Even after a judge declared her innocent and ordered her freed, the Missouri attorney general tried to send her back.

Justices Sotomayor and Jackson criticize court’s refusal to clarify criminal appeal rights "Unfortunately, the Court leaves ...

The Supreme Court rejected a petition from a Missouri man sentenced to death over the 2005 killing of a police officer.

In a sharply divided decision with significant implications for due process and the right to appeal, the U.S. Supreme Court ...

Under the federal law governing efforts by state prisoners to seek post-conviction relief in federal courts, prisoners who lose at the trial level can only appeal that decision if they can show that ...

The justices are weighing whether Medicaid recipients can sue to access clinics. The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared sharply divided over whether individual Medicaid beneficiaries have a right ...

Dean John Sauer, the newly confirmed solicitor general who defended President Donald Trump in several of his criminal cases last year, is stepping into the nation’s top courtroom role just as ...

The US Supreme Court rejected a request to clarify when state prisoners can appeal the denial of their federal habeas ...

The Supreme Court appeared divided Wednesday over whether a state can block Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood clinics, in a technical interpretation over healthcare choices that has become a ...