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Plea Bargaining
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Sentencing Law and Policy
Thinking about what DOJ is thinking about
Main January 30, 2005Thinking about what DOJ is thinking aboutThis interesting item from the Virginia Law School's website, which reports on a speech by Paul McNulty, US Attorney for the…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Dealing during the interregnum
Main January 10, 2005Dealing during the interregnumA few months ago I commented on post-Blakely, pre-Booker delays, deals and dodges, and I hope someone systematically studies these matters whenever this interregnum…
Sentencing Law and Policy
A (too?) cleverBlakelyplea attempt
Main January 7, 2005A (too?) clever Blakely plea attemptWith many thanks to a reader for the tip, I can note this fascinating article from Chicago discussing a federal white-collar offender's…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Gov. Rowland’s interesting plea agreement
Main December 24, 2004Gov. Rowland's interesting plea agreementWith thanks to Professor Ellen Podgor of White Collar Crime Prof Blog, I can now provide a link here to former Connecticut Governor…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Going to Trial
By Ellen Podgor
Why do prosecutors take a case to trial? A forthcoming article by two economists, Cheryl X. Long (Colgate) and Richard T. Boylan (Alabama) seeks to answer, at least in part,…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Blakelydelays, deals and dodges
Main November 11, 2004Blakely delays, deals and dodgesArticles like this one about white supremacist Matt Hale's sentencing being postponed document the ways that Blakely is significantly delaying the administration of…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Waiver: aBlakely”briar patch”
Main October 9, 2004Waiver: a Blakely "briar patch"Some of today's panels at the Stanford Roundtable conference on Blakely (recently discussed here) will be covering plea bargaining and other post-Blakely litigation…
Sentencing Law and Policy
More interesting state developments nationwide
Main September 22, 2004More interesting state developments nationwideThough we all have lots of federal briefs to read, the state courts continue to work through an array of Blakely issues in…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Why the federal system is not worth saving fromApprendi-land
Main September 17, 2004Why the federal system is not worth saving from Apprendi-landThe rulings and analysis in US v. Johns, 2004 WL 2053275 (M.D. Pa. Sept. 15, 2004), make the…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Catching up onBlakelynews
Main August 15, 2004Catching up on Blakely newsHappily back at my home office, I finally had a chance this morning to read some of this week's Blakely newspaper stories (collected…