Brandon Lowrey

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell's appeal of her 2021 sex trafficking conviction.

The California Supreme Court on Thursday reversed the convictions of a prisoner on Death Row, saying developments in legislation and case law defining gang involvement have invalidated his death sentence.

A Connecticut appellate panel vacated sexual assault convictions against a man accused of abusing his former girlfriend's children and granted him a new trial after finding his counsel failed to raise a statute of limitations defense, according to an opinion released Friday.

A Connecticut appellate panel vacated sexual assault convictions against a man accused of abusing his former girlfriend's children and granted him a new trial after finding his counsel failed to raise a statute of limitations defense, according to an opinion released Friday.

Charles "Tim" Laughlin spent 28 years working for the Oklahoma Indigent Defense System, taking the reins as executive director in 2021 before retiring and going into private practice this year. Despite Oklahoma's deeply conservative political climate and high incarceration statistics, he managed to secure more funding for the public defense system and win support for policies to help low-income criminal defendants.

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday ruled that defendants facing only fines can be eligible for pretrial habeas corpus relief, saying complaints, preliminary convictions and appellate bonds can constitute "restraint" under state law.

A former Washington corrections officer cannot overturn conspiracy convictions for persuading his sister to shoot him at work, a state appellate panel has ruled.

As law enforcement increasingly relies on cellphone data as evidence to build cases, experts warn that a poor understanding of digital forensic analysis and the limited budgets of prosecutor and public defender offices will inevitably lead to wrongful convictions.

As law enforcement increasingly relies on cellphone data as evidence to build cases, experts warn that a poor understanding of digital forensic analysis and the limited budgets of prosecutor and public defender offices will inevitably lead to wrongful convictions.

In 2022, San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins took charge of an office in turmoil after leading a successful recall effort against her predecessor, whom she criticized as too soft on crime. Now, Jenkins is under harsh public scrutiny as she works to shift the office's priorities. In this audio interview with the new Criminal Practice Law360, she discusses some of the challenges — and opportunities — of one of the highest-profile and most politicized prosecutors' offices in the nation.