Effective discussion of "Responsible Prison Reform" at National...
Eli Lehrer has this lengthy new piece in the latest issue of National Affairs, which is headlined "Responsible Prison Reform." As these excerpts from the start, middle and end of the lengthy essay...
View ArticleZimmerman Opening: Recency
As I wrote in my last post, recency, the last words the jury hears, carries persuasive power. John Guy made the most of it in his concluding sentences: “We are confident at the end of this trial you...
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New Jersey Resident Charged with DWI after Alleged Out-of-State Drunk Driving...
As with many drunk driving scenarios, the beginning of the ordeal for any motorist is usually when he notices a police car behind him with lights on and siren blasting. Unnerving as that initial moment...
View ArticleDOJ Takes Down 4 More For Rigging Bids at Foreclosure Auctions
Wesley Barta, Oakland, California, Irma Galvez, Pacheco, California, Stan Kahan, Berkeley, California, and Joseph Vesce, San Francisco, four Northern California real estate investors, have agreed to...
View ArticleTwo notable prison opinion pieces via the Washington Post
The Washington Post today has two notable opinion pieces concerning prison policies and practices. Here are their headlines and first sentences: Mass incarceration’s tragic success: "At a time of...
View ArticleExtortionate Investigative Blogger Crystal Cox: Summary By a Federal Judge
Crystal L. Cox has a perfect record so far in her litigation against a large group people she claims are involved in a vast conspiracy… Every single case gets thrown out of federal court. The latest...
View Article"Should child porn 'consumers' pay victim millions? Supreme Court to...
The title of this post is the headline of this new Christian Science Monitor piece discussing the Supreme Court's grant of certiorari yesterday in Paroline (noted here). Here is how the piece gets...
View ArticleDirector of the SFO and Director of Public Prosecutions publish joint draft...
Yesterday the Director of the SFO and the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) published a draft Code of Practice for the use of Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPAs). DPAs were enacted as a...
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George Brown, Miami-Dade County, Florida Lighting Coordinator, Arrested for...
George Brown, a Miami-Dade County road lighting coordinator, was arrested Tuesday after he was accused of accepting bribes from a lighting contractor, a press release by the United States Attorney's...
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Eduardo Hernandez, Jr., Alexander Orriols, Jose Arias, and Milena Hernandez,...
Eduardo Hernandez, Jr., Alexander Orriols, Jose Arias, and Milena Hernandez of Miami, Florida have been named in a release indictment for allegedly tricking financial institutions into issuing them...
View ArticleGreen on Gideon's Amici
Bruce A. Green (Fordham University School of Law) has posted Gideon's Amici: Why Do Prosecutors So Rarely Defend the Rights of the Accused? (Yale Law Journal, Vol. 122) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:...
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Michigan Court of Appeals Disagrees With Man's Claim of Denial of...
In January of 2012, Richard Frank Thomas was convicted of the murder of Elijah Todd Butler, a crime that took place in October of 1971. Butler was a Marine who had married Geraldine Butler just four...
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Arrested for DUI? Refusing a Breath Test Can Result in Driver's License...
Getting arrested for driving under the influence is a serious offense, however there are more implications for the driver than paying a fine and potential jail time. Did you know that refusing a...
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“Ex-agent testifies to good FBI reviews while taking Bulger bribes”
Reuters on June 28, 2013 released the following: By Richard Valdmanis “(Reuters) – Now retired FBI agent John Morris testified that he received excellent performance reviews from the bureau in the...
View ArticleNPR: NSA May Have Been Collecting Email Data Since Sept. 11
NPR: NSA May Have Been Collecting Email Data Since Sept. 11 by Larry Abramson and Robert Siegel ("All Things Considered").
View Article"Mayor’s Office Moves to Undo Bill Aimed at Police Profiling"
From the New York Times: In separate appearances, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and his police commissioner, Raymond W. Kelly, sought to portray the bills — one aimed at increasing oversight of the Police...
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Los Angeles DUI Celebrity News Update: Reese Witherspoon “So Sorry” About...
Stories about celebrity DUIs in Los Angeles typically focus on the drivers who wreak havoc, hurt people, or say or do dumb things at checkpoints. But that’s not always the case. Consider the...
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2013 Colorado State Legislature Takes An Arrow Out Of DA Quiver In Colorado...
On May 28, 2013 - the governor of the state of Colorado John Hickenlooper signed HB 13-1242 which impacted Colorado Revised Statute 18-8-212. The latter law governs so called "technical" Bail Bond...
View ArticleSelbstleseverfahren, Band 10
Zu unserem 10. Selbstleseverfahren ist eine besonders lesewertes Auswahl gelungen! Unter dieser Rubrik veröffentlichen wir -ähnlich einer juristischen Presseschau- regelmäßig Links zu interessanten...
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VT - Recidivism report eyes child sex crimes
Original Article 06/29/2013 By KEITH WHITCOMB JR. BENNINGTON - The rate at which those convicted of sex crimes against children go on to commit other crimes after being convicted is 20 percent,...
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