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Texas Death Row Case Upended by Co-Defendant’s Sworn Confession Ahead of April 30 Execution

An emergency bid asks the state’s top criminal court to halt the execution based on the new statement.

California Appeals Court Overturns 2017 Sierra LaMar Murder Conviction

California Supreme Court Declines Tory Lanez Appeal, Leaving Conviction and 10-Year Term Intact

Hong Kong Appeals Court Quashes Jimmy Lai’s 2022 Fraud Convictions

Ryan Routh Appeals Conviction and Life-Plus-Seven Sentence in Trump Golf Club Assassination Case

Chechen Supreme Court Overturns Zarema Musaeva Conviction, Orders Retrial

François Fillon Drops Final Appeal, Making ‘Penelopegate’ Sentence Final

Tarrant Appeal Closes With Crown Arguing Guilty Pleas Were Informed Choices

Court Upholds Conviction and 42-Year Term for Sean Zeisz Over Ashley Dale Killing

South Carolina Supreme Court Hears Alex Murdaugh Appeal on Jury Influence and Trial Evidence

Supreme Court Rejects Kuldeep Sengar’s Bail Plea, Fast-Tracks High Court Hearing in Unnao Custodial-Death Case

Christchurch Mosque Attacker Tells Appeal Court Prison Conditions Drove Irrational Guilty Pleas

Supreme Court Denies Immediate Relief to Kuldeep Sengar, Orders Out-of-Turn Delhi HC Hearing in Custodial-Death Appeal

Christchurch Mosque Gunman Opens Appeal to Retract Guilty Plea, Citing Harsh Detention

Second Circuit Sets April 9 Oral Argument in Diddy Appeal After Fast-Track Approval

Louisiana Supreme Court Unanimously Rejects C‑Murder Rehearing, Ending State Appeals

Supreme Court Slams J&K Over Seven-Year Undertrial, Grants Interim Bail and Demands Data on Long-Pending Cases

Appeals Court Overturns James Heaps Conviction, Orders Retrial

Peru Court Takes Urresti Appeal Under Advisement in 1988 Journalist Murder Case

Judge Denies Pras Michel’s Bail Bid, Delays Prison Surrender to March 30