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Due Process
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Sentencing Law and Policy
A quick set of SCOTUS highlights
Main June 13, 2005A quick set of SCOTUS highlightsAll of today's Supreme Court decisions are now available on-line via SCOTUSblog here and How Appealing here. I have now had a…
Sentencing Law and Policy
5th Circuit discussesBookerresentencings
Main June 7, 20055th Circuit discusses Booker resentencingsOn Monday, the Fifth Circuit had an opportunity in US v. Scroggins, No. 03-30481 (5th Cir. June 6, 2005) (available here) to discuss…
Sentencing Law and Policy
More on court reviews before death
Main May 11, 2005More on court reviews before deathYesterday in this post I spotlighted parallels between the Terry Schiavo case and the on-going litigation in Connecticut seeking to prevent serial…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Supreme Court indirectly considers supermax prison
Main March 29, 2005Supreme Court indirectly considers supermax prisonSCOTUSblog has a helpful account here of Wilkinson v. Austin, the case to be argued in the Supreme Court tomorrow which concerns…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Post-Bookerabove-range sentences
Main March 23, 2005Post-Booker above-range sentencesOne of the many interesting stories in the early post-Booker statistics coming from US Sentencing Commission — which can be accessed from the USSC and…
Media Law Prof Blog
When the Media Becomes the Story
The recent ruling in People v. Combest further tests state shield laws, currently under review in cases like Miller/Cooper, since it allows the defendant in that case to request videotape…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Mandatory minimum challenges and test cases?
Main February 21, 2005Mandatory minimum challenges and test cases?Especially with the plain error doctrines creating the prospect that some (perhaps many) defendants will not get the benefits of the Blakely/Booker…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Working through the process that is due
Main February 9, 2005Working through the process that is dueThe Ninth Circuit's latest work in Ameline (basics here) is notable for its plain error discussion, especially the closing statement that…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Same-Sex Marriages in New York
Judge Doris Ling-Cohan, a Manhattan judge, ruled on February 4, 2005 that the New York city clerk may not deny marriage licenses to same-sex couples. She explained that she believes…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Judge Bataillon provides another great take onBooker
Main February 1, 2005Judge Bataillon provides another great take on BookerIn this post right after Judge Cassell issued his remarkable Wilson opinion (basics here, commentary here and here), I suggested…