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Top 10 in Law Blogs: LXBN January 23, 2013
As I mentioned in the introduction to yesterday's top 10, this week's LXBN Roundtable does indeed discuss Aaron Swartz's story and whether or not it presents an example of prosecutorial…
Technology and AI
Death of Activist Aaron Swartz Raises Questions Surrounding CFAA & Prosecutorial Overreach : LXBN Roundtable
When Aaron Swartz was 14, he was contributing to the development of RSS 1.0, one of the early precursors to the now ubiquitous RSS feeds used by individuals and companies…
Legal Profession Blog
Prosecutor Sanctioned For Drug Fund “Donations” Practice
A former city prosecutor has been publicly reprimanded by the South Carolina Supreme Court.The misconduct involved a practice of dismissing "certain types of drug cases" for a promise that the…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
Prosecutorial Overreach for Download of 4.8 Million Articles?
By Peter Vogel
With the recent death of accused Aaron Swartz there will be no trial to determine whether Mr. Swartz violated federal wire laws by downloading 4.8 million articles and documents from…
Litigation & Trial
Lessons from Kafka: Aaron Swartz and Prosecutorial Overreaching (Updated)
Several days later, the sadness over Aaron Swartz’s death — and outrage over the prosecution that his family and friends say played a role — still lingers. I wrote my…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Notable new commentary about the Aaron Swartz’s case and prosecutorial power
Main January 14, 2013Notable new commentary about the Aaron Swartz's case and prosecutorial powerVia How Appealing, I just saw that Slate now has up this new essay by Emily Bazelon…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Discovery
By Ellen Podgor
One of the hottest issues these days concerns discovery violations by prosecutors. Check out Professor Ellen Yaroshefsky's article, New Orleans Prosecutorial Disclosure in Practice after Connick v. Thompson in the Georgetown Journal…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“U.S. Attorney Jim Letten resigns amid online commenting scandal in his office”
Main December 6, 2012"U.S. Attorney Jim Letten resigns amid online commenting scandal in his office" The title of this post is the headline of this notable federal criminal justice story…
Death Penalty
Judges and Prosecutors in Death Penalty Cases: When Are Their Private Communications During a Capital Trial Considered Inappropriate?
By Terry Lenamon / Reba Kennedy
In Texas not too long ago, Charles Dean Hood lost his appeal for a new trial to the highest state court even though he had evidence that his defense counsel…
Legal Profession Blog
Disbarment Proposed For Predatory Prosecutor
An Illinois Hearing Board has recommended disbarment in a case involving the following charges:The first amended Complaint alleged Respondent engaged in inappropriate conduct in two instances while employed as an assistant…