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Prosecution

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Sentencing Law and Policy August 17, 2011
Latest data show health care fraud as federal criminal hot-spot
By Douglas Berman
Main August 17, 2011Latest data show health care fraud as federal criminal hot-spotThis new report from the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, which is headlined "Health Care Fraud Prosecutions for 2011,"…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog August 14, 2011
Should Strauss-Kahn Be Prosecuted?
By Ellen Podgor
I write again about the non-white collar case of Dominique Strauss-Kahn because that case in many ways provides a primer on many criminal justice issues which arise in white-collar cases.The…
Sentencing Law and Policy July 26, 2011
Second Circuit holds prosecutors cannot refuse extra acceptance point based on PSR dispute
By Douglas Berman
Main July 26, 2011Second Circuit holds prosecutors cannot refuse extra acceptance point based on PSR disputeThe Second Circuit issued an important little guideline-sentencing decision today in US v. Lee, No.…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog June 28, 2011
U.S. Women Increasingly Prosecuted for Stillbirths
By Reproductive Rights
guardian.co.uk: Outcry in America as pregnant women who lose babies face murder charges, by Ed Pilkington:Women's rights campaigners see the creeping criminalisation of pregnant women as a new front in…
Sentencing Law and Policy June 6, 2011
Notable skepticism about making a federal criminal case against John Edwards
By Douglas Berman
Main June 6, 2011Notable skepticism about making a federal criminal case against John EdwardsA piece appearing here at Am Law Daily under the headlined "On Edwards Indictment, Am Law 200…
Sentencing Law and Policy May 10, 2011
“Prosecutors in the Boardroom: Using Criminal Law to Regulate Corporate Conduct”
By Douglas Berman
Main May 10, 2011"Prosecutors in the Boardroom: Using Criminal Law to Regulate Corporate Conduct" The title of this post is the title of this new book edited By Anthony Barkow…
Sentencing Law and Policy April 25, 2011
Should Nevada DA be praised or assailed for a large number of capital prosecutions?
By Douglas Berman
Main April 25, 2011Should Nevada DA be praised or assailed for a large number of capital prosecutions?The question in the title of this post is prompted by this very interesting…
Sentencing Law and Policy March 25, 2011
Should prosecutors be offered bonuses for conducting trials and getting convictions?
By Douglas Berman
Main March 25, 2011Should prosecutors be offered bonuses for conducting trials and getting convictions?The question in the title of this post is prompted by this fascinating article from the Denver…
Death Care Compliance Law February 26, 2011
Delegating Preneed Prosecution
By Bill Stalter
Maybe it’s a response to shrinking state budgets, or the fact that the tracking of preneed funds is becoming more effective, but state and local prosecutors are assuming an expanding…
Sentencing Law and Policy January 19, 2011
Outstanding local media coverage of the crime, prosecution and punishment of kiddle porn downloaders
By Douglas Berman
Main January 19, 2011Outstanding local media coverage of the crime, prosecution and punishment of kiddle porn downloaders As regular readers know, I find the modern debates surrounding the law, policy…