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Simple Justice
Tuesday Talk*: Disclosing The Breonna Taylor GJ Transcript
The idea of a grand jury moving for the disclosure of the grand jury transcript is simultaneously bizarre and interesting. By law, they are sworn to secrecy for sound policy…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Some notable quotables from a high-profile speaker sounding like an advocate for criminal justice reform
A colleague made sure I checked out the full text of an interesting speech given by a high-profile speaker earlier this month. Some of the lines from the speech struck…
The Right Coast
Chicago police seek federal prosecutions for looters, rioters
Following the destruction and looting of the Magnificent Mile in Chicago, there s been a curious lack of interest in prosecuting the offenders on the part of the Cook County…
The Right Coast
Oregon state police to Portland: If you’re not prosecuting rioters, we’re leaving
Certainly fighting words there, KOIN reporter Lisa Balick says without a hint of irony about the declaration from Oregon state police. Their leadership has ordered a withdrawal from Portland despite…
Health Law Prof Blog
Hot-Car Deaths and Forgotten-Baby Syndrome: A Case Against Prosecution
Erika Breitfeld (Western Michigan University), Hot-Car Deaths and Forgotten-Baby Syndrome: A Case Against Prosecution, 25 Berkley J. Crim. L. 72 (2020):This article calls on prosecutors and policymakers to re-examine their…
The Right Coast
George Soros pours $116,000 into PAC supporting controversial St. Louis prosecutor | Just The News
iberal billionaire George Soros has contributed $116,000 to a political action committee supporting St. Louis prosecutor Kimberly Gardner, whose pursuit of Missouri's former GOP governor and a couple who displayed…
Criminal
“Rural Spaces, Communities of Color, and the ‘Progressive’ Prosecutor”
The title of this post is the title of this new paper authored by Maybell Romero available via SSRN. Here is its abstract:The concept of the “progressive prosecutor” has captured…
Simple Justice
Wendy’s Burned, But Will Rolfe Walk?
In the heat of Atlanta, Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard announced that fired Police Officer Garrest Rolfe would be prosecuted for felony murder in the killing of Rayshard Brooks.…
Sentencing Law and Policy
"Prosecutors and Their Legislatures, Legislatures and Their Prosecutors"
The title of this post is the title of this book chapter authored by Russell Gold recently posted to SSRN. Here is its abstract: This chapter explores the often-pathological relationship…
Food Safety News
Letter from the Editor: More on the United States v. Paul Kruse
By Dan Flynn
Opinion Five years after the fatal Blue Bell listeria outbreak, the criminal case against the Texas ice cream company's former chief executive has put it all back in the news.…