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• March 20, 2026

  DOJ Wants Charges Dropped In Breonna Taylor Warrant Case

  The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday filed a request to end the criminal case against two former Louisville Metro Police Department officers who obtained the no-knock search warrant used by police in the raid on the home of Breonna Taylor that led to her fatal shooting in March 2020.

• March 20, 2026

  The Quest For A 'Sound Basic Education' In North Carolina

  Robb Leandro was the original named plaintiff in one of the longest-running lawsuits in Tar Heel State history, centered on the state's constitutional obligation to provide children with a "sound basic education." Over three decades, a series of eponymous North Carolina Supreme Court opinions have steered the state toward what could be a multibillion-dollar remedy to improve public education. He's now waiting alongside millions of residents for the state's justices to release what could be a far-reaching opinion, more than two years after hearing oral argument.

• March 20, 2026

  How 1st Circ. Ruling Is Shaping Heck Rule In Probation Cases

  A First Circuit ruling that pretrial probation is not a conviction under the Heck doctrine is now shaping civil rights cases, allowing plaintiffs to pursue claims after criminal charges are dismissed without any guilty plea or admission.

• March 20, 2026

  The Hypnosis That Helped Send A Man To Death Row

  The capital murder conviction of Charles Don Flores, a man on Texas’ death row, hinged on a courtroom identification by a witness who had previously undergone hypnosis. His lawyers are now asking the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene, after Texas’ top court shot down his claims that the hypnosis session contaminated the witness’s memory and tainted her identification.

• March 20, 2026

  11th Circ. Lets Lethal Injection Continue Despite Pain Claims

  The Eleventh Circuit has ruled that the state of Georgia can proceed with the lethal injection of a man who claims that the execution method would cause him extreme pain because his veins cannot support intravenous access, making it cruel and unusual punishment.

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