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Prosecution
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Securities Law Prof Blog
What are Federal Prosecutors Doing?
Be sure to read The Feds Stage a Sideshow, While the Big Tent Sits Empty, by Jesse Eisinger, a reporter for ProPublica. It begins:You may have noticed that prosecutors are in something…
Drug & Device Law
Foreign Discovery Targets Beware
By Bexis
Any litigant (usually a foreign company, but not necessarily) who produces, in litigation in the United States, documents from a foreign source is exposing those documents to any and all…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“State Victim Advocate: Too Many Plea Deals”
Main November 20, 2010"State Victim Advocate: Too Many Plea Deals"The title of this post is the headline of this interesting new piece in the Hartford Courant. Here are excerpts: More…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Rethinking Criminal Justice — Why Black Prosecutors Matter”
Main November 19, 2010"Rethinking Criminal Justice — Why Black Prosecutors Matter"The title of this post is the headline of this interesting new piece appearing in New America Media. Here is…
Legal Profession Blog
Neither Lawyer Or Prosecutor
The South Carolina Supreme Court has held that the prosecution of misdemeanor offenses by a non-lawyer business agent violated criminal statutes regulating the unauthorized practice of law. The court considered…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Prosecutor looks back on 3 decades of battling drugs”
Main August 1, 2010"Prosecutor looks back on 3 decades of battling drugs" The title of this post is the headline of this interesting local article from Pennsylvania. Here are some…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Jesus Christ, Capital Defendant”
Main May 26, 2010"Jesus Christ, Capital Defendant" The title of this post is the headline given to this new commentary by Professor Mark Osler now up at the Huffington Post.…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Arrested on Entry: Operation Streamline and the Prosecution of Immigration Crimes
Here is a new feature on Operation Streamline from the Migration Information Source. Operation Streamline targets illegal border-crossers in portions of five Southwest border sectors, referring virtually all of those…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Some notable new developments in the Polanski prosecution
Main April 22, 2010Some notable new developments in the Polanski prosecution As detailed in this AP article, "An appeals court on Thursday denied a petition by Roman Polanski's victim to…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“The State (Never) Rests: How Excessive Prosecutor Caseloads Harm Criminal Defendants”
Main April 10, 2010"The State (Never) Rests: How Excessive Prosecutor Caseloads Harm Criminal Defendants" The title of this post is the title of this interesting-looking new piece on SSRN from…