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Legal Profession Blog
“Obvious Hypocrisy” When Drug Prosecutor Flaunts Law
An Illinois Hearing Board has recommended disbarment of an attorney charged with the following:The Complaint charged Respondent with misconduct arising out of his sharing of a townhouse with a person…
Sentencing Law and Policy
State judge stays Pennsylvania execution scheduled for next week
Main September 28, 2012State judge stays Pennsylvania execution scheduled for next week As reported in this local article, headlined "Judge stays execution of Terrance Williams," it now appears that Pennsylvania…
Legal Profession Blog
Prosecutor Censured For Improper Statements
The web page of the Illinois State Bar Association has summaries of recent disciplinary decisions from the Illinois Supreme Court.Among the more interesting cases:Mr. [Glen] Weber, who was licensed in…
Sentencing Law and Policy
How often do US Attorneys “fail to exercise responsible oversight and failed to provide the leadership and judgment required of a United States attorney”?
Main September 20, 2012How often do US Attorneys "fail to exercise responsible oversight and failed to provide the leadership and judgment required of a United States attorney"?The question in the…
Legal Profession Blog
Bizzaro World
The New Jersey Supreme Court reversed a decision of the Appellate Division and reinstated a criminal conviction, concluding that the prosecutor's comments during summation did not require a mistrial.The comments…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
The DOJ: In Action or Inaction?
By Ellen Podgor
Here is an interesting piece from the Washington Examiner's Mark Tapscott, commenting on the Government Accountability Institute's new report, Justice Inaction: The Department of Justice's Unprecedented Failure to Prosecute Big…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
None Dare Call It Misconduct: Except For The Second Circuit
By Ellen Podgor
And there it is. Right on page 24 of the Second Circuit's opinion in U.S. V. Mahaffy, posted here yesterday. "None of this [the government's various rationales for withholding exculpatory…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Victim’s family, 32 years later, now seeks closure via life (with parole) rather than deah sentence
Main August 3, 2012Victim's family, 32 years later, now seeks closure via life (with parole) rather than deah sentenceThis fascinating local story out of Texas, headlined "Long-serving Death Row inmate…
The Right Coast
» Zimmerman prosecutor has history of going after critics – Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion
Yesterday I posted about how Alan Dershowitz alleged that Zimmerman prosecutor Angela Corey called up Harvard Law School complaining about Dershowitz and treatening to sue for libel based on Dershowitz s…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
DOJ “Punishment” of Stevens Prosecutors Too Lenient
By Ellen Podgor
I have not read the 672-page Department of Justice report finding that federal prosecutors Joseph W. Bottini and James A. Goelke acted recklessly -- but not intentionally -- in withholding…