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Sentencing Law and Policy
“The government’s argument that it honored its promises reeks of the lamp.”
Main August 21, 2008"The government’s argument that it honored its promises reeks of the lamp."The title of this post is a sentence from an interesting Tenth Circuit opinion issued yesterday…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Notable new commentaries on law and justice
Main July 15, 2008Notable new commentaries on law and justiceI may be off-line most of the day, but readers can reflect on these two new intriguing commentaries from law.com while…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
The Latest in Alabama
By Ellen Podgor
Scott Horton, American Lawyer, Commentary: Has a U.S. Attorney Knowingly Prosecuted Innocent People? (on law.com here) - The article discusses some recent prosecutions in Alabama. In addition to the issues…
EvidenceProf Blog
Cross Bones: Court Of Appeals Of Ohio Finds No Prosecutorial Misconduct Despite Scathing Comments Attacking Kathy Reichs a/k/a Bones In Nun Murder Cold Case
By Colin Miller
On the Fox series "Bones" a point of humor is that while forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan, a/k/a Bones, is brilliant at her profession, she is frequently less than brilliant as…
Legal Profession Blog
Out At Home Base
The web page of the Washington State Bar Association reports the disbarment of an assistant city prosecutor for the following misconduct:At all relevant times, Mr. Morris was employed as an…
Legal Profession Blog
Suspension For Assistant District Attorney
The Georgia Supreme Court accepted a proposed six-month suspension of an assistant district attorney who had assisted his boss, the then-district attorney, in a scheme to obtain funds to which…
Legal Profession Blog
Luban On New York Prosecutor Story
When a Good Prosecutor Throws a Case David Luban Should a prosecutor throw a case to avoid sending men he thinks are innocent to jail?This story…
Legal Profession Blog
Real life imitates episode of <em>Shark</em> (well, sort of)
According to today's New York Times (here), one of Morgenthau's prosecutors says that he intentionally threw a case because he was convinced that the defendant wasn't guilty. In the recently…
Presumption Of Innocence
The Tragedy of Overzealous Prosecutors
By thedefenderspresumptionofinnocence-blogspot-com
Recently on this blog, my associate, TJ Perlick-Molinari, discussed a gang shooting case he won by talking about "The Tragedy of Gang Violence." It was, as he pointed out, a…
Legal Profession Blog
Tx Ct Crim App denies appeal of death row inmate who alleges that judge & prosecutor slept together during case
OK, here's a first for me. Charles Hood is set to be executed tonight because the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has denied his appeal, which alleged that the judge…