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Josh Schroeder
Josh Schroeder posted a tweet
@DLoesch - terrorists in criminal court could easily get off on a technicality, or get less than the maximum sentence
 
<em>argouniv</em>
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“Louis Brandeis’ Influence on Shaping Protection of Privacy Rights”
ACSBlog links here to video of a recent program addressing the topic and a guest blog post from Brandeis biographer Melvin I....
 
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“The Best Way to Try Terrorists”
The New York Times has this interesting debate between a former federal prosecutor and an expert in national security law here....
 
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Silverglate on “Three Felonies a Day”
Video of a talk sponsored by the CATO Institute by Harvey Silverglate discussing his book by that title is available here.
 
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Top-Ten Recent SSRN Downloads
are here. The usual disclaimers apply. Rank Downloads Paper Title 1 280 The Emerging Criminal War on Sex Offenders Corey...
 
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“Ohio to adopt single-drug lethal injection protocol”
Jurist covers Ohio's response to its widely publicized botched execution attempt in September,
 
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“9/11 Trial Poses Unparalleled Legal Obstacles”
The article in the New York Times has an interesting summary of some of the likely challenges, including a discussion of how...
 
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“America’s Prison Spree Has Brutal Impact”
Doug Berman at Sentencing Law and Policy excerpts this interesting commentary by Stuart Taylor, Jr., in the National Journal....
 
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The Single-Juror Veto and the Federal Death Penalty
Kent Scheidegger at Crime and Consequences criticizes the decision to try some of the 9/11 suspects in federal civilian courts...
 
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“Accused 9/11 Mastermind to Face Civilian Trial in N.Y.”
The New York Times story addressing the controversy over trying some of the suspects in a civilian trial and others before...
 
Martin Bowling
Martin Bowling posted a tweet
Of course @SarahPalinUSA would call Obama decision to try 9/11 suspects in a criminal court an "atrocious", god forbid ppl have a fair trial
 
<em>argouniv</em>
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Hodgson on Pre-Trial Procedure in England and Wales
Jacqueline Hodgson (University of Warwick - School of Law) has posted Recent Reforms in Pre-Trial Procedure in England and...
 
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Adcock on Executions in North Carolina
Cynthia F. Adcock (Charlotte School of Law) has posted The Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of Post-Furman Executions in North...
 
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“Miranda With an English Accent”
Kent Scheidegger at Crime and Consequences discusses a recent article by Lauren Altdoerffer contasting Miranda with the U.K.'s...
 
<em>argouniv</em>
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High Tech Porn Can Mean High Tech Trouble
Law enforcement and prosecutors hear this defense all the time: “it wasn’t me.”  If you went and visited a state prison,...
 
<em>argouniv</em>
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Fred Zacharias: Old School Loses a Teacher
I am sad to report the death of my longtime friend and colleague, Fred Zacharias. Fred's work was known to many criminal law...
 
<em>argouniv</em>
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Popofsky on the Rule of Lenity in the Sherman Act
Mark S. Popofsky (adjunct faculty, Georgetown University Law Center) has posted The Section 2 Debate: Should Lenity Play a...
 
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Commentary on Yesterday’s Juvenile Life Without Parole Arguments
ACSBlog compiles some of the initial commentary. The Washington Post has coverage here. Crime and Consequences covers the...
 
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You Get the Murder Gene from Your Mother
But apparently it requires you to be a male and environmental activation as a youth:
 
<em>argouniv</em>
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New Directions for American Drug Policy at Berkeley Nov. 13
The 2009 Caleb Foote Symposium features Gil Kerlikowske, Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy;...
 
<em>argouniv</em>
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“Imprisoning a Child for Life”
The New York Times editorializes against the practice, the subject of oral argument in two cases today. Doug Berman pulls...
 
<em>argouniv</em>
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Hate Crimes and Thought Crimes
Sherry F. Colb (Cornell Law School) has a column on the topic of the new federal hate crimes legislation at Findlaw.
 
<em>argouniv</em>
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Upcoming and Recent Arguments Previewed and Recapped
ScotusBlog has a preview of the upcoming arguments in the juvenile life without parole cases a recap of the argument in Wood v....
 
<em>argouniv</em>
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Post-Booker Sentencing
Ellen Podgor at White Collar Crime Prof discusses Looser Rules on Sentencing Stir Concerns about Equity, a Wall Street Journal...
 
<em>argouniv</em>
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Gabel on Familial DNA
Jessica D. Gabel (Georgia State University College of Law) has posted Probable Cause from Probable Bonds: A Genetic Tattle Tale...
 
Leigh Ann
Leigh Ann posted a blog entry
LAST OF WALLACE CRUSADE. ~ Nearly 4,000 Indictments Dismissed by Prosecutor Conkling.
November 5, 1909 LAST OF WALLACE CRUSADE. Nearly 4,000 Indictments Dismissed by Prosecutor Conkling.Nearly 4,000 indictments,...
 
<em>argouniv</em>
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“Italy judge convicts 23 former CIA agents in rendition trial”
Jurist's coverage is here. The New York Times has an article here.
 
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Here’s Hoping No One Was Planning a Symposium on the Indoor-Outdoor Distinction
How about tents? Cars? Motorhomes? Oh well--all these wonderful distinctions no longer make a difference in Rhode Island, which...
 
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“Reforming the State Secrets Privilege”
That's the title of a short piece at The Legal Workshop summarizing a forthcoming note in the New York University Law Review...
 
<em>argouniv</em>
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Comino on Corporate Criminal Law in Australia
V. Comino (The University of Queensland - T.C. Beirne School of Law) has posted The Challenge of Corporate Law Enforcement in...
 
<em>argouniv</em>
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“L.A. is seeing its police officers in a new light”
The article in the Los Angeles Times gives the retiring police chief high marks: The progress the LAPD made under Police Chief...
 
<em>argouniv</em>
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A Different View on ALI Withdrawal of Death Penalty Provision
Kent Scheidegger at Crime and Consequences argues that the attempt by the Death Penalty Information Center to portray this...
 
<em>argouniv</em>
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Mitsilegas on EU Criminal Justice
Valsamis Mitsilegas (Queen Mary University of London, School of Law) has posted The Third Wave of Third Pillar Law: Which...
 
<em>argouniv</em>
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Top-Ten Recent SSRN Downloads
are here. The usual disclaimers apply. Rank Downloads Paper Title 1 217 The Torture Lawyers Jens David Ohlin, Cornell Law...
 
<em>argouniv</em>
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“Can Our Shameful Prisons Be Reformed?”
Doug Berman at Sentencing Law and Policy excerpts this new piece by David Cole (Georgetown University Law Center) in the New...
 
<em>argouniv</em>
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Bronsteen on Retribution’s Role
John Bronsteen (Loyola Chicago School of Law) has published Retribution's Role in the Indiana Law Journal. Here is the...
 
<em>argouniv</em>
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Wils on EU Antitrust Fines
Wouter P. J. Wils has posted The Increased Level of EU Antitrust Fines, Judicial Review, and the European Convention on Human...
 
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Forman on Mass Incarceration
James Forman Jr. (Georgetown University Law Center) has posted Why Care About Mass Incarceration? (Michigan Law Review,...
 
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Robinson on Doing Justice as Controlling Crime
Paul H. Robinson (University of Pennsylvania Law School) has posted The Ongoing Revolution in Punishment Theory: Doing Justice...
 
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Notice to Email Account Holder Not Required for Search Warrant to ISP
FourthAmendment.com collects commentary and excerpts the opinion from the federal district court in Oregon, which you can find...
 
<em>argouniv</em>
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Robert and Saunders on Pre-Trial Witness Interviews
Paul Roberts (University of Nottingham) and Candida Saunders have posted Pre-Trial Witness Interviews and the 'Justice Gap' -...
 
<em>argouniv</em>
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“More Time, Less Crime”
That Kent Scheidegger's post at Crime and Consequences, discussing the new article by Emily G. Owens, More Time, Less Crime?...
 
<em>argouniv</em>
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“Washington Post editorial argues against completely eliminating crack/powder sentencing disparity”
That's the title of Doug Berman's post at Sentencing Law and Policy on this Washington Post editorial. I am somewhat less...
 
<em>argouniv</em>
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The Shelby County Anti-Judge Mutiny: When the Judge is Too Nice to Defendants
It's not a good thing to have a Commonwealth’s Attorney, County Attorney, Assistant County Attorney, District Court Judge...
 
Leigh Ann
Leigh Ann posted a blog entry
ZORN CASE DRAGS SLOWLY ON. ~ Seven Years Ago the Doctor Killed Albert Sechrest.
October 20, 1909 ZORN CASE DRAGS SLOWLY ON. Seven Years Ago the Doctor Killed Albert Sechrest.For a second time during the...
 
soregrapes
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Swiss court orders Polanski kept in jail
By BRADLEY S. KLAPPERAssociated Press WriterGENEVA (AP) - Roman Polanski suffered another setback in his fight against...