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15 Jul 2007, 12:47 am
Here's a quick roundup of criminal-justice related news stories that deserve Grits readers' attention:Fed public defenders outperform private attorneysVia Sentencing Law & Policy, Doc Berman points to a New York Times article by Adam Liptak revealing that public defenders achieve better outcomes than private attorneys representing clients in the federal system. [read post]
22 Oct 2018, 11:56 am by Michael Connell
On September 30, 2018, the United States, Mexico, and Canada announced the completion of negotiations of a new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (“USMCA”) that will replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (“NAFTA”). [read post]
23 May 2020, 7:27 pm by Matthew Vance
  After reviewing the state law claims for a taking under New Mexico law, and trespass and nuisance under New Mexico law, the court decided to decline to exercise its supplemental jurisdiction over the plaintiff’s state law claims. [read post]
10 Sep 2018, 3:06 am by Walter Olson
In separate incidents, public universities (Rutgers and the University of New Mexico, respectively) discipline a professor and a med student over vulgar and inflammatory political postings on their personal Facebook pages. [read post]
4 Jan 2016, 12:31 pm by Lyle Denniston
 “Agency fees,” the state’s lawyers contended, are just one piece of an integrated public policy for dealing with employment in public schools. [read post]
26 Nov 2018, 7:42 am by Scott J. Limmer
As enacted, the changes in this measure took bail reform farther than any other state (such as New Mexico and New Jersey) to legislate on the subject. [read post]
30 Jul 2020, 2:55 pm by Kit Walsh
Mexico has just adopted a terrible new copyright law, thanks to pressure from the United States (and specifically from the copyright maximalists that hold outsized influence on US foreign policy). [read post]
11 Jul 2007, 6:53 am
I've been writing a lot this week and still need to work up my notes from this morning's TYC State of the Agency briefing in Austin, but here are a few criminal justice stories that may interest Grits readers:Not every timeDallas District Attorney Craig Watkins has supported more innocence claims than any other DA in the country, but he's opposing a new trial for a defendant where he disagrees the man was innocent.Lege encourage incarceration alternativesSee… [read post]
16 Feb 2009, 10:10 pm
LEXIS 149 (November 3, 2008), released for publication January 13, 2009, certiorari granted, No. 31,430, December 30, 2008: [*31] Third, the State argues that New Mexico's historical treatment of pretext claims does not justify our departure from Whren. [read post]
17 Oct 2011, 9:21 am by Bill Raftery
SB 1233 Allows court in a county that borders Mexico of the Gulf of Mexico to appoint a language interpreter who is not a licensed court interpreter. [read post]
29 Apr 2015, 6:40 am
Similar programs have been implemented in Albany and Brooklyn, New York, as well as in Seattle, Washington, and Santa Fe, New Mexico Changes under Cook County’s new program include: There will be no misdemeanor charge prosecutions for possession of less than 30 grams of marijuana for those defendants who have less than three arrests for similar charges; For those who do have three or more arrests for similar charges, they will be sent to a drug… [read post]
20 Apr 2016, 6:34 am
 New Mexico Constitutionarticle II, § 15; State v. [read post]
16 Nov 2005, 11:20 pm
Earlier today, The New York Times reported that a court in Mexico has held that marital rape is a crime within Mexico: The Supreme Court of Mexico ruled Wednesday that rape within marriage is a crime, bringing Mexico's laws into line with much of the world and removing one of the many obstacles women here face in reporting rape. [read post]
7 Dec 2022, 9:00 am
In an opinion and order released on November 21, 2022, the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico overseeing litigation arising from the Gold King Mine spill granted a defendant-contractor’s partial summary judgement motion seeking dismissal of claims that it was liable under CERCLA as a transporter, operator, or arranger. [read post]
26 Jan 2023, 6:06 am by Liz Hempowicz
In that landmark ruling last fall, a New Mexico judge removed a state county commissioner from office under Section 3 for his participation in the January 6 attack. [read post]
22 May 2017, 6:11 am by Jonathan Spontarelli
Lobbying Maine: “Democrats Block Bill to Punish Lying at Maine State House” by Christopher Cousins for Bangor Daily News New Mexico: “Loophole and Vague Laws Create Ambiguity in Lobbyist Reporting” by Sandra Fish for New Mexico In Depth Ethics “Work and Politics: What Rights Do Employees Have? [read post]
20 Mar 2015, 7:59 am by Jeff Welty
” The case is reminiscent of the McDonald’s hot coffee case from the 1990s, in which a New Mexico woman won $2.86 million after spilling hot coffee on herself. [read post]