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27 Nov 2014, 12:52 pm by Stephen Bilkis
The criminal defendant appeal the judgment of the County Court, Nassau County, convicting him of murder in the first degree, murder in the second degree, robbery in the first degree, and of grand larceny and assault, and after a jury recommendation, imposing sentence of life imprisonment on the conviction of murder in the first degree. [read post]
27 Nov 2014, 11:03 am by Tom Smith
Officer Darren Wilson’s testimony before the Michael Brown grand jury developed a very strong case that he acted in self-defense under Missouri law. [read post]
27 Nov 2014, 8:48 am by Eric Rasmusen
The Ferguson murder grand jury documents, transcripts of hearings, police interviews, videos of media reports, autopsies, photos of the scene, are up on the web at: http://www.ksdk.com/story/news/local/ferguson/2014/11/25/ferguson-grand-jury-documents/70100296/ . [read post]
27 Nov 2014, 6:20 am by Rachel, Law Clerk and Office Manager
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, November 27, 2014:Retired judge taking over G20 disciplinary hearing has history of overturned decisions | The Toronto StarBC Civil Liberties Association challenges publication ban in Legislature bomb plot case Chemerinsky: What is a ‘true threat’ on Facebook? [read post]
27 Nov 2014, 5:13 am by SHG
That’s the grand jury’s job these days. [read post]
27 Nov 2014, 4:59 am by Walter Olson
Prosecutor Robert McCullough managed the grand jury proceedings almost in the manner of a defense lawyer for the man facing charges, a strategy extremely unlikely to be repeated in the great majority of grand jury proceedings where the accused is not a police officer [Jacob Sullum] And Conor Friedersdorf notes that if you were looking for poster cases of wrongful use of lethal force for which police were not held accountable — even when there was video or… [read post]
27 Nov 2014, 4:25 am by SHG
–Twit, 26 November, 2014, 9:11 a.m. [read post]
26 Nov 2014, 8:56 pm by CrimProf BlogEditor
At Slate, "Shadow Trial": This move to morph a grand jury inquiry, which is typically a short rundown of the case for the prosecution, into a trial-like parade of mountains of evidence raises serious issues about the rights of Michael... [read post]
26 Nov 2014, 4:50 pm by CrimProf BlogEditor
Orin Kerr has this incisive post discussing the Ferguson grand jury and co-blogger Paul Cassell's view at The Volokh Conspiracy. [read post]
26 Nov 2014, 3:30 pm by Bill Otis
After news broke that a grand jury would not charge Wilson, rioters broke the glass of her storefront Monday night. [read post]
26 Nov 2014, 2:22 pm by Steven I. Platt
Louis County grand jury not to indict police officer Darren Wilson, the secrecy of its deliberations for months and the lack of accountability that has inevitably accompanied it should raise serious questions about the utility of the aging institution of the grand jury. [read post]
26 Nov 2014, 1:40 pm by Kim Nayyer
I’m sure the legal commentaries on federal and state grand juries and indictments, including contrasts with Canadian criminal process, published this week will make useful content. [read post]
26 Nov 2014, 12:49 pm by Stephen Bilkis
He told the Grand Jury that defendant and HT didn't do anything. [read post]
26 Nov 2014, 12:27 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
"Why grand juries don't indict copsRiffing off the Ferguson kerfuffle, FiveThirtyEight has a column speculating on reasons grand juries almost never indict police officers. [read post]
26 Nov 2014, 11:19 am by Michael Rushford
A remarkable video of the reaction by some of the good people of Ferguson to the Grand Jury decision not to indict a police officer for the fatal shooting of a 6 ft.4in 290 lb. thug who attacked him. [read post]
26 Nov 2014, 10:18 am by Garret Murai
It’s been two days since the grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri reached its decision not to indict Darren Wilson, a caucasian police officer, in the shooting… [read post]
26 Nov 2014, 8:01 am by Kent Scheidegger
Jesse Washington reports for AP:Anger and despair swept through many parts of America after a Missouri grand jury decided not to indict Darren Wilson, a white police officer, for killing Michael Brown, a black 18-year-old.What was behind the wave of emotion? [read post]
26 Nov 2014, 7:20 am
I have already blogged that one of Prop 47's most extensive provisions, Penal Code section 490.2, reduces many forms of felony grand theft to misdemeanor petty theft. [read post]
26 Nov 2014, 6:25 am by Associated Press
Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch has come under renewed scrutiny since he appeared before television cameras to announce that the grand jury would not indict Wilson. [read post]