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148 Congressional Research Service reports and publications

Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) Survives Renewed Constitutional Challenges
2020-05-19 · Posts · LSB10473 · HTML available · PDF available
Attempt: An Abbreviated Overview of Federal Criminal Law
2020-05-13 · Reports · R42002 · HTML available · PDF available
High Court Tosses Bridgegate Convictions
2020-05-08 · Posts · LSB10326 · HTML available
Federal Conspiracy Law: An Abbreviated Overview
2020-04-03 · Reports · R41222 · HTML available
Federal Conspiracy Law: A Brief Overview
2020-04-03 · Reports · R41223 · HTML available · PDF available
Red Army Equifax Hackers Indicted
2020-03-10 · Posts · LSB10417 · HTML available · PDF available
Is There Liability for Cross-Border Shooting?
2020-02-26 · Posts · LSB10135 · HTML available · PDF available
Accomplices, Aiding and Abetting, and the Like: An Overview of 18 U.S.C. § 2
2020-02-14 · Reports · R43769 · HTML available · PDF available
Accomplices, Aiding and Abetting, and the Like: An Abbreviated Overview of 18 U.S.C. § 2
2020-02-14 · Reports · R43770 · HTML available
Court Tosses Convictions for Killing ICE Agent Abroad
2020-02-10 · Posts · LSB10405 · HTML available · PDF available
Trying to Kill An FBI Agent: Sentence Too Low
2020-01-16 · Posts · LSB10394 · HTML available · PDF available
Supreme Court Criminal Law Decisions: 2019
2019-12-05 · Reports · R46105 · HTML available · PDF available
Restitution in Federal Criminal Cases: A Sketch
2019-10-15 · Reports · RS22708 · HTML available · PDF available
Restitution in Federal Criminal Cases
2019-10-15 · Reports · RL34138 · HTML available · PDF available
Obstruction of Justice As a Sidecar
2019-10-08 · Posts · LSB10349 · HTML available · PDF available
Domestic Terrorism: Some Considerations
2019-08-12 · Posts · LSB10340 · HTML available
Gun Crime Penalty Tossed
2019-06-20 · Posts · LSB10312 · HTML available · PDF available
Extradition of U.S. Citizens
2019-06-13 · Posts · LSB10308 · HTML available · PDF available
VAWA Reauthorization: Substantive Criminal Law Proposals
2019-03-20 · Posts · LSB10277 · HTML available · PDF available
Justice Department Reverses Stand on Gambling Statute
2019-03-06 · Posts · LSB10269 · HTML available
Are Excessive Fines Fundamentally Unfair?
2019-02-20 · Posts · LSB10196 · HTML available
Receipt of $4.7 Billion Is Not Always a Benefit
2019-02-12 · Posts · LSB10258 · HTML available
Mail and Wire Fraud: An Abbreviated Overview of Federal Criminal Law
2019-02-11 · Reports · R41931 · HTML available
Mail and Wire Fraud: A Brief Overview of Federal Criminal Law
2019-02-11 · Reports · R41930 · HTML available · PDF available
Venue: A Legal Analysis of Where a Federal Crime May Be Tried
2018-12-06 · Reports · RL33223 · HTML available · PDF available
Venue: An Abridged Legal Analysis of Where a Federal Crime May Be Tried
2018-12-06 · Reports · RS22361 · HTML available · PDF available
Robbery, Extortion, and Bribery in One Place: A Legal Overview of the Hobbs Act
2018-11-06 · Reports · R45395 · HTML available · PDF available
Loan Sharking Isn’t a Violent Crime?
2018-08-22 · Posts · LSB10190 · HTML available
Hostage-Taking Statute Covers Kidnapping for Ransom Abroad
2018-07-30 · Posts · LSB10179 · HTML available
Only Minimal Impact on Commerce Needed for Attempted Bombing
2018-07-26 · Posts · LSB10178 · HTML available
When Can You Be Convicted of a Crime That Is Not a Crime?
2018-06-29 · Posts · LSB10161 · HTML available
If You Rent a Car, Don’t Move the Seat Back
2018-06-14 · Posts · LSB10149 · HTML available
Victim Restitution: Attorneys’ Fees for Internal Investigations?
2018-06-05 · Posts · LSB10071 · HTML available
Murderous Schemes Are Not Violent Crimes?
2018-04-17 · Posts · LSB10120 · HTML available
A Bar Bouncer Equivalent for Planes in Flight
2018-03-05 · Posts · LSB10090 · HTML available
Russians Indicted for Online Election Trolling
2018-02-21 · Posts · LSB10081 · HTML available
Amateur Strip-Club Arrests: Probable Cause & Qualified Immunity
2018-01-24 · Posts · LSB10068 · HTML available
Killing Endangered Species: What’s Reasonable Self-Defense?
2017-11-29 · Posts · LSB10034 · HTML available
Fibbing to Get a Lawyer: Circuits Split on Punishment
2017-11-27 · Posts · LSB10031 · HTML available
An Abridged Sketch of Extradition To and From the United States
2016-10-04 · Reports · RS22702 · HTML available
United States Supreme Court: Criminal Law Cases in the October 2015 Term
2016-09-27 · Reports · R44446 · HTML available · PDF available
The Sentencing Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 3713): A Summary
2016-05-16 · Reports · R44492 · HTML available
Sentence Reform Acts: S. 2123 and H.R. 3713
2015-10-14 · Reports · R44226 · HTML available
Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentencing: The 18 U.S.C. 924(c) Tack-On in Cases Involving Drugs or Violence
2015-09-16 · Reports · R41412 · HTML available
National Security Letters in Foreign Intelligence Investigations: A Glimpse at the Legal Background
2015-07-31 · Reports · RS22406 · HTML available
National Security Letters in Foreign Intelligence Investigations: Legal Background
2015-07-30 · Reports · RL33320 · HTML available
How the Federal Sentencing Guidelines Work: An Abridged Overview
2015-07-02 · Reports · R41697 · HTML available
How the Federal Sentencing Guidelines Work: An Overview
2015-07-02 · Reports · R41696 · HTML available
Sex Trafficking: An Abbreviated Overview of Federal Criminal Law
2015-06-25 · Reports · R43598 · HTML available
Sex Trafficking: An Overview of Federal Criminal Law
2015-06-25 · Reports · R43597 · HTML available