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26 Mar 2015, 3:05 am
Commentary comes from Chris Kieser of the Pacific Legal Foundation’s Liberty Blog, Steven Schwinn at the Constitutional Law Prof Blog, Rick Hills at PrawfsBlawg, and Kent Scheidegger at Crime and Consequences. [read post]
18 Dec 2009, 10:47 am
" There were 106 death sentences in 2009 compared with a high of 328 in 1994.Kent Scheidegger and Doug Berman, both quoted in today's NY Times story on the report, both manage not to see any real trends in these numbers, which I guess shows again that you can find in statistics whatever you look for. [read post]
30 Jan 2015, 3:47 am
At Crime and Consequences, Kent Scheidegger agrees that vacating Toca’s conviction for second-degree murder was “a proper disposition. [read post]
15 Nov 2010, 10:30 am
It is time for the high court to "limit the number of bites of apple the defendant gets," said Kent Scheidegger of the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation in Sacramento. [read post]
3 Feb 2015, 3:36 am
At Crime and Consequences, Kent Scheidegger observes that Toca v. [read post]
29 Aug 2018, 7:54 am
” Briefly: At Crime and Consequences, Kent Scheidegger responds to Rory Little’s post for this blog on Kavanaugh’s record in criminal cases. [read post]
20 Oct 2016, 10:24 am
CJLF Legal Director Kent Scheidegger, an author for Proposition 66, an opposing measure that would save the death penalty and expedite executions, says, "If the death penalty is abolished on Tuesday, the drive to abolish life without parole begins Wednesday. [read post]
4 Feb 2016, 12:36 pm
CJLF legal director Kent Scheidegger, however, praised Rosen's decision, saying that no money is wasted "if it's one of the worst of the worst crimes," adding, "That's what a DA should do. [read post]
29 Apr 2013, 5:08 am
Kent Scheidegger of Crime and Consequences notes that the petition “curiously omits any significant defense of the President’s remarkable assertion at the root of the case,” and opines that, even if all of the petition’s arguments are true, “the judgment below, even if not the opinion in its entirety, would still be obviously correct. [read post]
30 May 2017, 3:35 am
At Crime and Consequences, Kent Scheidegger comments on the execution last week of Alabama death-row inmate Thomas Arthur, who had “filed a last-minute petition in the U.S. [read post]
24 May 2016, 6:00 am
Chatman, holding by a vote of seven to one that the Supreme Court of Georgia’s decision that the defendant failed to show purposeful race discrimination in the selection of his jury was clearly erroneous, comes from Tony Mauro of Supreme Court Brief (subscription or registration required); commentary comes from Kent Scheidegger at Crime and Consequences, Janell Ross for The Washington Post, Steven Mazie in The Economist, and Garrett Epps in The Atlantic. [read post]
12 Dec 2008, 3:52 pm
"The proposed regulations of June 2007 were basically sound and only minor tweaks were needed," said Kent Scheidegger of the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation in Sacramento, Calif., who is a strong proponent of both the fast-track procedures and states' certification. [read post]
28 Dec 2015, 11:49 am
"Judge Pregerson has been a reliable and reliably wrong vote to overturn death sentences in nearly every capital case he has sat on," said Kent Scheidegger, legal director of the pro-death penalty Criminal Justice Legal Foundation.He called the judge's departure from active status "good news for the victims of crime and the cause of justice. [read post]
8 Sep 2014, 4:56 am
At Crime and Consequences, Kent Scheidegger notes that death row inmate Warren Lee Hill has filed a petition seeking review of the Georgia Supreme Court’s ruling against him in his “challenge to the state law providing confidentiality to the suppliers of the drugs used for lethal injection. [read post]
13 Dec 2010, 7:00 am
” Kent Scheidegger of Crime and Consequences reprints the crucial section of statutory text and notes that “[t]he definition of ‘obscene’ is punted to the courts. [read post]
23 Aug 2018, 4:05 am
” At Crime and Consequences, Kent Scheidegger maintains that “[t]he present political scandal is no reason at all to leave the Supreme Court short-handed. [read post]
25 Oct 2017, 4:11 am
” Kent Scheidegger comments on the order at Crime and Consequences. [read post]
15 May 2012, 9:24 am
"This kind of manipulation ... is exactly what the single-subject rule was put in the constitution to prevent," said Kent Scheidegger, the foundation's legal director. [read post]
2 Jul 2015, 5:31 am
Gross, in which the Court rejected a challenge to Oklahoma’s use of a sedative normally used to treat anxiety as the first drug in its three-drug lethal injection cocktail, comes from Kent Scheidegger in a podcast for the Federalist Society. [read post]
25 Jun 2015, 3:40 am
At Crime and Consequences, Kent Scheidegger responds to a recent story in The New York Times suggesting that the Court is “drifting leftward”; from a law enforcement perspective, he concludes, it is “not a bad term. [read post]
