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Prosecution
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Texas Appellate Counsel
E80 | Criminal Appeals from the DA’s Perspective | Andrew Warthen
In Texas, district attorneys’ offices appear as counsel in the courts of appeals more than almost any other litigant. Beyond simply appealing or defending appeals, district attorneys have unique responsibilities…
Corporate Defense and Disputes
Second Circuit Holds that Expanding FSIA to Criminal Cases Would Not Save a Turkish Bank from U.S. Prosecution
By Lucas Kowalczyk, Seetha Ramachandran
The Second Circuit recently held that a denial of a motion to dismiss a criminal indictment based on the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (“FSIA”) is immediately appealable under the collateral-order doctrine but…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Oklahoma Conviction of a Woman Who Experienced a Miscarriage
By Jamie Abrams
The National Advocates for Pregnant Women is drawing attention to an Oklahoma prosecution of a pregnant person last week.On Tuesday, October 5, Brittney Poolaw, a 20-year-old Oklahoma woman, was convicted of…
Criminal
“The Case for a Presidential Task Force on 21st Century Prosecution”
The title of this post is the title of this notable new white paper produced by Fair and Just Prosecution. Here is its executive summary:THE NEED FOR A PRESIDENTIAL TASK…
Prosecution First Blog
Prosecution Pointer 287
By Publisher
There are many advantages to the PCT system. For example, an applicant may be able to fast-track examination procedures in the national phase in contracting states that have the PCT-Patent…
Criminal
“Prosecution in Public, Prosecution in Private”
The title of this post is the title of this new article authored by Lauren Ouziel now available via SSRN. Here is its abstract:Criminal procedure has long set a boundary…
Criminal
“Election Contestation and Progressive Prosecutors”
The title of this post is the title of this new paper now on SSRN authored by Ronald Wright, Jeff Yates and Carissa Byrne Hessick. Here its abstract:A group of…
Simple Justice
Prosecutors And Bad Press
Anybody crying over an elected prosecutor getting bad press? One person is, and that’s the prosecutor. Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby. @FOXBaltimore’s blatantly slanted,dishonest,misleading,racist, and extremely dangerous coverage must come…
China Law Insight
英国金融行为监管局首次针对银行提起刑事诉讼
By King & Wood
英国金融行为监管局近日根据《反洗钱条例》首次对某银行提起刑事诉讼，这引发了人们的猜测，即该局正逐步倾向于将此类事件视为刑事犯罪而非民事或监管违规行为进行起诉。
Sentencing Law and Policy
Covering some interesting developments in some Capitol riot prosecutions
I have previously noted that the high-profile Capitol riot prosecutions provide an interesting lens on how a set of distinctive cases work their way through the federal criminal justice system. …