The Tenth Circuit overruled its 1995 decision in Shillinger v. Haworth that a defendant is prejudiced and a Sixth Amendment ...

An Illinois appellate court overturned the murder conviction of ex-professor Wyndham Lathem due to a rights violation.

Earlier this month, one of those bills from Tennessee, SB1, came before the Supreme Court. And next June, the Justices will ...

The free event in Augusta, co-hosted by The Maine Monitor and the Maine Indigent Defense Center, examined the origins of the ...

The Sixth Amendment accords you with the right to legal representation even when you cannot afford it. Therefore, when ...

The US Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a case about the extent to which the Sixth Amendment’s confrontation clause ...

The Liberty Justice Center has filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in support of two ...

Almost weekly, the SC and federal criminal and civil justice systems advance deeper into the legal labyrinth that the ...

The Petitions of the Week column highlights some of the cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here. The Sixth Amendment gives ...

While the state and federal prosecutors have plans to give accused fraudster and former banker Russell Laffitte his days in ...

Appeals-court judges often pull their rhetorical punches when reviewing trial-court errors requiring reversals and retrials. It's all about collegiality. But sometimes — perhaps because of resignation ...