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2 Sep 2009, 8:17 am
"There hasn't been any major falloff," said Kent Scheidegger, legal director for the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, which takes a conservative stance on penal issues.And:Haney's findings were consistent with those of last month's Field Poll of the California electorate, in which 67% of respondents expressed support for the death penalty.The professor queried 800 jury-eligible Californians in February and March for his survey. [read post]
27 Jun 2019, 3:27 am by Edith Roberts
” At Crime & Consequences, Kent Scheidegger writes that “[a] broad attack on supervised release revocations would indeed be a grave concern,” and that although “[t]he direct effects of [yester]day’s decision are not severe, … future developments warrant monitoring. [read post]
16 Nov 2011, 6:21 am by Conor McEvily
In the New York Times Adam Liptak reports on Professor Richard Fallon’s decision not to sign an amicus brief urging a federal court to uphold the health care law as an illustration of broader issues relating to academic amicus briefs, which prompted this anecdote from Kent Scheidegger of Crime and Consequences. [read post]
28 Apr 2020, 4:20 am by Edith Roberts
” At Crime & Consequences, Kent Scheidegger notes that “[w]henever the Supreme Court makes a significant change in the law — as it did last week when it overruled its prior approval of nonunanimous juries in state criminal cases” in Ramos v. [read post]
6 Oct 2010, 6:24 am by Adam Chandler
Jonathan Adler at the Volokh Conspiracy, Ed Whelan at Bench Memos, and Kent Scheidegger at Crime & Consequences all take note of Hurley’s story and the overrepresentation of the Ninth Circuit on the Supreme Court’s docket. [read post]
20 Jan 2011, 6:34 am by Amanda Rice
  Although most coverage of the two cases focused on the Court’s treatment of the Ninth Circuit, Kent Scheidegger of Crime & Consequences looks at the broader picture, describing Harrington as “a landmark decision in the law of federal habeas corpus. [read post]
5 Jun 2018, 4:11 am by Edith Roberts
Kent Scheidegger looks at yesterday’s sentencing decisions, along with a cert denial in a capital case, at Crime and Consequences. [read post]
2 Jun 2020, 3:50 am by Edith Roberts
At Crime & Consequences, Kent Scheidegger laments that in Banister the court “took a small step further down a road it has already traveled too far–bogging down federal habeas corpus cases by making them more like regular civil litigation in federal courts. [read post]
28 Sep 2011, 8:56 am by Conor McEvily
Finally, at Crime and Consequences, Kent Scheidegger suggests that the reasoning behind the grant in the habeas case Wood v. [read post]
20 Jun 2011, 4:50 pm by brian
"Choking off the appeals is part of the strategy" of those opposed to capital punishment, Kent Scheidegger, legal director for the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, says of what he calls unnecessarily elaborate state court requirements for taking on death penalty cases. [read post]
28 Feb 2019, 4:17 am by Edith Roberts
’” Commentary comes from Kent Scheidegger at Crime & Consequences, who asserts that the decision “confirm[s] that the state was right on the question that everyone thought the case was about — whether inability to remember the crime alone exempted a murderer from execution. [read post]
2 Jul 2014, 3:48 am by Amy Howe
  At Crime and Consequences, Kent Scheidegger discusses the per curiam disposition of Williams v. [read post]
26 Apr 2017, 4:17 am by Edith Roberts
” Briefly: At Crime and Consequences, Kent Scheidegger discusses Monday’s argument in McWilliams v. [read post]
20 Jan 2011, 6:34 am by Amanda Rice
  Although most coverage of the two cases focused on the Court’s treatment of the Ninth Circuit, Kent Scheidegger of Crime & Consequences looks at the broader picture, describing Harrington as “a landmark decision in the law of federal habeas corpus. [read post]
21 Mar 2012, 6:25 am by Conor McEvily
Berman suggests that the Court’s resolution of the case “is designed to try to ensure that the ruling ends up not being especially consequential,” while at the blog Crime and Consequences Kent Scheidegger has two posts (here and here) weighing in on the implications of the “narrow” decision. [read post]
19 Mar 2019, 4:03 am by Edith Roberts
Kent Scheidegger discusses all yesterday’s grants at Crime & Consequences. [read post]
15 Dec 2011, 8:34 am by Steve Hall
"This is a huge part of the explanation for why we're seeing fewer death sentences," said Kent Scheidegger, a death-penalty supporter and legal director of the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation in Sacramento, Calif. [read post]
26 Jun 2017, 4:09 am by Edith Roberts
Kent Scheidegger looks at the decision at Crime and Consequences. [read post]
2 Nov 2009, 1:24 pm
At Crime and Consequences, Kent Scheidegger discusses petitions that didn't make the order list this morning. [read post]