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Federal judge upholds $125 W.Va. sex offender registry fee
West Virginia Record
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Federal judge upholds $125 W.Va. sex offender registry fee

  • Chris Dickerson
  • Updated May 6, 2026

CHARLESTON – A federal judge has dismissed a challenge to West Virginia’s $125 annual fee for people listed on the state’s sex offender registry.

Advocacy groups press case to stop Angola prison farm line
Louisiana Record
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Advocacy groups press case to stop Angola prison farm line

  • Michael Carroll
  • Updated Feb 11, 2026

Louisiana advocacy groups pressed their case in federal court proceedings and before the public last week to put an end to the farm line at th…

Convicted murderer can’t use IL juvy reform law to win chance at parole
Cook County Record
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Convicted murderer can’t use IL juvy reform law to win chance at parole

  • Jonathan Bilyk
  • Updated Jan 6, 2026

CHICAGO - A Chicago gang member in the midst of a 40-year sentence for shooting and killing an innocent man while the other man was carrying h…

Fla. SC upholds law allowing non-unanimous juries in death-penalty cases
Florida Record
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Fla. SC upholds law allowing non-unanimous juries in death-penalty cases

  • Michael Carroll
  • Updated Jan 2, 2026

The Florida Supreme Court has upheld two death penalty verdicts in decisions affirming the legality of a 2023 statute that allows judges to im…

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Cook County property ‘tax sale’ system unconstitutional
Cook County Record
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Cook County property ‘tax sale’ system unconstitutional

  • Jonathan Bilyk
  • Updated Dec 10, 2025

CHICAGO - Cook County's longstanding system of collecting property tax debts by seizing and selling people's homes, worth hundreds of thousand…

Murrill supports the death penalty for child rapists
Louisiana Record
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Murrill supports the death penalty for child rapists

  • Chris Dickerson
  • Updated Oct 3, 2025

BATON ROUGE -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill has joined a coalition of 15 attorneys general supporting efforts to overturn the U.S. S…

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Eighth Circuit grants qualified immunity to prison worker
St. Louis Record

Eighth Circuit grants qualified immunity to prison worker

  • Kyla Asbury
  • Updated Aug 18, 2025

JEFFERSON CITY – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has reversed a lower court decision and granted qualified immunity to a Stat…

Judge again orders protections for Angola inmates doing forced field work
Louisiana Record

Judge again orders protections for Angola inmates doing forced field work

  • Michael Carroll
  • Updated May 29, 2025

A federal judge has ordered Louisiana’s Angola prison to take additional safety measures to protect inmates on the “Farm Line” from extreme he…

Fifth Circuit rejects injunction blocking Hoffman execution
Federal Courts

Fifth Circuit rejects injunction blocking Hoffman execution

  • Michael Carroll
  • Updated May 15, 2025

A federal appeals court has overturned an injunction that put Tuesday’s scheduled execution of Jessie Hoffman on hold, potentially clearing th…

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Judge blocks Huffman execution, but Murrill files emergency appeal
Louisiana Record

Judge blocks Huffman execution, but Murrill files emergency appeal

  • Michael Carroll
  • Updated May 16, 2025

Louisiana’s attorney general has urged the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a federal judge’s decision to block the execution of inm…

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