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• November 12, 2025

  Justices Hint Early Release Factors 'Countermand' Congress

  Justices in the U.S. Supreme Court's conservative faction questioned Wednesday whether the U.S. Sentencing Commission overstepped when it said reductions in mandatory minimum sentences could be part of a court's consideration when weighing "compassionate release" for federal prisoners.

• November 10, 2025

  NY Jury Awards $112M To Migrants Detained Unlawfully

  A New York federal jury on Friday found Suffolk County and the Suffolk County Sheriff's Office liable for violating the due process rights of a class of hundreds of migrants detained past their release dates on behalf of federal immigration authorities, awarding the immigrants $112 million in damages.

• November 10, 2025

  'Extraordinary' NC Atty Janet Ward Black Dies At 66

  Prominent North Carolina personal injury attorney Janet Ward Black, who founded the Greensboro firm Ward Black Law, has died at 66.

• November 07, 2025

  University Blocks Trans Athlete, Citing Trump Executive Order

  A transgender sprinter is suing Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, claiming that the school violated New York state law by barring her from competing in a track event out of "fear" of going against President Donald Trump's executive order banning transgender athletes from women's sports.

• November 06, 2025

  Okla. Pardon Board Recommends Commuting Death Sentence

  The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board on Wednesday recommended that the death sentence of a man whose 2004 conviction was clouded by evidence of inadequate counsel representation, claims of prosecutorial misconduct and racial bias be commuted to one of life without possibility of parole, one week before his scheduled execution.

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