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Seventh Circuit questions whether sex offender was improperly confined post-sentence

In Illinois, convicted sex offenders can be confined indefinitely if they're deemed sexually violent. One inmate maintains that determination ran afoul to his constitutional rights.

Kenyan police arrest man accused of recruiting fighters for Russia’s war in Ukraine

The arrest is seen as a major development in the government’s push to stop the recruitment of Kenyans to fight in Ukraine.

Kilmar Ábrego García asks US judge in Tennessee to dismiss his criminal case, saying it’s vindictive

After he was deported to El Salvador last year, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the Trump administration had to work to bring him back.

Colorado lawmakers look to require public defenders, livestream hearings at municipal courts

Lawmakers are looking to close legal loopholes that allow a handful of rural municipal courts in Colorado to sentence criminal defendants to jail time without representation or a record of proceedings.

Brooklyn terror trial opens for man accused of plotting to kill Trump, other US officials

Prosecutors say Pakistani national Asif Merchant traveled to the United States “to kill U.S. politicians” in 2024.

Billion-dollar tax scammers ask 11th Circuit for new trial

A Georgia duo sentenced to more than two decades in prison claims a juror was unfairly removed for saying she was a “white person standing up for white people.”