May 17, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday that defendants whose appeals have run out cannot take advantage of last term's ruling that convictions by non-unanimous juries are unconstitutional, denying automatic new trials for potentially thousands of prisoners in Louisiana and Oregon convicted under what the justices said were racist schemes.
December 02, 2020
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared torn Wednesday over whether to grant new trials to potentially thousands of prisoners convicted of serious crimes by non-unanimous juries after ruling last term that such convictions are unconstitutional.
November 25, 2020
Kicking off its final oral arguments of the year, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday will hear the Trump administration's efforts to exclude unauthorized immigrants from the population count and a bid by Nestlé and Cargill to escape liability for alleged child slavery.