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19 Jun 2015, 4:46 am
"Wrote Federal District Judge Donovan Frank, whom David Post quote in "Minnesota’s egregious sex offender confinement statute held unconstitutional. [read post]
18 Jun 2015, 11:01 pm
When I teach at death penalty seminars, I often say that there's no case that can't be won, no matter how horrific the crime. [read post]
18 Jun 2015, 6:04 pm
Sex crimes are quite serious and one of the most severe crimes a person can be charged with on the spectrum of socially negative stigmas. [read post]
18 Jun 2015, 3:27 pm
Ira Mark Ellman and Tara Ellman (Arizona State University College of Law and Independent) have posted 'Frightening and High': The Frightening Sloppiness of the High Court's Sex Crime Statistics on SSRN. [read post]
18 Jun 2015, 12:50 pm
It is fundamental to our notions of a free society that we do not imprison citizens because we fear that they might commit a crime in the future. [read post]
18 Jun 2015, 10:09 am
Most sex offender restrictions apply to all registrants, regardless of the particular crime that got them placed on the registry. [read post]
17 Jun 2015, 9:01 pm
Colleague 6, who had weighed in with a “yes” response, observed that in Israel, the crime of “rape by deception” (discussed at greater length in my columns here and here) looks to whether the potential partner himself or herself would consider the information to be disclosed material to the decision whether or not to have sex with the non-discloser, though the law also has an objective element that allows a court to consider the desire for some types of… [read post]
17 Jun 2015, 7:05 pm
Justice Department recently clarified that Title VII protection extended to sex discrimination claims based on an individual’s gender identity, including transgender status. [read post]
17 Jun 2015, 12:30 pm
” And, again, the behavior here would be a crime (felony statutory rap [read post]
16 Jun 2015, 8:35 am
It is important to consult an attorney if you feel you have been illegally discriminated against for past crimes. [read post]
16 Jun 2015, 7:22 am
In Daubert, the Supreme Court came to the realization that expert witness opinion testimony was allowed under the governing statute, Federal Rule of Evidence 702, only when that witness’s “scientific, technical, or other specialized knowledge” would help the fact finder. [read post]
16 Jun 2015, 4:25 am
And at Crime and Consequences, Kent Scheidegger comments on Justice Ginsburg’s statement concurring in the Court’s denial in Hittson v. [read post]
15 Jun 2015, 9:05 pm
Michael Hough/Washington Times] Locking up past sex offenders for pre-crime: “Civil Commitment and Civil Liberties” [Cato Unbound with Galen Baughman, David Prescott, Eric Janus, Amanda Pustilnik; Jason Kuznicki, ed.] [read post]
15 Jun 2015, 7:23 am
Disparate discipline is often at issue in litigation, as are allegations that the punishment didn’t fit the crime. [read post]
15 Jun 2015, 6:46 am
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:Via @bsookman: The year in review: developments in computer, internet and e-commerce Law (2014-2015)Brazil's top court strikes down restrictive biography law -Times Union Law student challenges the constitutionality of 'carding' by police - The Globe and MailFirst U.K. law firm IPO raises $50 million Lockdowns, staff shortages plague Toronto South superjailReporter’s defamation case against John Furlong to begin in… [read post]
14 Jun 2015, 3:54 pm
The focus rightly was on how far we have come as a society in eliminating discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, or sex. [read post]
12 Jun 2015, 1:46 pm
In Binghamton, the city defines many crimes as public nuisances, such as assault, disorderly conduct, and sex offenses. [read post]
12 Jun 2015, 9:23 am
For the next while the Friday Fillip will be a chapter in a serialized crime novel, interrupted occasionally by a reference you might like to follow up. [read post]
12 Jun 2015, 7:08 am
Lucky is hardly the right word; Polanski’s life plunged since then with sex charges hanging over his head in LA and permanently consigned to exile. [read post]