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Criminal Practice
Criminal Practice Law360 provides timely news and analysis on criminal law and enforcement across U.S. jurisdictions. Coverage includes major prosecutions, sentencing trends, constitutional challenges, legislative developments, and key rulings impacting prosecutors, defense attorneys, and the courts.
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Latest News in Criminal Practice
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March 06, 2026
In Deepfake Era, NY High Court Probes Evidence Standards
A recent New York state high court decision hammering home the importance of video evidence authentication has been coined a "clarion call" for verification in the age of deepfakes by defense attorneys who say the ruling demands a change in tactics.
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March 06, 2026
Fla. Man Will Be Resentenced Under First Step, 11th Circ. Says
The Eleventh Circuit on Thursday ordered a Florida man convicted of a string of armed robberies to be resentenced under the First Step Act, citing a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year that allows for some retroactive application of the 2018 criminal justice reform law.
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March 06, 2026
Ex-Software CFO Gets 2 Years For $35M Crypto Fraud Scheme
The former chief financial officer of a Seattle software startup will spend two years behind bars after being found guilty of bilking $35 million from his ex-employer, according to the terms of a sentence handed down Thursday by a Washington federal judge.
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March 06, 2026
Mass. Court Vacates Firearm Convictions In Murder Case
Massachusetts' highest court on Friday cut a burglary charge and ordered a new trial to determine whether a man convicted of murder in a botched robbery scheme should also be convicted on gun charges following changes in U.S. Supreme Court precedent.
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March 06, 2026
Feds Urge Supreme Court To Overturn Native Assault Rulings
The federal government is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn two Tenth Circuit decisions that determined a pair of Native American men can be convicted of simple assault under the Major Crimes Act in cases involving more serious charges, arguing that the "senseless result" can't be reconciled with the law's plain text.
Areas of Coverage
- Influential appellate decisions in state supreme and federal circuit courts—especially those guiding trial strategy and evidentiary standards
- Developments in intermediate state appellate courts with potential to shape precedent.
- Federal, state, and local legislation or regulation impacting courts, prosecutors, and defenders.
- Developments from state attorneys general, including prosecutions, policy shifts, and personnel moves
- Criminal justice reform efforts and the impact on state and local prosecutions.
- Unique criminal cases at the trial court level, in state or federal court
- Civil appellate opinions affecting the criminal bar, such as rulings on qualified immunity.
- Innovations in criminal law education and defense training at law schools.
- Profiles of judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys and others impacting criminal law.
- Studies or reports on the work of state and local prosecutors or public defenders.
- AGENCIES
- State and local prosecutors’ offices
- Public defender offices
- DOJ’s Office of Professional Responsibility
- State bar associations and judicial conduct bodies
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Rules of Criminal Procedure in state and local courts
- Professional conduct standards for criminal attorneysDOJ’s Office of Professional Responsibility
- State legislative initiatives in criminal prosecutions and defense
- ENFORCEMENT
- Misconduct investigations and disciplinary actions involving prosecutors and defenders
- PROFILES
- Profiles of individual prosecutors, public defenders and private criminal defense attorneys
- Profiles of firms and public offices
Readership
- State and local prosecutors
- State and local public defenders
- Criminal defense attorneys in private practice
- Criminal justice reform advocates
- Law enforcement professionals
- Appellate specialists
- Legal academics and students
- Attorneys specializing in appeals of criminal cases
- Judges and court staff in the criminal courts
- Staff in state attorney generals offices
- Staff at the DOJ, working in the criminal division