trial court

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James Boasberg, who leads Washington’s federal trial court, is no stranger to clashes with the administration.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

For 16 years, she fought a legal battle to bring her perpetrators to justice before a trial court acquitted them in December.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

The ruling didn’t affect the October 2023 election board measure, which hadn’t been implemented, blocked by a separate trial court decision.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2025

Ryan wrote the new evidence would not have resulted in the trial court proceeding differently because the brothers could not show they experienced a fear of “imminent peril.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2025

The trial court sentenced Mrs. Colbey to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, and a short while later she found herself shackled in a prison van heading to the Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson