The sealed criminal charges against a 16-year-old Dearborn youth mark a rare test of a law governing how juveniles are prosecuted in federal court.

The law violates freedom of speech by deterring people from reporting police misconduct, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday.

The newly released files reveal defense efforts to disqualify U.S. Attorney Jaime Esparza from the case but leave many other court records from the 2019 hate crime prosecution still sealed pending further review.

This case has been going on since 2014, and we … are deeply frustrated by Geo’s efforts to continue delaying this litigation. All we want is the opportunity to have our claims

A federal judge in El Paso has cracked open part of the long-sealed court record in the 2019 Cielo Vista Walmart mass shooting, unsealing dozens of documents while keeping others out of public view. The move gives survivors,