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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

  • March 27, 2026

    Mich. Panel Affirms Man Was Warned About Self-Rep Risks

    A Michigan appellate court on Thursday confirmed the sentence and conviction of a Farmington Hills man who doused his ex-girlfriend with gasoline and lit her on fire, dismissing his argument that a lower court did not properly communicate the risks of representing himself.

  • March 27, 2026

    Jailed Energy Trader Won't Fight $7.7M Judgment

    An energy trader who reported to prison this year told a Texas federal court Friday he does not oppose entry of a more than $7.7 million civil judgment in favor of his former employer, as long as it's credited against the restitution he was ordered to pay by the federal government in separate proceedings.

  • March 27, 2026

    Lawyer Says Contract With Rivera Was For Venezuela's Oil Co.

    The $50 million consulting contract that former Florida Congressman David Rivera signed with the U.S. affiliate of Venezuela's state-owned oil company was ultimately funded and controlled by the Venezuelan parent company, the attorney who drafted the document said Friday at Rivera's trial on charges of failing to register as a foreign agent.

  • March 27, 2026

    Up Next At High Court: Birthright Citizenship, Arbitration

    The U.S. Supreme Court will close out its March oral arguments session by hearing a nationwide class' blockbuster challenge to President Donald Trump's limited view of birthright citizenship, as well as a dispute over federal courts' authority to confirm or vacate arbitration awards in cases they've formerly overseen.

  • March 27, 2026

    2nd Circ. Says Earned Credits Can't Trim Supervised Release

    A Second Circuit panel rejected an inmate's argument that he was wrongly kept on house arrest for more than a year too long given that he had early release credits, finding in a reversal that such First Step Act reductions cannot be used to shorten time on supervised release.

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