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29 Nov 2018, 7:35 am by Amy Howe
In the 1990s, federal prosecutors relied on the doctrine to try the Los Angeles police officers accused of beating motorist Rodney King on federal civil rights charges after they were acquitted in state courts, but Terance Gamble is urging the justices to scrap the doctrine. [read post]
29 Nov 2018, 6:37 am by David Markus
Several courts have explained that it is improper for a prosecutor to tell a government witness not to talk to the defense. [read post]
27 Nov 2018, 9:45 am by Jon Katz
Virginia criminal attorney on drug dealers’ risks of getting caught in a snitch trap Repeatedly, police and prosecutors obtain help from arrested alleged drug dealers to nab other drug dealers and drug users, including providing currently-known information and participating in drug buying and sales stings. [read post]
26 Nov 2018, 9:30 pm by Cary Coglianese
The funding for criminal defense for the poor amounts to only 2 percent of that total funding; the rest “goes to police, prosecutors, crime labs, prisons, and the like. [read post]
26 Nov 2018, 1:06 pm by Lauren McIntosh
While many prosecutors and judges have – at great personal risk – performed their responsibilities with integrity, the pressures on the criminal justice sector writ large are so great that it is not currently able to operate independently without international support. [read post]
26 Nov 2018, 5:50 am by Emma Broches
But for the most part, if the case has no connection to the forum state, a prosecutor will exercise discretion to forgo the case. [read post]
25 Nov 2018, 9:35 pm by Benjamin H. Barton
The current system of justice for poor and middle-class people is broken. [read post]
25 Nov 2018, 8:22 pm
Source: Al Jazeera (16 November 2018)https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/11/malaysia-turn-death-penalty-abolition-181115061626577.htmlKuala Lumpur, Malaysia - As a lawyer, Liew Vui Keong helped one of his clients appeal successfully against a death sentence.Now, as Malaysia's minister in charge of law, he is working to get the death penalty abolished in its entirety.The legislation could be introduced in parliament before the house finishes its current sitting in the middle of next… [read post]
25 Nov 2018, 10:50 am by Brian M. Krause, Esq.
Many legal practitioners think of prostitution-related crimes as non-serious public order offences akin to other misdemeanors. [read post]
Before turning to the motions on the docket, Walter Ruiz, representing Mustafa al Hawsawi, reiterated al Hawsawi’s objection to Judge Parrella presiding over the case, given the judge’s previous interactions with the Justice Department and one of the prosecutors, Jeffrey Groharing. [read post]
22 Nov 2018, 4:00 am by Malcolm Mercer
War is the means by which nation states have sometimes resolved their differences. [read post]
20 Nov 2018, 8:00 am by J. Dana Stuster
Bennett, currently acting as the education minister, had reportedly requested the defense minister’s seat, vacated by Lieberman, in exchange for remaining in the coalition, but on Monday he said he was remaining in the government without any preconditions. [read post]
19 Nov 2018, 1:30 pm by Charlie Dunlap
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, the current overseer of the Mueller investigation, has said Whitaker is a “superb choice for attorney general. [read post]
19 Nov 2018, 10:55 am by Michael Rushford
  Emily Shapiro of ABC News reports that Chris Watts pleaded guilty to all charges related to the August murders in exchange for an agreement that prosecutors would not seek the death penalty. [read post]
19 Nov 2018, 7:54 am by Shannon Walker
The ICC opened an investigation into the current conflict in September 2014. [read post]
19 Nov 2018, 7:32 am by Paul Cassell
Indeed, a case that handled has been commonly cited to illustrate the problem with allowing federal prosecutors to "stack" charges from single criminal episode. [read post]
19 Nov 2018, 7:32 am by Paul Cassell
Indeed, a case that handled has been commonly cited to illustrate the problem with allowing federal prosecutors to "stack" charges from single criminal episode. [read post]