/access-to-justice?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Access to Justice Copyright 2025 À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ. en-US Wed, 20 Aug 2025 17:31:47 +0000 /access-to-justice/articles/2379183?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /access-to-justice/articles/2379183 A Texas federal court on Wednesday temporarily blocked a state law requiring public schools to post a copy of the Ten Commandments in classrooms, saying the law likely violates the Constitution. Wed, 20 Aug 2025 16:04:15 +0000 /access-to-justice/articles/2379116?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /access-to-justice/articles/2379116 The town of Oyster Bay, New York, has settled a mosque's claims that the town amended its parking laws in a targeted attempt to thwart redevelopment efforts, agreeing to oversee the quick approval of the mosque's application and to amend the underlying parking ordinance. Tue, 19 Aug 2025 18:19:39 +0000 /access-to-justice/articles/2378634?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /access-to-justice/articles/2378634 The Fourth Circuit has ordered a lower court to conclusively determine whether a Maryland woman's rights were violated after prosecutors retried her for murder using information they gathered from her successful ineffective assistance of counsel motion during the first trial. Mon, 18 Aug 2025 20:47:14 +0000 /access-to-justice/articles/2378410?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /access-to-justice/articles/2378410 A group of New York medical practitioners on Monday called for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to stop denying medical care to detained noncitizens across the United States. Mon, 18 Aug 2025 19:43:48 +0000 /access-to-justice/articles/2378130?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /access-to-justice/articles/2378130 A North Carolina federal judge has ordered a county sheriff's office to turn over the names of officers involved in a midnight raid on a home they incorrectly believed was harboring a suspected carjacker. Fri, 15 Aug 2025 21:12:26 +0000 /access-to-justice/articles/2376878?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /access-to-justice/articles/2376878 The Fourth Circuit has revived a Salvadoran woman's bid for asylum based on threats from a gang, saying in a published opinion that the woman's previous attorney proposed a legal theory during her removal proceedings that was "dead on arrival." Fri, 15 Aug 2025 19:46:38 +0000 /access-to-justice/articles/2377680?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /access-to-justice/articles/2377680 A man who spent 23 years in prison after allegedly being framed for murder by vindictive police had his civil suit over the ordeal dismissed by a Rhode Island federal judge, who lamented the lack of recourse for misconduct she said amounted to a "tragedy in criminal justice." Thu, 14 Aug 2025 21:55:23 +0000 /access-to-justice/articles/2376718?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /access-to-justice/articles/2376718 A Virginia woman has told the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals she should be resentenced because her attorney provided bad advice, resulting in her receiving a 30-year prison term for selling her boyfriend's property while he was incarcerated. Thu, 14 Aug 2025 20:47:47 +0000 /access-to-justice/articles/2377238?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /access-to-justice/articles/2377238 The Fourth Circuit said Thursday that a man incarcerated in a Maryland state prison should not have had claims that he was brutalized by correctional officers summarily dismissed because a reasonable jury could find that his allegations were credible. Wed, 13 Aug 2025 23:15:45 +0000 /access-to-justice/articles/2376841?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /access-to-justice/articles/2376841 A former top security official in the regime of Iran's former ruler, Shah Reza Pahlavi, must face a human rights abuse lawsuit by three men alleging he aided and abetted the torture of perceived political dissidents during the 1970s, a Florida federal judge said Tuesday. Wed, 13 Aug 2025 17:45:51 +0000 /access-to-justice/articles/2376810?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /access-to-justice/articles/2376810 The New York State Health Department has resolved a class action filed by a group of chronically ill Medicaid recipients who accused the state of violating their due process rights by failing to provide enough time to register their home care workers through a new system, attorneys said on Wednesday. Wed, 13 Aug 2025 16:13:30 +0000 /access-to-justice/articles/2376776?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /access-to-justice/articles/2376776 New York City immigrant rights advocates are calling for the closure of what appears to be an unofficial detention center for noncitizens hosted in a federal building in Lower Manhattan following a federal court injunction Tuesday that ordered U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement to "meet baseline conditions" inside the facility. Mon, 11 Aug 2025 18:56:06 +0000 /access-to-justice/articles/2375544?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /access-to-justice/articles/2375544 A North Carolina man has filed a civil lawsuit against a city government and law enforcement officials who he claims used faulty evidence against him during an investigation into the 2008 murder of a University of North Carolina student. Fri, 08 Aug 2025 19:00:28 +0000 /access-to-justice/articles/2375229?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /access-to-justice/articles/2375229 The Third Circuit ruled that noncitizens in reasonable fear hearings — screenings to decide if they face persecution or torture if deported — have a right to counsel, vacating Alex Pino Porras’ deportation after the judge proceeded without his lawyer and cited an unsupported gang claim. Thu, 07 Aug 2025 22:50:55 +0000 /access-to-justice/articles/2374801?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /access-to-justice/articles/2374801 The U.S. Sentencing Commission on Wednesday said it will consider potential reforms to the federal sentencing guidelines for fraud offenses, including the outsized role of loss calculation in sentencing, one of several priorities the agency has marked for closer examination. Wed, 06 Aug 2025 20:24:48 +0000 /access-to-justice/articles/2374044?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /access-to-justice/articles/2374044 The Fourth Circuit denied habeas relief to a Virginia attempted bank robber who has since been released from prison, affirming Wednesday that his argument that he was sentenced under an unconstitutionally vague guideline did not meet procedural requirements for postconviction relief and could not be considered. Wed, 06 Aug 2025 16:39:41 +0000 /access-to-justice/articles/2373936?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /access-to-justice/articles/2373936 Ten Arkansas death row inmates have challenged a new law authorizing their execution by nitrogen gas, arguing the law is unconstitutional because it violates the state's separation of powers doctrine, an attorney confirmed to À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ. Tue, 05 Aug 2025 18:37:40 +0000 /access-to-justice/articles/2373511?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /access-to-justice/articles/2373511 The D.C. Circuit ruled Tuesday that the lower court in the district did not violate the civil rights of a man who served 27 additional months in prison after the D.C. Department of Corrections accidentally released him and only discovered the error while he was incarcerated again for a different matter. Tue, 05 Aug 2025 17:07:13 +0000 /access-to-justice/articles/2373681?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /access-to-justice/articles/2373681 Tennessee on Tuesday executed Byron Black, who the state conceded had an intellectual disability and should have been removed from death row, for a 1988 triple murder. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 19:21:03 +0000 /access-to-justice/articles/2372402?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /access-to-justice/articles/2372402 The Fourth Circuit on Friday restored a federal grand jury indictment against a driver who fled police in Richmond, Virginia, finding a district court overstepped in blaming purported racial bias by the Richmond Police Department for the otherwise justifiable traffic stop.