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2 Apr 2019, 3:59 am
” Commentary on the majority opinion comes from Kent Scheidegger at Crime & Consequences, who writes that it contains “the strongest statement of the unquestionable constitutionality of capital punishment that I have ever seen in an opinion of the Court. [read post]
9 Dec 2009, 8:46 am
"Opponents of the death penalty then intentionally make that process more expensive and time-consuming than necessary by spamming [corrections officials] with a flood of irrelevant comments decrying the death penalty generally," said Kent Scheidegger, legal director of the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, a Sacramento-based foundation that represents the interests of victims' rights groups and law enforcement.Deborah Denno, a Fordham University law professor who… [read post]
28 May 2014, 4:19 am
Commentary on the decision comes from Noah Feldman, who argues at Bloomberg View that, “[o]n closer examination . . . the decision is less satisfying than it appears”; from Kent Scheidegger at Crime and Consequences, who observes that there “is already a movement afoot to remove IQ ceilings from the definition of intellectual disability altogether” and argues that the movement “must not succeed” in the context of eligibility for the death… [read post]
10 Aug 2015, 1:17 pm
Kent Scheidegger, Legal Director for the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, says that although a court settlement does not set a legal precedent, "those requests are bound to eventually force another legal challenge. [read post]
14 Apr 2011, 9:04 am
CJLF Legal Director Kent Scheidegger is quoted in the article, stating the recent challenges "seem to be accelerating the switch to pentobarbital," which is more readily available. [read post]
23 Apr 2015, 3:37 am
At Crime and Consequences, Kent Scheidegger anticipates the Court’s decision in Elonis v. [read post]
16 Oct 2013, 4:46 am
Kent Scheidegger reports at Crime and Consequences. [read post]
16 Jan 2019, 3:43 am
At Crime & Consequences, Kent Scheidegger writes that with this ruling, the Supreme Court “took a step back from the brink of irrationality in sentencing. [read post]
8 Apr 2020, 4:04 am
” At Crime & Consequences, Kent Scheidegger observes that “[t]he Court has not given a green light to police officers to stop every car registered to a person with a suspended or revoked license[:] Although the stop was upheld in this case, officers would be well advised to get a look at the driver to see if he matches the sex and approximate age on license, at least, before making the stop. [read post]
26 Sep 2011, 7:19 am
Responding to criticism by Dahlia Lithwick and Lisa McElroy in the New York Times (which Kiera covered in Friday’s round-up), Kent Scheidegger countered at Crime and Consequences that “[u]nexplained denials are, of course, standard operating procedure at the discretionary review stage. [read post]
3 May 2010, 9:38 am
Despite having the nation's largest population of condemned prisoners, there has not been an execution in the state since convicted killer Clarence Allen was put to death in January 2006.At least six death row inmates have exhausted all appeals and could be scheduled for execution as soon as the legal reviews are completed, said Kent Scheidegger of the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation that supports the resumption of executions.Terry Thornton, spokeswoman for the California… [read post]
17 Dec 2014, 3:40 am
” And at Crime and Consequences, Kent Scheidegger argues that the Court should “stop carving out individual good-faith ‘exceptions’ to an overall rule of suppression of evidence and instead make ‘bad faith’ a required element of a defendant’s motion to suppress evidence. [read post]
1 Dec 2010, 6:21 am
” (Kent Scheidegger at Crime & Consequences endorses Lyle’s reading of the argument.) [read post]
26 Oct 2009, 7:18 am
Defending juvenile LWOP sentences, Kent Scheidegger at Crime and Consequences responds that Simpson confuses intentional crime with the more common recklessness of youth. [read post]
10 Dec 2014, 7:56 am
” At Crime and Consequences, Kent Scheidegger notes that on Monday the Court asked the U.S. [read post]
30 Nov 2016, 4:09 am
” Another take on Moore comes from Kent Scheidegger at Crime and Consequences, who argues that Bobby Moore’s lawyers engaged in a “bait-and-switch” at “the nation’s highest court” by changing the basis on which they were challenging the Texas standard for intellectual disability. [read post]
10 Oct 2016, 12:37 pm
"It's a good reason not to go further down the same road," said CJLF legal director Kent Scheidegger. [read post]
21 Oct 2009, 8:13 am
Calling the opinion "cryptic," Kent Scheidegger at Crime and Consequences suggests that "a practical solution is for the judge to pass on the other issues when he knows the decision is clear but go ahead and rule on them when he knows the decision is in a gray zone where other judges may differ. [read post]
6 Jan 2010, 6:12 am
If the case doesn't go en banc at the Ninth Circuit, Kent Scheidegger of Crime & Consequences says it will be a "slam-dunk for Supreme Court review. [read post]
17 Oct 2013, 7:20 am
I covered the argument for this blog; other coverage comes from Kent Scheidegger at Crime and Consequences. [read post]
