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21 May 2013, 9:37 am
The Palm Beach Post reports, "U.S. Supreme Court rejects Florida death penalty challenge." The U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up a case that tested the constitutionality of part of Florida’s system for imposing the death penalty. The 1991 case,... [read post]
21 May 2013, 7:47 am
“A man who killed his four-week-old daughter by shaking her violently has been jailed for seven years.”
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BBC News, 21st May 2013
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21 May 2013, 1:34 am
“A retired Church of England priest found guilty of a catalogue of historic sex attacks on children at a Barnardo’s home has been jailed for 10 years.”
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The Guardian, 20th May 2013
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21 May 2013, 1:22 am
“Paul Mosley, jailed for his part in the deaths of six children in a house fire, is to appeal against the length of his jail term, his legal team has said.”
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BBC News, 20th May 2013
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20 May 2013, 1:53 pm
Who are “passive pedophiles?” These are individuals who possess child pornography. They do not try to sexually abuse or molest children. Instead they want to view sexually explicit material involving children, some of which graphically portrays children being sexually abused or molested by adults and other children. This material is “child pornography.” Federal law, 28 U.S.C. § 2256, defines child pornography as any visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct involving… [read post]
20 May 2013, 12:55 pm
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit recently ruled on an issue lying at the intersection of fraud conspiracies and the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines: the government’s separate burden of proof against each co-defendant when multiple plea bargains are entered. Specifically, the 11th Circuit was addressing whether the government presented sufficient evidence to show, in a credit card fraud case, that the defendant’s criminal activity affected at least 250 victims. Finding that the… [read post]
20 May 2013, 12:34 pm
As reported in this new USA Today article, the "sentencing hearing for convicted killer Jodi Arias ground to a halt Monday when her lawyers refused to call any witnesses and a judge refused their requests for a mistrial and to... [read post]
20 May 2013, 10:52 am
The title of this post is the headline of this notable new op-ed in today's New York Times authored by Bill Keller. Here are some excerpts from an interesting read: The marijuana debate has entered a new stage. Today the... [read post]
20 May 2013, 9:50 am
Omaha World-Herald columnist Matthew Hansen writes, "Decades on death row drive death penalty fight." Here's the beginning of this must-read: Oklahoma is killing a man at midnight, and so as darkness falls, another man on H Block slips off his... [read post]
20 May 2013, 9:40 am
That's the title of a lengthy report by Dave Helling for the Kansas City Star. It may be weeks before Kansans know if prosecutors will seek the death penalty for Kyle Flack, accused of killing four people in Franklin County... [read post]
20 May 2013, 7:16 am
Only a matter of weeks after it was argued, the Supreme Court this morning unanimously decided that the Sixth Circuit got a habeas issue wrong in Metrish v. Lancaster, No. 12-547 (S. Ct. May 20, 2013) (available here). Here is... [read post]
20 May 2013, 2:09 am
“A mother jailed for 17 years for killing her six children in a house fire is to appeal against the length of her sentence, her lawyers have said.”
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The Guardian, 19th May 2013
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20 May 2013, 1:52 am
“A man who beheaded a restaurant manager will not have his 19-year sentence reduced by the Court of Appeal.”
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BBC News, 17th May 2013
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19 May 2013, 7:11 pm
As first discussed in this post and further here, a split panel of the Sixth Circuit on Friday handed down a significant (and questionable) ruling in US v. Blewett declaring that the reduced mandatory minimum crack sentences set out in... [read post]
19 May 2013, 2:15 pm
I have not been following closely the Nevada state habeas proceedings in which convicted armed robber and kidnapper (and acquitted murderer) OJ Simpson is contesting his convictions and sentences. But this recent Christian Science Monitor article spotlights how "The Juice"... [read post]
19 May 2013, 9:19 am
As reported in this lengthy new local article, "Gov. Rick Scott has accelerated the pace of signing death warrants in Florida by lining up three executions over the next few weeks, the most in such a brief period of time... [read post]
19 May 2013, 8:57 am
This new piece from Salon highlights the severity of the US sentencing system relative to our friends across the pond. The piece is headlined " U.K. hacker sentencing highlights U.S. overreach: LulzSec members in Britain receive maximum of 15 months,... [read post]
18 May 2013, 9:02 am
The title of this post is the headline of this new commentary by Ed Whelan at the National Review Online concerning yesterday's suprising split panel ruling by the Sixth Circuit in US v. Blewett, No. 12-5226 (6th Cir. May 17,... [read post]
18 May 2013, 8:45 am
The Room for Debate on-line section of the New York Times has a new set of pieces discussing drunk driving and the laws responses thereto. Here is the section's set up: This week the National Transportation Safety Board recommended lowering... [read post]
18 May 2013, 8:23 am
The playfully alliterative headline for this post is spurred by this lengthy and effective local piece headlined "The Kansas death penalty has cobwebs." Here are excerpts: It may be weeks before Kansans know if prosecutors will seek the death penalty... [read post]