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Judge sets March 4, 2024 as Trump trial date in election interference case
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — The federal judge overseeing a criminal case against former President Donald Trump for interfering with the 2020 presidential election has set a trial date of March 4,… Read More
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Trump charged with additional counts in Mar-a-Lago documents case
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Updated July 27, 2023 at 6:45 PM ET WASHINGTON (NPR) — A grand jury in the Southern District of Florida has charged former President Donald Trump with a new count… Read More
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Federal public defenders warn budget cuts may threaten ability to represent clients
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — Federal public defenders are warning they face a severe budget shortfall that may force them to trim more than 10 percent of their current work force later… Read More
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Trump says he received a letter saying he’s a target of DOJ’s Jan. 6 investigation
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — Former President Donald Trump says he has received word that he’s a target of the grand jury probe into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Trump says… Read More
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Trump is set to appear in court after being indicted over classified documents
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MIAMI (NPR) — Former President Donald Trump is in Florida, preparing to surrender to federal authorities and appear in court at 3 p.m. ET on Tuesday. In an unprecedented indictment… Read More
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In a historic first, former President Donald Trump is charged with 34 felony counts
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Updated April 4, 2023 at 5:02 PM ET NEW YORK (NPR) — Former President Donald Trump was charged in an indictment unsealed Tuesday with 34 felony counts of falsification of… Read More
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You have the right to a lawyer, but public defenders note a lack of resources, respect
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Sixty years ago today the Supreme Court ruled that people accused of crimes but without means to pay for a lawyer would be provided with one… Read More
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The vast majority of criminal cases end in plea bargains, a new report finds
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — In any given year, 98% of criminal cases in the federal courts end with a plea bargain — a practice that prizes efficiency over fairness and innocence,… Read More
![Former White House strategist Steve Bannon arrives at the federal court in Washington, Friday, July 22, 2022.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ap22203443540691-ec0841c053a0b80e59977a8203234ac6d24f3492-scaled-e1658517163526-900x422.jpg)
Steve Bannon found guilty on both contempt of Congress charges
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Updated July 22, 2022 at 2:56 PM ET WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — A federal jury has convicted former Trump political adviser Steve Bannon of two counts of criminal contempt of… Read More
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Activists wanted Biden to revamp the justice system. Many say they’re still waiting
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — People working to overhaul the criminal justice system say they’re frustrated with the Biden administration after they’ve waited nearly a year for the White House to… Read More
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Advocates Push For Resurrection Of DoJ Civil Rights Division Under Biden
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Critics say President Trump constrained the Civil Rights Division from being as effective as it should. Business could look very different under the new incoming administration.
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Federal Government Executes 1st Prisoner In 17 Years After Overnight Court Rulings
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Daniel Lee, 47, was put to death on Tuesday morning in the federal death chamber in the first federal execution since 2003. Other inmates are scheduled for death this week.
![The U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Ind. Three executions are scheduled there this week but legal challenges make it unclear when — or if — they'll go forward.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ap_03031703100-4b8b772df01dc5dc8956cf2418852aac4e2be045-e1594654412376-900x422.jpg)
Judge Orders Halt As Federal Executions Are Set To Resume This Week
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A federal judge in Washington D.C. has barred the lethal injections that were scheduled to commence on Monday, citing the likelihood of “pain and suffering.” A legal conflict is likely.
![Critics have called Attorney General William Barr too willing to do the bidding of President Trump. Justice Department attorneys say they've seen political pressure in big cases.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/ap_20167692504794-466170482c376329dbeb8529098ac3541f543e87-scaled-e1592948135982-900x422.jpg)
Politics Influenced Justice Department In Roger Stone Case, DOJ Lawyer Tells Hill
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Two Justice Department lawyers say their superiors took marching orders from the White House in politically sensitive cases. They’re scheduled to talk to a House committee on Wednesday.
![Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen with Hugh Hurwitz, left, acting director of the Bureau of Prisons, and David Muhlhausen, director of the National Institute of Justice, at DOJ in Washington.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ap_19200591560766-eb9bcf269b2d6e44b7bacfed91602c4778cdfca9-e1563557123759-900x422.jpg)
Thousands Freed From Prison Custody As DOJ Implements Sentencing Reform Law
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More than 3,100 are moving out of the Bureau of Prisons system on Friday and the Justice Department is making other changes to comply with a law passed by Congress last year.
![Seriously ill federal prisoners have new options to request compassionate release under authority granted by a law, the First Step Act, passed last year.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ap_18320763217660-cc8eb0304949c0df95dc21adf93414c5ba30e435-e1552678839931-900x422.jpg)
Seriously Ill Federal Prisoners Freed As Compassionate Release Law Takes Effect
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Judges are beginning to limit the sentences of cancer sufferers and other badly ailing prisoners after a law passed last year by Congress.
![Attorney General nominee William Barr met with several senators on Jan. 29. The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday voted to recommend his nomination to the full Senate.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/gettyimages-1090926904-fc0272683bdcf2e3ed22694802a5e0031191afad-e1549571106668-900x422.jpg)
William Barr, Attorney General Nominee, Gets Nod From Key Senate Committee
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The Senate Judiciary Committee voted on Thursday to recommend that the full chamber confirm President Trump’s choice to take over the leadership of the Justice Department.
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DOJ, Largely Shut Down, Nonetheless Issued Statements On Southern Border Cases
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The department’s public affairs apparatus is mostly idle for lack of funding, but that didn’t stop it from making announcements in support of the administration’s messaging about immigrants.
![Prosecutors said on Wednesday the FBI has information that Maria Butina has been in contact with Russia's FSB spy agency for as long as she has been in the United States.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/ap_18198391825681-84a8184fe9d7c51557e98eeb855c6b8de078be2c-e1531928521780-900x422.jpg)
Maria Butina Was In Contact With Russian Intelligence, Feds Say In New Documents
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A Russian woman charged this week with serving as an unregistered agent also “offered sex” in exchange for a job in an organizations she targeted, prosecutors allege.
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Trump Pick For Sentencing Commission Has History Of Racially Charged Remarks
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The president has nominated a lawyer who’s adopted a tough approach to drug crimes and who has a history of making racially charged remarks about punishment to serve on the U.S. Sentencing Commission.
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Michael Flynn Pleads Guilty To Lying To FBI
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The former national security adviser is becoming a central figure in the special counsel’s probe of Russian election interference and any possible connections between Russia and the Trump campaign.