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PrawfsBlawg
The first thing we do, let’s fire all the lawyers
Main Thursday, June 13, 2019The first thing we do, let's fire all the lawyersThe fallout from When They See Us, the Netflix series on the Central Park Five, continues.Linda Fairstein,…
Human Rights at Home Blog
The U.N. Comments On The U.S. Crime of Providing Humanitarian Aid
Scott Warren is awaiting a verdict in his Arizona trial. His crime was to provide humanitarian relief to migrants who walked over the Southwest US border. He provided two immigrants…
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Declination Decisions and Privacy
Main Tuesday, April 30, 2019Declination Decisions and PrivacyIn response to my post from yesterday about the Special Counsel’s decision not to prosecute Don Jr. a few people have remarked that…
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The Special Counsel’s Decision Not To Prosecute Donald Trump Jr.
Main Monday, April 29, 2019The Special Counsel’s Decision Not To Prosecute Donald Trump Jr.Since Robert Mueller’s report was released on April 18, a number of people have commented on the…
Food Safety News
Publisher’s Platform: If I was part of Caito Foods, I’d be nervous
By Bill Marler
Opinion Criminal prosecutions in food cases have been quiet for the last few years. Outbreak 2: The recent multistate investigation began on April 2, 2019, when CDC’s PulseNet identified the…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Who Belongs in Prison?”
The title of this post is the headline of this first-rate New Yorker article by Adam Gopnik discussing lots of aspects of modern criminal justices systems and a lots of…
Safety Law Matters
Yes, OSHA violations can send you to jail
By Former Attorney Brian Hendrix, Erik Dullea
Can mis-steps with OSHA land you in jail? Several recent cases are a reminder that the risk is real. While OSHA rarely makes a criminal case out of safety violations,…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Spotlighting the role of prosecutors as the death penalty fades away in Pennsylvania
This lengthy local article, headlined "Death penalty has fallen out of favor with Pennsylvania prosecutors," reports on the steady decline in capital prosecutions and death sentences in the Keystone state…
Prosecution First Blog
Five Most Popular Prosecution First Blog Posts from 2018
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District Attorney Elections in 2019
Main Tuesday, January 22, 2019District Attorney Elections in 2019Most district attorneys are elected in either a presidential election year or a congressional election year. But some states hold elections for…