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Latest News in Criminal Practice

  • October 01, 2026

    Uranium Finance Jury Sees 'I Did A Crypto Heist' Chat

    A federal jury in Manhattan was shown chat threads Thursday that purport to show a cybersecurity consultant saying "I did a crypto heist," in a computer fraud and money laundering trial over what prosecutors say was a short-lived hacking campaign that drained $53 million from crypto exchange Uranium Finance.

  • October 01, 2026

    Fla. Police Officers Denied Immunity In Ex-GOP Chair's Suit

    A federal judge in Florida has refused to toss a civil lawsuit against two Sarasota Police Department detectives, finding they are not entitled to qualified immunity from claims they violated the Fourth Amendment rights of a former Florida Republican Party chair during a 2023 sexual assault investigation.

  • October 01, 2026

    Ill. Judge To Probe Misconduct In ICE Protester Prosecution

    Further fact-finding is necessary to determine whether any misrepresentations or inaccuracies Chicago prosecutors offered while pursuing a since-tossed criminal conspiracy case against six immigration protesters amounts to misconduct warranting contempt or sanctions consideration, an Illinois federal judge said Thursday.

  • October 01, 2026

    6th Circ. Backs Immunity In Search Of Empty Home

    Michigan state troopers who searched a vacationing couple's home while attempting to execute a bench warrant are protected by qualified immunity because existing case law has not established that such a search is a violation of constitutional rights, a Sixth Circuit panel said Wednesday.

  • October 01, 2026

    Mich. Panel Revives Child Sex Case Over Possible Entrapment

    The Michigan Court of Appeals has "conditionally reversed" a man's conviction for "child sexually abusive activity," with a panel finding that his counsel did not correctly challenge a police sting operation, causing him to be ineffectively represented at trial.

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