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Plea Bargaining
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White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Recent Scholarship
By Ellen Podgor
Plea Bargaining's Survival: Financial Crimes Plea Bargaining, a Continued Triumph in a Post-Enron World LUCIAN E. DERVAN Affiliation Unknown Oklahoma Law Review, Vol. 60, No. 3, Fall 2007 Abstract: …
Sentencing Law and Policy
Notable new piece on plea bargaining and white-collar prosecutions
Main June 12, 2008Notable new piece on plea bargaining and white-collar prosecutionsA helpful reader pointed me to this interesting looking new piece on SSRN titled "Plea Bargaining's Survival: Financial Crimes…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Intriguing new paper on plea bargaining
Main May 16, 2008Intriguing new paper on plea bargainingI just noticed on SSRN this interesting looking new paper titled "Calling Your Bluff: How Prosecutors and Defense Attorneys Adapt Plea Bargaining…
Sentencing Law and Policy
New piece on federal prosecutorial discretion
Main May 15, 2008New piece on federal prosecutorial discretionOne of many reasons I do not get too concerned about the exercise of broad federal judicial sentencing discretion is because I…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Great coverage of Fifth Circuit CVRA ruling in BP case
Main May 8, 2008Great coverage of Fifth Circuit CVRA ruling in BP caseThe Houston Chronicle has this terrific article covering yesterday's interesting ruling about the Crime Victims' Rights Act in…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Retributive Justice in the Real World”
Main April 20, 2008"Retributive Justice in the Real World"The title of this post is the title of an interesting-looking article by Professor Michael Cahill, available at this link. Here is…
Sentencing Law and Policy
How do sophisticated lawyers negotiate sentencing terms?
Main March 21, 2008How do sophisticated lawyers negotiate sentencing terms?The WSJ Law Blog here and here provides effective coverage and links concerning famed lawyer Mel Weiss's decision to enter a…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
In the News – Zach Scruggs Enters Plea
By Ellen Podgor
Jonathan Glater - NYTimes - Another Lawyer Pleads Guilty in Bribery Case AP - Lawyer Son Scruggs Guilty in Miss. (esp)
Sentencing Law and Policy
Yet another insightful ivory tower view of modern sentencing realities
Main March 15, 2008Yet another insightful ivory tower view of modern sentencing realitiesThe stack of important academic reading for Blakely and Booker fans gets even longer with this new piece…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Gov Spitzer resigns, though plea deal uncertain
Main March 12, 2008Gov Spitzer resigns, though plea deal uncertainCNN has this updated story on NY Gov. Eliot Spitzer's resignation today. Here is a passage from the story that should…