Laura Brown//October 23, 2026// Keith Hapana Crow’s preliminary application for relief from a first-degree felony murder conviction was denied by the district court. The Minnesota Supreme Court held that the district court abused its discretion and remanded the case to the…
Longtime federal prosecutor Bill Abely, who most recently served as the criminal division chief for the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney's Office, has joined Litson PLLC as a white collar partner in the firm's new Boston office, according to a Tuesday announcement. Try…
Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Michael Fanning was arrested earlier this year, but charges have since been withdrawn. The Pennsylvania Judicial Conduct Board announced that it will not pursue formal misconduct charges against former Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas…
The continuing mental health and burnout crisis Criminal – Manslaughter – Jury instruction Mass. Lawyers Weekly Staff//October 20, 2026// Where a jury found a defendant guilty of involuntary manslaughter as a lesser included offense of first-degree murder, an instruction on manslaughter was appropriate,…
Victoria Bisset, The Washington Post//October 21, 2026// Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey Tuesday commuted the death sentence of Toforest Johnson, who has spent almost three decades on death row for the 1995 killing of an off-duty deputy sheriff. “My decision is not a…
October 20, 2026, 10:48 am CDT Convicted murderer Dana Chandler at her 2022 retrial. (Story Syndicate via AP, Pool) I get quite a few online inquiries about old convictions people want me to investigate. I’ve learned over my career that it isn’t always about…
Criminal+%26%238211%3B+Evidence+supports+firearm+possession+conviction Virginia Lawyers Weekly Criminal – Evidence supports firearm possession conviction Where the defendant was driving with the firearm on the driver’s side floorboard, the firearm was in plain view as soon as she opened the…
Leaders in the Law/ Up and Coming Lawyers Criminal – Defendant convicted of attempted aggravated murder Where a rational fact finder could have concluded, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the defendant intended to kill individuals in his front yard, he was…
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R.I. Lawyers Weekly Staff//October 18, 2026// Seven individuals have been charged in Superior Court for alleged crimes related to Medicaid fraud totaling more than $1 million following investigations by the Attorney General’s Office. According to the AG’s Office, Erin Burton, 61, of North Providence…
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