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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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February 06, 2026
5th Circ. Backs Trump Admin On Immigrants' Bond Ineligibility
A split Fifth Circuit on Friday blessed the Trump administration's policy calling for immigrants who entered the U.S. without authorization to remain in detention without a bond hearing, saying the administration is acting within its "full enforcement authority."
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February 06, 2026
11th Circ. OKs Immunity Denial In Fla. Excessive Force Case
The Eleventh Circuit ruled Friday that two Florida police officers named in a civil lawsuit should not be granted qualified immunity for their conduct during a Baker Act arrest of a person they knew to be mentally unwell.
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February 06, 2026
Court Upholds Child Porn Conviction, Says Kids Were Real
A man who had child pornography on his home computer and admitted as much to a detective cannot challenge his convictions by arguing that the state hadn't proven the images contained real children, a Connecticut appeals court ruled Friday.
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February 06, 2026
Brooklyn Adviser Settles SEC's $4.1M Affinity Fraud Claims
A Brooklyn investment adviser has reached a settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to settle claims that he defrauded fellow members of his Russian American Jewish community out of at least $4.1 million, including inherited Holocaust restitution funds.
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February 06, 2026
Va. Prosecutor Calls For Courage In Charging Feds
Several district attorneys have formed a group with a singular goal: to charge and convict federal agents who violate civil rights. Here, Law360 speaks to one of these prosecutors about the creation of Fight Against Federal Overreach and the plans for the organization.
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