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FDP’s Annual Saint Crispin’s Day Seminar—Register Now!

Good afternoon, one and all! October will soon be upon us. You know what that means! Please mark your calendars

Okay, we get it. Any Georgia aggravated assault with a deadly weapon conviction (at least one based on reasonable-apprehension simple

We begin with good news on both the Armed Career Criminal Act and the compassionate release statute, and then dive

Three years ago, Judge Amy Totenberg imposed a sentence of probation by writing (and reciting in open court) a poem.

We start with hopeful news about the Armed Career Criminal Act. The Supreme Court continues to prescribe us antidotes to

[You’ll also find this piece on Don Samuel’s Contemporary Legal Problems blog, where he and others write wise and witty

The Eleventh Circuit has again landed on the wrong side of a circuit split. In the First Step Act, Congress

Three weeks ago, a trial team of the Federal Defender Program won an acquittal in the office’s first COVID-era jury

The Blues are back. After a one-year hiatus, the Federal Defender Program returns with our weekly(-ish) summaries of the Eleventh

Our appeals court prides itself on having one of the highest workloads of all the federal circuit courts. Indeed, the