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27 Jan 2011, 8:15 am by Susan I. Nelson
 Photo: Todd Wiseman Texas Tribune by Julian Aguilar The voter ID legislation passed by the Texas Senate on Wednesday night may be controversial, but it’s a familiar debate, as is the issue of “sanctuary cities. [read post]
1 Jan 2011, 7:44 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Let me know what you think were the biggest 2010 stories in the comments, and what you foresee as the most important developments to come in 2011.RELATED: Doug Berman at Sentencing Law & Policy considers the top ten sentencing stories from a federal perspective. [read post]
29 Sep 2010, 6:23 am by Adam Chandler
Doug Berman of Sentencing Law and Policy identifies the new cases involving criminal justice or sentencing issues, while the Washington Legal Foundation’s Legal Pulse blog features the eight new cases of interest to the business community. [read post]
20 Sep 2010, 6:17 pm by William Shieber
  Myra Colby Braswell led a public campaign to get Mary Todd Lincoln released from involuntary committal at an insane asylum. [read post]
19 Sep 2010, 5:41 pm by Mark Bennett
That wouldn’t even have occurred to me. . . which just goes to prove Berman’s point. [read post]
2 Jun 2010, 6:55 am by Adam Chandler
Jonathan Adler of the Volokh Conspiracy and Doug Berman of Sentencing Law and Policy both took note of this line-up, with Berman observing that the case split the Court’s two former prosecutors (Alito and Sotomayor), the Court’s two women, and Justice Scalia from the Chief Justice (at least on the use of legislative history). [read post]
26 Apr 2010, 11:25 am by James Bickford
  Todd Gilman of the Dallas Morning News reports that President Obama had discussed the choice with Sen. [read post]
1 Feb 2010, 3:04 am by Omar Ha-Redeye
ROOTS The Legality of an American Slavery Introduction February 1 is known as National Freedom Day in the U.S. [read post]
12 Nov 2009, 6:33 am
 Todd Schneider, attorney for the respondent, directed a question to the Chief Justice: "Mr. [read post]
15 Oct 2009, 12:50 am
For those hoping the Todd Willingham case (or more generally, the execution of an innocent person) might spark public reconsideration of the death penalty, don't hold your breath. [read post]
12 Oct 2009, 12:01 am
Welcome to Blawg Review 233. [read post]
6 Oct 2009, 1:50 am
Doug Berman's calling it a "mini-moratorium," and if it really only lasts that long it's hardly worthy even of that name. [read post]
13 Sep 2009, 3:28 am
"In addition, lore about how fires react becomes ingrained, and it takes a long time for debunked science to become accepted.Students and attorneys at the Innocence Project of Texas have spent much of the summer vetting old Texas arson convictions, and this may well be the next major front beyond DNA for identifying old, false convictions.Hoppe usefully supplied these additional links as background: State-commissioned study on fire investigations Link: New Yorker… [read post]
9 Sep 2009, 4:02 am
I think the aspect of the case that may help more people, though, is to debunk forever the propagandistic wives' tales upon which all arson "forensics" was based before the mid-'90s.Doug Berman wondered why the usual pro-death penalty writers have been silent regarding these new developments, but Kent Scheidegger at Crime and Consequences said the Willingham news was not the kind of major event that demanded immediate comment. [read post]
8 Apr 2009, 11:41 pm
Doug Berman at Sentencing Law and Policy raised a fascinating question about whether the Ted Steven debacle reflects another "one bad apple" scenario, or whether this will be seen as the tip of the iceberg. [read post]
13 Feb 2009, 11:00 am
  Sincerely, Brian    # # #   Date: Monday, March 2nd, 2009 Time: 06:30PM - 09:30PM Location: Le Poisson Rouge158 Bleecker StreetManhattan, NY   Tickets: 2 Free tickets for Paid PropertyShark Subscribers,$10.00 for others # # #  According to the company's webite, these are the people who have RSVP'd thus far: Todd R. [read post]