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SCOTUS: father convicted of child abuse denied confrontation rights
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Mississippi erred by allowing screened child testimony without a case-specific necessity finding, reversing a sexual-abuse conviction.
Justices revive death row inmate’s DNA testing claims
A Texas death row inmate has standing to bring a §1983 due process claim challenging the state’s postconviction DNA testing procedures, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled 6-3 in reversing […]
Judiciary proposes amendments to criminal, appellate rules
The state judiciary has proposed a series of rule changes addressing issues ranging from the standardization of grand jury selection procedures to the commonwealth’s right to appeal a trial judge’s […]
Mock trials set to begin amid chorus of doubt over jury plan
As state courts prepared to launch mock proceedings to test new safety protocols for trying cases during the pandemic, stakeholders continued to express doubts over the feasibility of a judicial […]
