A judge ordered the unsealing of Jeffrey Epstein grand jury records under a new transparency law, but the DOJ will ultimately ...

Prior to the Revised Rules of Criminal Procedure which became effective on Dec. 1, 2000, pre-trial in criminal cases was not mandatory. It was only if the accused and counsel agree, that the court was ...

As criminal law has expanded into almost every sector of the American economy, one byproduct is the rise of "parallel proceedings"—lawsuits that proceed concurrently in criminal and civil court based ...

U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff of the Southern District of New York on Monday reminded prosecutors about their obligations under recent amendments to Rule 16 of the ...

Some changes to the Criminal Procedure Rules under the Criminal Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2024 came into force on Monday, 7 October 2024 These updates are now reflected on the Criminal ...

The Mississippi Supreme Court has adopted a new set of criminal procedures to bring uniformity to courtrooms at all levels in the state, a process that marks the final achievement of retiring Justice ...

In 1987, the Supreme Court held that the Constitution requires federal and state courts to retroactively apply all new federalconstitutional rules of criminal procedure to direct appeals of ...

New changes to the Criminal Procedure Rules include amendments relating to the correction of court records, disclosure and live links. The changes made by the new rules will come into force on 1 April ...