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ImmigrationProf Blog
It Must Be News! Postville Prosecutor’s Nomination for Iowa U.S. Attorney Questioned
Months ago, ImmigrationProf reported on the controversy over the nomination of Stephanie Rose for U.S. Attorney for Northern Iowa. Rose had been the prosecutor in the 2008 Postville immigration raid debacle in which hundreds…
Legal Profession Blog
Poulin on Criminal Conflicts of Interest: Too Close to the Prosecutor?
Posted by Alan ChildressAnne Bowen Poulin (Villanova) has posted this article to SSRN: Conflicts of Interest in Criminal Cases: Should the Prosecution Have a Duty to Disclose? It will be…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Friends of Justice Urges Senate committee to vote no on Rose
The nomination of Postville prosecutor Stephanie Rose as U.S. Attorney in Iowa continues to provoke opposition. The Friends of Justice: Urges senate committee to vote no on Rose issued the following…
Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer
D.A. Confidential
A new criminal law blog in Austin has popped up recently, but unlike those I recently posted about, this one comes in the black hat variety. That’s right: it’s written…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“The Prisoners’ (Plea Bargain) Dilemma”
Main October 5, 2009"The Prisoners’ (Plea Bargain) Dilemma" The title of this post is the title of this important article in Summer 2009 issue of The Journal of Legal Analysis.…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Immigration Prosecutions at Record Levels in FY 2009”
Main September 22, 2009"Immigration Prosecutions at Record Levels in FY 2009" The title of this post is the headline of this new data item from the folks at the Transactional…
Death Care Compliance Law
Zero Tolerance: Preneed Fraud and local prosecutors
By Bill Stalter
Over the past few years, preneed frauds have been measured in terms of hundreds of millions (with the suggestion that the NPS loss will top a billion). And, funeral directors and consumers…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Around the blogosphere
Main July 27, 2009Around the blogosphereHere are a few of the posts of note from around the blogosphere that should be of interest to criminal justice fans: From Balkinization here,…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“A Parable of Politicized Prosecution”
Main July 21, 2009"A Parable of Politicized Prosecution"The title of this post is the headline of this Washington Post column by Jon Entine, who is the author of the new…
Sentencing Law and Policy
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! … No it’s Sotomayor!!!
Main July 16, 2009It's a bird! It's a plane! ... No it's Sotomayor!!!The title of this post is inspired by the headline of this new commentary at CNN, "Sotomayor the…