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Supreme Court Creates Miscarriage‑of‑Justice Exception to Plea‑Waiver Rule

The court ruled that some plea‑agreement waivers can be voided when enforcing them would produce blatantly unconstitutional results and left lower courts to apply the new standard.

Former NYPD Detective Pleads Guilty After Sex With Arrestee and Inappropriate Texts to Victims

Viral Arrest Video Fuels Protests Over Youthful-Offender Deal in Stillwater Sex Assault Case

After Joshua Brown’s Life-Without-Parole Sentence, Daughter Describes Holding Shawntae Brown as She Died

Mexico’s President Seeks U.S. Share of ‘El Mayo’ Zambada’s $15 Billion Forfeiture

Idaho Judge Lifts Gag Order in Bryan Kohberger Murder Case