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ImmigrationProf Blog
Loughner’s Gun
From the Legal Community Against Violence:Legal Community Against Violence Grieves with America Over the Arizona Shooting and Demands That Our Government Take Steps to Prevent This Type of Tragedy in…
Sentencing Law and Policy
First Circuit usesIceto cool claim thatApprendiapplies to fine fact-findings
Main December 22, 2010First Circuit uses Ice to cool claim that Apprendi applies to fine fact-findingsHard-core fans (or should I say foes) of the Sixth Amendment jurisprudence of Apprendi get…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Split Missouri Supreme Court upholds LWOP adult sentence for 15-year-old cop killer
Main December 21, 2010Split Missouri Supreme Court upholds LWOP adult sentence for 15-year-old cop killerThe Missouri Supreme Court today in a split 4-3 ruling upheld against various challenges an LWOP…
Sentencing Law and Policy
BlakelymeetsCrawfordin interesting NC appeals court ruling
Main November 16, 2010Blakely meets Crawford in interesting NC appeals court rulingA couple of helpful readers alerted me to an interesting opinion issued today by a North Carolina intermediate appellate…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“PostPadilla:Padilla’s Puzzles for Review in State and Federal Courts”
Main November 9, 2010"Post Padilla: Padilla’s Puzzles for Review in State and Federal Courts"The title of this post is the title of this helpful new paper by Nancy King and…
EvidenceProf Blog
Avoiding A Confrontation?: Does The Bruton Doctrine Cover Nontestimonial Hearsay After Crawford?
By Colin Miller
In Bruton v. United States, 391 U.S. 123 (1968), the Supreme Court held that, at a joint trial, a defendant's Sixth Amendment right of confrontation is violated by admitting the confession of…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Significant IAC ruling from Tenth Circuit based on counsel’s failure to understand guidelines
Main September 30, 2010Significant IAC ruling from Tenth Circuit based on counsel’s failure to understand guidelinesA split panel of the Tenth Circuit today handed down an interesting and important Sixth…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Should we embrace and even enhance the prospect of “Jury 2.0”?
Main September 11, 2010Should we embrace and even enhance the prospect of "Jury 2.0"? The question in the title of this post is inspired by a new article, which is…
3 Geeks and a Law Blog
Juror Gets Kicked Off, $250 Fine, and Assigned a 5-Page Essay on 6th Amendment
By Greg Lambert
You have to admire the punishment that Judge Diane Druzinski handed down to a juror that updated her Facebook status to say that it was "gonna be fun to tell…
Media Law Prof Blog
Judge Removes Juror For Facebook Comment; Sentences Her To Write Essay On Sixth Amendment