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Newspaper asks Supreme Court to review secret docket
A legal newspaper in Pennsylvania has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a decision that allowed all records in…
September 15, 2008
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Federal court district weighs cutting back on plea agreement availability
Two Utah newspapers sounded the alarms this week over a rule up for debate in the federal district court there that…
September 12, 2008
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Local Tex. corruption case moves along, but off the books
A long-simmering federal inquiry into public corruption in El Paso, Tex. has apparently yielded nine guilty pleas so far. Local attorneys, elected…
August 7, 2008
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Death penalty proceeding to be open, after all
A federal judge in Idaho reversed his own decision closing a sentencing-related hearing today in the case of a man…
July 17, 2008
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Federal courts committee supports online plea bargains
A committee formed by the Federal Judiciary to consider whether criminal plea agreements should be removed from public access on…
March 21, 2008
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Neutered cameras bill limps out of committee
Incredibly and inexplicably, camera coverage of federal courts continues to be shot down because of baseless speculation and misinformation. Sen.…
December 7, 2007
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