizing legal work, it presents numerous risks, so specific ethical obligations should be built into the knowledge base of every agentic AI tool used in the legal industry, says Steven Cordero at Akerman LLP. Thu, 04 Dec 2025 23:40:11 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2418360?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2418360 The Fifth Circuit on Thursday refused to block a lawful permanent resident's deportation, saying the green card holder failed to show that a New Mexico child abuse statute under which he was convicted isn't a categorical match with a federal offense. Thu, 04 Dec 2025 21:33:20 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2418258?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2418258 Cellphone tower data is admissible evidence against two men accused in a robbery and rape case, a New Jersey state appeals court ruled Thursday, clarifying requirements for "tower dump warrants" while concluding that the initially ill-gotten data would have been obtained by lawful means. Thu, 04 Dec 2025 21:16:03 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2417982?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2417982 The case of Justice Brett Kavanaugh's would-be assassin, who came out as a transgender woman following her arrest, illustrates how criminal courts can be unprepared for, or even hostile to, trans defendants, and experts tell Law360 that courts can make significant inroads by showing trans people a modicum of respect. Thu, 04 Dec 2025 18:59:35 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2418260?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2418260 The Second Circuit on Thursday ordered a Manhattan federal court to reinstate a nearly five-year prison sentence for a former boss in New York City's largest correction officers union, saying disparities between his bribery sentence and those given to his co-defendants didn't warrant his early release. Thu, 04 Dec 2025 18:47:11 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2418423?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2418423 A group of Democratic Congress members on Thursday unveiled a proposed U.S. House of Representatives resolution urging Congress to push policies strengthening equity in the state-regulated marijuana markets and for the U.S. to encourage international drug reform. Thu, 04 Dec 2025 18:21:18 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2417389?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2417389 An Arizona federal judge has agreed to let three U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents pause a lawsuit against them until the Ninth Circuit weighs in on whether they are immune from the suit claiming they wrongfully shot and killed a Tohono O'odham Nation man. Thu, 04 Dec 2025 17:31:41 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2418166?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2418166 A man accused of murdering four of his family members, then trying to cover his tracks by setting houses ablaze, cannot suppress evidence taken by police from his burning property without a warrant, New Jersey's highest court said in a reversal Thursday, finding an exception applied. Thu, 04 Dec 2025 17:17:56 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2418464?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2418464 Texas justices had qualms with a law firm's argument that a former client and his mother can't bring fraud claims for a fee dispute, asking during oral arguments Thursday if the firm was contending that it is impossible for a defense lawyer to defraud their client. Thu, 04 Dec 2025 17:01:06 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2418419?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2418419 The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Thursday ended a suspension without pay for a county judge who was accused of COVID-19 employment relief fraud following his entrance into a diversion agreement with federal prosecutors that ended with the indictment being dismissed.  Thu, 04 Dec 2025 17:00:29 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2418334?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2418334 A Manhattan federal judge said Thursday he may not have jurisdiction over former prosecutor Maurene Comey's suit claiming President Donald Trump's rivalry with her father, former FBI Director James Comey, led to her firing. Thu, 04 Dec 2025 13:47:29 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2418278?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2418278 As the list of interim and acting U.S. attorneys found to be unlawfully appointed under President Donald Trump grows, so too does the pressure on his administration to make the next move, which could force a risky strategic decision on whether to push the issue up to the U.S. Supreme Court, experts said.